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Police suspended over bashing
A POLICE officer has been suspended and another removed from operational duties, on recommendations from NSW's internal police watchdog.
The actions are in addition to both officers facing charges, accused of bashing a man while arresting him for traffic offences and then trying to cover up the attack.
The police department said a senior constable had been suspended and an inspector had been removed from operational duties as a result of a Police Integrity Commission investigation.
Police would not name the officers, but the PIC has previously named Senior Co... Read more
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Times Online - UK
30 July 2006
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Hundreds of police may have cr
SCORES of police officers in England and Wales have convictions for offences including assault, theft, possession of an offensive weapon and actual bodily harm.
Details released by 13 forces under the Freedom of Information Act show that 164 officers have been convicted of offences, some since they joined the police.
Of those forces that have so far disclosed their figures, Kent has the highest percentage of officers with a record. It employs 52 officers with convictions, almost 1.5% of its strength. Most are for traffic offences but the list includes criminal damage and public order offences.
In West Yorkshire, 10 of the 12 officers with records have been convicted of assault, all while in the force.
Earlier this year it emerged that 74 officers in the Metropolitan police had received either a conviction or a caution but were kept on, while in Hampshire 30 serving officers have convictions.
The figures suggest that among all 51 police forces in England, Scotland and Wales the number of officers with convictions could be as high as 500.
A criminal conviction does not automatically bar a person from becoming a police officer or lead to an officer being forced to leave the service, but evidence of dishonesty can be highly damaging to their own and their forces’ integrity.
Applicants with convictions are questioned at interview stage before a decision is made on whether they will be accepted. Forces use tribunals to “judge” the future of serving officers convicted of offences. The most commonly forgiven offence is drink driving.
Jan Berry, chairman of the Police Federation, said that each case should be looked at individually and, in more serious cases, officers should be sacked.
She said: “Clearly there are some offences where it would be totally unsuitable for an officer to either continue or be recruited in the first place.” She added: “There are some minor offences that you might be involved in when you are young and that does not mean you could not be a good police officer.”
A spokeswoman for Kent police said of officers who are convicted: “If it is their honesty and integrity at question they will not remain.”
Other forces that released information included South Yorkshire, where 20 officers have convictions, and Sussex, where there were 14 convictions among officers and one inspector was cautioned for being drunk and incapable.
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