Over 180 Officers Charged With Crimes Ranging From Murder To Child Pornography
In just 6 years there have been more than 100 officers who have been arrested on a myriad of charges ranging from murder to drug dealing, child pornography, sexual assault, and more.
According to data that was obtained under a Freedom of Information request, at least 189 convictions have taken place across 12 police forces.
The police department that had been found to have the worst record of them all was the Police Service Northern Ireland. This department has had their officers convicted dozens of times on crimes ranging from drug dealing to possession of a loaded firearm while drunk, and more.
After the Police Service Northern Ireland, the Greater Manchester Police are regarded as the 2nd most corrupt force.
There have been many officers over the years who've been fired and jailed for the crimes that they had committed against others.
Previous reports have suggested that possibly Kenya, Nigeria, and DR Congo, have the world's most corrupt police forces, according to a 2016 World Internal Security and Police Index that looked at more than 120 countries.
You'd probably have a difficult time finding a police department anywhere that hadn't at one point had one of their officers be charged and convicted of wrongdoing. And critics have questioned whether or not the state has a genuine interest in truly flushing out those undesirable members from the group. The wildly inadequate oversight only establishes the opportunity for the public to suffer greatly.
In the past, for some officers who have been the target of multiple internal affairs investigations and complaints, at least one of them had their case allegedly handled by a family member who was employed in the internal affairs unit.
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Suggestions have been made that perhaps departments should be prioritizing the mental health of their officers further, by putting more effort into pursuing psychological testing.
Aside from psychological issues, how the superiors handle those allegations of wrongdoing is also seen as a major influence for the other officers in potentially persuading them from misbehaving. If they aren't going to enforce the rules and hold their officers to the highest standard of conduct then this is going to quickly influence the culture of that department, and this experts say is what greatly contributes to building bad cops and fostering corruption. It will spread like a disease from one officer to the next.
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@doitvoluntarily this news really is incredible and scandalous. cause panic when reading that those who have to defend and make people feel safe are the ones that torment them
Thank you very much dear friend for letting us know this news
I wish you a prosperous week
I'm in the process of suing the DHS for what boils down to a police brutality case under the color of law- when I'm done with them in civil court I'll hand all my hard work to the criminal prosecuting US Attorney- all the info I used to defeat his colleague on the civil side of DOJ- looking good!
When you consider that only a very tiny fraction of dirty cops are brought to justice it really puts the whole system into perspective.