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Iraq: The Most Corrupt Cops In
The Iraqi police have, like police forces throughout the Middle East, been cursed with pervasive corruption. Even when Saddam ran the country, the national police were considered a bunch of corrupt buffoons. To control the country, Saddam created several security services, including, by 2003, a large force of street thugs, who were unleashed on any neighborhood or town that was showing signs of unrest or disloyalty. That approach is no longer acceptable in Iraq, and efforts to create a modern, efficient police force have proved difficult.
Currently there are 140,000 cops in t... Read more
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Bloomberg - USA 15 December 2007
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Canadian Study Says Police Sho
Canada's national police force should become independent from the federal government, the National Post reports, citing conclusions of a task force.
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police should become ```a separate entity with separate employer status'' to allow the force to manage its own financial affairs, the newspaper said, citing David Brown, chairman of the Task Force on Governance and Cultural Change.
A new civilian board of management that would report to government should be in place by Dec. 31, 2009, to manage the RCMP's financial affairs and resources, the task force recommended.
Government bureaucracy has kept the police force from doing their jobs, the Post said, citing Brown.
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