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Don't Let Cops Off Lightly
In a democracy, the police remain ultimately accountable to the people. It also has a responsibility to the law of the land. Protection of the basic rights of the people and compliance with law are the twin pillars of good policing in a liberal democratic society. However, the mandate of the police to use force to curb violence and disorder raises the key question that the police themselves should not indulge in abuse of force. This has come into sharp focus with the recent incident of policemen collaborating with a mob in lynching a petty thief in Bhagalpur.
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New York Sun - New York,NY,USA
20 December 2007
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Police Officers Involved In Co
Police are investigating a corruption case in Brooklyn after a police officer was caught on tape describing how he tampered with drug evidence, police officials said.
Detective Sean Johnstone was caught on a recorded conversation, which he mistakenly recorded himself, telling an unnamed officer that he and another police officer, Julio Alvarez, had underreported the amount of drugs they confiscated during a drug bust, police said. Both police officers were arraigned yesterday in criminal court in Brooklyn on false document and official misconduct charges. Internal affairs investigators for the police are investigating if any of the drugs actually went missing, police officials said.
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