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Police find it hard to cope
A SHORTAGE of experienced officers is affecting the force's ability to investigate crimes, the Police Association says.
As the State Government boasts of greater police numbers, the association's annual conference heard yesterday that minimum staffing levels had not been met and that the retention of seasoned officers was more important than recruiting from overseas.
President Peter Alexander called on the Government to look at incentives for police to stay in the job and said better planning in the past would have avoided the need to rely on international recruits.
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FBI arrests Puerto Rican polic
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico: FBI agents on Thursday arrested eight police officers accused of planting drugs as fraudulent evidence against residents of housing projects in western Puerto Rico.
A raid on the officers' precinct in Mayaguez discovered a safe holding drugs that were kept in reserve to frame people, U.S. Attorney Rosa Emilia Rodriguez said at a news conference.
"This is the first phase of a continuing investigation," she said.
Agents have outstanding arrest warrants for two other officers, FBI spokesman Harry Rodriguez said.
The suspects allegedly used marijuana, cocaine and heroin to frame residents of low-income areas between 2004 and 2007. They also made up elaborate details on arrest and search warrants, Rodriguez said.
The 10 defendants indicted Thursday by a federal grand jury are accused of conspiracy to violate civil rights and drug violations. If convicted, they face 10 years to life in prison, prosecutors said.
A crowd gathered outside the station in Mayaguez as agents drove the suspects away. Some onlookers shouted "justice" and pounded on the cars.
"They make up charges against everyone, if you have piercings, if you're black, if you look funny," local resident Pedro Rivera told radio station WKAQ, speaking between shouts from the crowd.
The superintendent of police for the U.S. Caribbean territory, Pedro Toledo, said the half of the anti-narcotics unit that does not face charges will be transferred to other police stations. New officers will replace the disbanded unit in Mayaguez.
"This severely affects the image of the police and even our own confidence inside the force," Toledo said.
Puerto Rican police also are facing a scandal over an officer charged with first-degree murder in the shooting death of an unarmed man in the eastern town of Humacao. The shooting was captured on video and broadcast on local TV news and the Internet.
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