Flutterby™! : Clean-record agreements

This is a devastating piece of reporting and an incredible read: SF Chronicle: This is the secret system that covers up police misconduct — and ensures problem officers can get hired again

In many cases, police departments hid alleged misconduct even while maintaining it occurred. In every case where reporters could establish the outcome of a department’s internal investigation through documents or interviews, they found that clean-record agreements were given after police agencies had fired the officer, or had begun the process of doing so, based on what they saw as clear evidence of wrongdoing.

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