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One in 50 police on long-term
NEARLY 350 police officers in Scotland are on long-term leave due to stress, injury or sickness, prompting demands for an increase in front-line staff.
Police chiefs have admitted they are unhappy at the high number of long-term absentees in the service - the equivalent of taking away half the officers in Northern Constabulary.
Long-term sick leave is defined as 28-days' continuous absence by most forces. According to figures obtained by The Scotsman, some 348 officers are on long-term leave - 2.2 per cent of the national force, or one in 50 officers.
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JURIST - USA
09 July 2006
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Iraqi government investigation
Iraqi Interior Ministry investigations into Iraqi police operations have revealed over 400 incidents of police misconduct, "including the rape of female prisoners, the release of terrorism suspects in exchange for bribes, assassinations of police officers and participation in insurgent bombings", the Los Angeles Times reported Sunday. Some 400 authenticated documents covering part of 2005 and 2006 detail incidents involving dozens of police units and hundreds of officers, including police chiefs, most of whom were not punished.
In February US military officials vowed to improve Iraqi police forces [JURIST report] and in March US Army Lieutenant General Martin Dempsey [official profile], head of the Multi-National Security Transition Command in Iraq [official website], declared 2006 would be "the year of the police" [US Department of State press release], promising a renewed effort to instill professionalism in the force. The US State Department has noted, however, that "despite great progress and genuine commitment on the part of many ministry officials, the current climate of corruption, human rights violations, and sectarian violence found in Iraq's security forces undermines public confidence." President Bush has said that securing a legitimate Iraqi police force is crucial to an eventual withdrawal of US troops.
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