Serving Police Have Convictions Too!
March 11, 2009
According to reports out this week over 1000 police officers in service have a criminal record. These figures have been exposed following a request by the Liberal Democrats under the freedom of information act.
The report has said that there were a range of offences; 93 for dishonesty, 59 for assault and 3 for burglary, plus 210 further officers have either resigned or been dismissed since 2004 due to convictions.
The request by the Lib Dem’s has led them to advise police chiefs to “get tough on bad apples”. The figures come from statistics from 41 out of 52 forces.
Chris Huhne, spokesperson for Lib Dem home affairs told the Sun:
“I can’t see how an officer convicted of dishonesty can perform duties effectively. Any prosecutor would be reluctant to call them as a witness for fear of being taken apart by the defence.”
According to The Association of Police Officer officers that had committed crimes would not automatically lose their job.
Police Chief Constable, Peter Fahy, from Greater Manchester Police said:
“Where an officer has committed misconduct, a range of disciplinary actions can be taken including a reprimand, fine and reduction in rank or dismissal. Each case is judged on its merits.”
It does seem to me, very much like one rule for one and another for everyone else. This is very hypocritical and should be sorted out. I’m with the Lib Dem’s on this one!
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