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NEWS > 01 December 2007

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Nigerian police a threat to pu
Nigerian police are a danger to public safety because they consider extra-judicial killings an acceptable policing method and raping women as a fringe benefit, a report by a Nigerian civil rights group said.

The Network on Police Reform in Nigeria (NOPRIN) said it had monitored 400 police stations in 13 states for a year and found that killings, torture, extortion and rape had become routine because the authorities shielded policemen from the law.

The findings, reported in Nigerian newspapers on Monday, come after chief of police Mike Okiro said last month his men had kil... Read more

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Police officer is fired for pr

A Jamestown police officer suspended for making a crude comment to a female officer of the department has been fired following a series of civil service hearings on professional misconduct.

Tim Smeraldo, an 18-year veteran of the department, was terminated Wednesday, Police Chief Rex Rater confirmed. Rater said the firing mirrors the Monday recommendation of Thomas Rinaldo, the hearing officer, who sustained the five counts lodged against the officer.

Rater declined to be specific, only to say the action was merited because of a “progressive discipline.”

James Subjack, Smeraldo’s attorney, said Friday that he’s “disappointed” by the hearing officer’s ruling and the city’s action. A Fredonia attorney and former Chautauqua County district attorney, Subjack said the ruling is “disproportionate” punishment to the nature of the charge and an appeal is being considered.

 

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