That’s way too long, but at least they’re trying to clean up the corruption and brutality. Could we get some of that trying, stateside?
Hundreds of London police officers are facing dismissal as the department steps up efforts “to root out those who are corrupt” after a series of scandals eroded public trust and a scathing report found it was institutionally racist, homophobic and misogynistic.
The Metropolitan Police Service said Tuesday that more than 1,000 officers are currently suspended or on restricted duties. That means the public is likely to be bombarded with stories of police misconduct over the next few years as the department works through the backlog of cases and around 60 officers face disciplinary proceedings each month.
“This is going to take one, two or more years to root out those who are corrupt,” Deputy Assistant Commissioner Stuart Cundy said as he updated reporters on efforts to reform the department. …
That’s just the London police force as well. There was a national review of all working police officers records to check any complaints etc that had been made against them just to double check they’d been dealt with properly and not been made to disappear…
I think the Police round our way has already cleaned itself up after previous things. But the it’s the fact it takes a scandal to make it happen that’s the hard thing to take.
I’m guessing this is an American community though and so I shouldn’t complain because I don’t think ours are as bad as yours.