Fired/Rehired
By Steven Rich, Wesley Lowery, Kimbriell Kelly & Campaign Zero
Insight: Since 2006, the nation’s largest police departments have fired at least 1,881 officers for misconduct that betrayed the public’s trust, from cheating on overtime to unjustified shootings. But The Washington Post has found that departments have been forced to reinstate more than 450 officers after appeals required by union contracts.
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