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GETTYSBURG, Pa. --A former police chief and his teenage son were charged Thursday with leaking word of a drug raid last year.
A state grand jury found that then-Chief Rolf Garcia learned of the planned state raid from a trooper who made a courtesy call. Garcia then phoned his 17-year-old son to alert him on Feb. 3, 2006, state Attorney General Tom Corbett said.
The teen called four other people to tell them about the plans, according to the grand jury notice.
As officers approached the residence, two men escaped before they could be identified, the grand jury f... Read more
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Jackson Clarion Ledger - Jacks
18 December 2006
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17 police officers face charge
At least 17 police officers in Mississippi have been arrested since July, with charges ranging from possession of narcotics to the fatal beating of an inmate at the Harrison County Jail.
Law enforcement consultant Michael W. Quinn said a police officer being arrested gets a lot of attention in the news, so the problem could seem more pervasive than it his. However, statistics show an increase in the number of officers arrested this year.
In the most recent case, Wendy Mason Peyregne, a Moss Point patrol officer for two years, was arrested by FBI agents Dec. 7 after allegedly being caught on duty with 6 grams of methamphetamine. FBI agents described her as a known drug distributor and user.
"Since most police work independently, any cop could probably go home every night with a load of drugs if he has an approving partner or one willing to look the other way," said Quinn, an author and police-ethics consultant.
Robert Davis of the state law enforcement training and standards board said changes have been made through the years to ensure that people selected for police work receive standard basic training. But that doesn't always mean an officer won't break the law.
"Most cops enter the profession with the intention of being the best cop they can be. But cops are human with personal problems and weaknesses like everyone else," he said.
That is the exact claim made by Dedri Yulon Caldwell, 45, one of four Harrison County jailers to plead guilty in a case that has uncovered dozens of inmate beatings.
When pleading guilty this month, Caldwell's attorney said she entered the corrections profession "with the best of intentions" but was "led astray by her supervisors."
Of 925 police officers surveyed for a 2000 study for the National Institute of Justice, 61 percent said they don't always report criminal activity or abuse of authority by other officers.
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