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IGP takes action against 1,275
RAWALPINDI: Strict disciplinary action has been taken against 1,275 police officers during the last eight months. This was disclosed in a meeting held on Tuesday under the chairmanship of Ziaul Hassan Khan, the inspector general of police (IGP), Punjab. Additional IGPs and senior police officials also attended the meeting.
The meeting reviewed the performance of Inspection and Vigilance (I&V) system introduced by the IGP for the internal accountability of the department. The meeting said that the I&V teams paid surprise visits to around 200 police stations, patrol posts, units and of... Read more
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Deceptive investigative tactics may lead a suspect to confess to something he didn't do or force an innocent person to second-guess his own memory and accept he must have committed the crime, one psychology expert said.
“When you misrepresent reality to an individual, you're going to change their interpretation of reality,” said Saul Kassin, professor of psychology at John Jay College of Criminal Justice.
Some particularly vulnerable suspects even get confused and don't know what to believe, until ultimately they wrongly believe in their own guilt, Kassin said.
“Police don't consider the tactics risky because in their world view, everyone is a criminal,” Kassin said. “The No. 1 reason people confess, whether true or false, is that they feel trapped by the evidence, and they feel they'd better be cooperative at this point to make the best out of a bad situation.”
What must be realized, Kassin explained, is that police have often already judged a suspect in their own minds by the time they introduce deceptive evidence in an attempt to get a desired confession.
Eugene O'Donnell, professor of police studies at John Jay College of Criminal Justice and former New York City police officer, said investigators must be careful to avoid trying to get an innocent person to confess.
But O'Donnell believes deceptive techniques are useful, he said.
“You don't want a police department that's so tied up in following the law that they become inept and useless,” O'Donnell said.
New York State Police Capt. Frank Coots said some deception is used, but police should always talk with prosecutors beforehand about any questionable tactics.
“I think that when you go down that road where your ethics may be challenged, that's something you clearly want to talk to the DA before you do something like that, and you want to make sure the DA is comfortable with whatever investigative tool you're trying to use,” Coots said.
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