With more and more programs allowing individual departments to profit by the seizure of private property during the case, the reasons for lying to gain a conviction become more and more apparent.
It is also my understanding that performance bonuses and promotions are affected by their arrest to convict ratio. Thus is a reason to adjust the record of events.
Where did you get THIS crock of crap from?!
For heaven's sake!
First, to keep this on topic, I WANT to be video recorded. I WANT to be audio recorded--each and every time I contact the public!
When I do ANYTHING on duty, it happens in front of my unit, with the camera rolling. When I transport a prisoner, the camera gets turned around to face the prisoner--every time!
Now as for the statement quoted....
Bonuses for "arrest to convict ratio"? What game are you playing, that puts such garbage in your head?
What PoliSci class are you in? Good grief, man!
That has to be one of the most uninformed and assinine statements I have heard from ANYONE. Dude, this is not a flame--but your statement is fraught with paranoia.
YOU DON'T LIVE IN COMMUNIST CHINA, OR COLD-WAR ERA RUSSIA. Get over it, will you? Sheesh!!! :banghead:
And, once again, I am moved to change my sig line.