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Tuesday, October 14, 2008
Police with criminal records patrol Atlanta’s streets
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
You may have read the story about Atlanta police recruits. More than a third of the city’s recent academy graduates has been arrested or cited for a crime, according to an article in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
The arrests ranged from minor offenses to violent charges like assault. Hiring the offenders to serve as cops is a concession authorities say they’ve had to make to grow the force.
The Gwinnett police department doesn’t hire recruits with felony convictions, but they consider individuals with misdemeanor arrests on a case-by-case basis.
Should a blemished record, depending on the nature of the offense, keep someone from wearing a law enforcement badge?
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