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This is interesting. Normally police departments claim they have few ways to catch corrupt police. And I think there is more than a little truth to that. How

This is interesting. Normally police departments claim they have few ways to catch corrupt police. And I think there is more than a little truth to that. However, in this case the article shows that corrupt police are revealing themselves through the practice of destroying equipment. This could be an indicator that acts as a "canary" for police corruption! If police departments appropriately monitored such indicators, they may be on verge of discovering an easy method to spot criminal police officers before they do the damage to society.

atomicbeanie 11y ago
Of course, if the police do stuff like this: http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/feb/07/leaked-police-files-contain-guarantees-disciplinary-records-will-be-kept-secret http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/feb/07/leaked-police... it is unlikely they are willing to take responsibility for enforcement. Rarely does enforcement happen without oversight. By hiding police records they protect themselves, the police department leaders. We should, however, be able to do better. Public records, paid for by the public, are easily considered public property. I think courts could handle this.