Serving police officers have been found guilty of nearly 200 crimes in the past three years, with some actively using their positions for illegal gain.
Police forces across the country have arrested their own officers for a range of offences – including some as serious as running a brothel, possession of child abuse images, and selling firearms – Freedom of Information requests by The Independent have revealed.
At least 179 crimes have been committed by officers in the past three years, a figure which the former deputy commissioner of the Metropolitan Police, Brian Paddick, described as “very worrying”.
The reports show that officers are guilty of serious crimes including sexual assault, possession of cocaine, using excessive force and lying on a crime report form relating to a rape case.
Just the people to enforce all the UKs new sex-panic laws.
The more things change the more they stay the same.