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FBI probe targets allegations
The bureau has told officials to turn over reports involving 12 current or former officers, according to a federal grand jury subpoena. Two cases are cited, including a robbery at Portos Bakery.
The FBI investigation into the Burbank Police Department is focusing on allegations of excessive force by officers, court documents obtained by The Times on Thursday show.
Federal investigators have told Burbank officials to turn over reports involving 12 current and former officers, according to a federal grand jury subpoena obtained by The Times.
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NDTV.com - New Delhi,India
18 June 2007
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Greece: Police sergeant suspen
Greek authorities have suspended a police sergeant, accused of beating two detainees last year at a central Athens police precinct.
Video footage, posted on a Web site and broadcast on Saturday on Greek TV stations, allegedly showed the sergeant hit and kick the two men and beat them with a stick at the downtown Omonoia police precinct in June 2006.
The men, whose identities were not released, were also apparently forced to take turns slapping each other, the footage showed.
It was not immediately clear who recorded the images, but media reports speculated another policeman recorded the incident on his cell phone and circulated it among other officers.
Greek Prime Minister Costas Caramanlis, touring the island of Crete, said the incident was ''unacceptable'' to Greek ethics and an ''insult'' on the Greek government.
''Nobody has the right to take advantage of the law and we will let nobody stain the culture of the country, and dishonour the picture of Greece,'' Caramanlis said.
The sergeant, who was not identified, was suspended and police have launched an internal investigation.
A precinct chief was also suspended, but it was not believed he was involved in the beating. Private MEGA TV quoted the sergeant as telling an investigating officer that he and his colleagues were ''just having fun.''
Public Order Minister Vyron Polydoras has vowed to punish those involved in ''this unacceptable act.''
''Detainees must be treated with the utmost respect in accordance with the constitution and their legal rights. Those responsible will be punished in an exemplary way,'' he said in a written statement.
The beatings allegedly occurred after the two men were detained on suspicion they stole a bag from an elderly woman.
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