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Hundreds of police still on the job after convictions
HUNDREDS of police officers have been convicted of offences including sex crimes, assaults and possessing indecent images of children in the last three years, new figures reveal today.
A total of 309 police officers and police community support officers (PCSOs) were convicted of offences from 2012 to June this year.
But the true number of convicted officers is likely to be significantly higher, as only 25 out of 45 forces provided figures in response to an investigation by the Press Association news agency.
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