The Way Things Are Going

[Barsel]

They'll be a serious shortage of police on the force before long.
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/newslondon/ex-pc-jailed-after-forming-inappropriate-relationship-with-vulnerable-woman/ar-AAPFCjy

[ToraToraTora]

dunno what's happened to plod.

[jno]

I suppose this is nothing compared to the 1960s when half the Met seemed to be on the take. But it is unsettling that the force seems to be attracting quite a few undesirables and hasn't managed to spot them.

[Peter Pedant]

the met should arrest more criminal than it employs
was the phrase apparently
the local nick at heathrow known as Thief-row ...

[youngmafbog]

I think you will find that the police have always been weeding out the bad pennies, its just now it makes the News.

Large organisations where people are in a position of trust always attract undesirables, always have done.