Nearly 1,000 serving police officers and PCSOs have a criminal record

[Jazzy]

More than 900 serving police officers and community support officers have a criminal record, official figures show.



Forces across England and Wales employ policemen and women with convictions including burglary, causing death by careless driving, robbery, supplying drugs, domestic violence, forgery and perverting the course of justice.



Those with criminal records include senior officers, among them two detective chief inspectors and one chief inspector working for the Metropolitan Police.



At least 944 currently serving officers and police community support officers (PCSOs) have a conviction, according to figures released by 33 of the 43 forces in England and Wales in response to Freedom of Information requests.



Many forces could not provide details of criminal records dating from before their staff joined the police, meaning the true figure will be significantly higher.



The Metropolitan Police, Britain's largest force, came top with 356 officers and 41 PCSOs with convictions.



Full article: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/ukn...fficers-and-PCSOs-have-a-criminal-record.html

 

[Jazzy]

Don't they do criminal background checks in the UK?

I know they do here in the US.

 

[Evil Eye]

As long as they're doing their jobs...

They'd probably be understaffed if they didn't hire people with a criminal record.

 

[Jazzy]

I'm sure only small offenses get by...

These don't sound like small offenses to me. How about to you?

[font=tahoma, helvetica, arial, sans-serif]Forces across England and Wales employ policemen and women with convictions including burglary, causing death by careless driving, robbery, supplying drugs, domestic violence, forgery and perverting the course of justice.

 

[Jazzy]

From looking at the offenses, it seems like they hire anybody.

 

[Bluezone777]

It warms my heart to see such law abiding citizens taking the job of a police officer in the UK. As you can clearly see, there is nothing hypocritical about having people who can't seem to obey the law be the one to enforce them.