Report details arrests of state police going back 9 years

[Tom Yossarian Joad]

http://pennlive.com/newsflash/pa/index.ssf?/base/news-9/1069878842263201.xml

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Eighty-two Pennsylvania State Police troopers were arrested for felonies and misdemeanors that include aggravated assault, rape, bribery and incest during the past nine years, according to a departmental report released Wednesday.

In addition to the 89 sets of serious criminal charges — defendants were counted more than once if they were charged on more than one day — the department listed 25 troopers who were charged with summary offenses such as disorderly conduct and harassment since 1995.

Of the 114 total arrests, 45 resulted in convictions and 49 led to acquittals or the charges being dropped. The records in 12 cases were expunged, and eight cases are pending.

Speaking at an unrelated event in York on Wednesday, Gov. Ed Rendell said the report "shows there's a problem."

"An arrest or two a year is probably inevitable" but the report indicates "a very high number," he said.

Rendell said state police are taking steps to address the problem and noted that an outside consultant was hired to monitor reforms in the wake of revelations of dozens of complaints of alleged sexual misconduct by troopers since 1995.

Over the past three years alone, troopers have been arrested for stealing money and drugs from drug dealers in the Philadelphia area, downloading child pornography on office computers in Greene County, borrowing thousands of dollars from garages subject to state police inspection in Beaver County, and mistreating POWs while on duty with the U.S. Army Reserves in Iraq.

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Hmmmm.

[NNN0LHI]

1. The line between being a cop or a criminal is a very fine one indeed

http://ap.tbo.com/ap/breaking/MGAR4JJSHND.html

Detroit Police Sergeant Charged With Robberies of 13 Banks, Conspiracy

DETROIT (AP) - A veteran police sergeant was charged with robbing 13 banks with his brother and a third man.

Walter John Bates, 46, has been with the Detroit police force 18 years and is a sergeant in the homicide division.

Prosecutors Wednesday said he acted as a lookout or getaway driver in 13 holdups in the Detroit area from July to November 2002. He was charged with conspiracy in a 14th robbery allegedly committed by the other men.

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2. knowing when to stop

is always a good thing.