More than 4,000 police officers were disciplined for criminal behaviour in the past five years.
They include an inspector who was sacked after being arrested for shoplifting and a PC who resigned after installing a camera in a ladies toilet.
A sergeant in Lancashire was also sacked after being with discovered with three sub-machine guns and ammunition. A colleague from the same force resigned after being caught drug-trafficking.
Shocking new figures, obtained through Freedom of Information requests, show criminality among the rank and file of Britain's police forces is on the rise.
The number of officers found guilty of misconduct has shot up by 56 per cent - from 559 in 2008 to 873 in 2012, according to the Daily Express.
In total, 4,115 officers were disciplined over criminal behaviour, of which 643 were dismissed or forced to resign.
More than 100 were at the rank of inspector or higher. Full story...
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They include an inspector who was sacked after being arrested for shoplifting and a PC who resigned after installing a camera in a ladies toilet.
A sergeant in Lancashire was also sacked after being with discovered with three sub-machine guns and ammunition. A colleague from the same force resigned after being caught drug-trafficking.
Shocking new figures, obtained through Freedom of Information requests, show criminality among the rank and file of Britain's police forces is on the rise.
The number of officers found guilty of misconduct has shot up by 56 per cent - from 559 in 2008 to 873 in 2012, according to the Daily Express.
In total, 4,115 officers were disciplined over criminal behaviour, of which 643 were dismissed or forced to resign.
More than 100 were at the rank of inspector or higher. Full story...
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