LOL -- and I thought there was something funny about all the increasing numbers of black and hispanic bums-in-uniform we see! I'm all for more blacks and hispanics in uniform -- let's see what they unpleasant woman about THEN! EXCERPTS In recent years, the Police Department has knowingly hired New Yorkers who have been charged with laundering drug money, buttault, grand larceny and weapons possession, according to documents and sources familiar with the recruiting. ... One of every five probationary cops in the January 2003 Police Academy clbutt who were reviewed by the commission should have been disqualified by NYPD hiring standards. ... Half of the cops may not have met the NYPD residency requirements. The department never completed a full check before the recruits were hired. ... "We are hiring people to be cops who have no respect for the law," said former NYPD Sgt. Anthony Petroglia, who worked in the department's applicant processing division for nearly 10 years before retiring in 2002. "We are hiring people who were charged with crimes that get you thrown off the force if you do them in uniform," he said. "All we are doing is buying trouble for the future." ... There is little dispute the NYPD is experiencing a brain drain. More than 10,500 veteran cops have retired from the force since 2001. An additional 3,477 cops have quit over the same period, with many jumping to higher-paying police jobs. ... "It's all judgment calls - bad ones," said a retired cop who worked nearly a decade in the applicant processing division. "But the bosses say, 'Send 'em through. We'll catch the problem ones later.'"
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