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The combination of drugs, booze, strippers and off-duty cops led to a yearlong police corruption investigation that could ensnare officers and bad guys from Florida to New York.
Five sheriff's deputies in Manatee and Sarasota counties have resigned -- two have been arrested -- amid a widespread police corruption investigation tied to the Palmetto strip club Cleopatra's.
Several more officers could be fired for their off-duty association with the bar, and records indicate nearly 30 civilians could also face misdemeanor charges.
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KING5.com - Seattle,WA,USA
29 January 2008
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City, police union spar over p
A showdown could be brewing between the city of Seattle and its police union.
A mayor's panel today released 29 recommendations on how to make Seattle police more accountable in cases of alleged misconduct.
The Police Accountability Review Panel was put together last year, after many highly-publicized cases of alleged police misconduct where the police chief chose not to discipline the officers involved. Panel members are urging the police union not to stand in the way of their recommendations
But the police union says it will fight if the city tries to make changes without negotiating first.
The mayor's panel recommends that a police auditor conduct more in-depth audits of policies. It also recommends more independence for the director of the Office of Professional Accountability, and a larger citizen review board that would hold more public hearings.
But the police union says it's in the middle of contract negotiations with the city, and this is not the time to put new issues on the table. Seattle police have been working without a contract for 18 months.
"If every time you meet you can keep changing your offer, then you'll never get anywhere," said Rich O'Neill, of the Seattle Police Officer's Guild.
City Council member Nick Licata says if the union drags its feet, the panel's recommendations may not see light of day until the next union contract in 2010.
"I don't mind negotiating these changes, but they're not negotiating them," he said. "They're playing games."
Mayor Greg Nickels says some of these changes do not need to be negotiated.
"I want to make it very clear that I intend to assert management rights very strongly," he said.
But the union says, most of the panel's 29 ideas directly affect discipline, and have to be bargained. Among the specific ideas: extending the 180-day time limit on internal investigations under some circumstances, and a policy that officers would be terminated for dishonesty.
"But it is imperative that people look at all the recommendations, and they implement all the recommendations," said former Seattle Mayor Norm Rice.
The NAACP says it's time for some of the changes recommended by the panel, but tonight, the union says it sees no reason to rush.
"Our system of discipline accountability works And there's no crisis that needs immediate attention," O'Neill said.
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