USA: Poliser tävlade i att stjäla skyltar från hemlösa - tävlingen pågick i flera veckor

USA: Två kriminella poliser i Texas tävlade under lång tid i att stjäla skyltar från hemlösa, för nöjes skull. Tävlingen pågick i ett flertal veckor. Polismyndigheten försökte sedan undanhålla information om aktiviteten från media efter att en internutredning i ärendet genomförts...
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Texas Cops Get Three Day Suspension For Contest Involving Stealing Signs From Homeless

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March 10, 2014 Source: NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth
Two police officers in an oil-rich West Texas city spent weeks competing to see who could take the most cardboard signs away from homeless people, even though panhandling doesn't violate any city law.

Nearly two months after the Midland Police Department learned of the game, the two officers were suspended for three days without pay, according to findings of the internal affairs investigation obtained by

The Associated Press through a public records request.

Advocate groups immediately blasted the department's handling, suggesting that the punishment wasn't harsh enough and that the probe should have been made public much earlier, before news organizations, including the AP, started asking about it.[...]

http://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/Midland-Officers-Suspend-for-Homeless-Sign-Contest-247502861.html

http://www.blacklistednews.com/Texas_Cops_Get_Three_Day_Suspension_For_Contest_Involving_Stealing_Signs_From_Homeless/33525/0/0/0/Y/M.html
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USA: Poliser tävlade i att stjäla skyltar från hemlösa - tävlingen pågick i flera veckor