Suspended PoPo
Jun 27th, 2007 by David
Corruption has been a common theme throughout our class. Within Mexico there exists corruption of the government, of the prison system, and also in the police force. This corruption of the police is currently leading to large amounts of drug related crime.
In Tultitlán, Mexico nearly 300 police officers were suspended, due to a crack down on police corruption. President Calderon has been fighting against the drug trafficking and related crimes since he took office in 2006.
This new plan to suspend police officers suspected of corruption includes drug tests, lie detector tests, and even psychological tests. This is one “of the most radical measures yet undertaken by authorities to stamp out corruption.” Even friends and families of police officers will be tested. The officers that fail the tests will be suspended and those that pass will be promoted.
This is an especially important movement in Mexico. It is one of the first major crack downs on corruption that includes investigation of family and friends. However, it is hard to believe that this measure is going to actually accomplish much if you compare the amount of corrupt police to the 300 that were suspended. There is still a lot of progress to be made in this struggle, but this is a good start.
[…] now it seems, the two countries will continue to center their efforts in Mexico. As we learned in David’s recent post, on June 25, 2007, nearly 300 of Mexico’s federal police were temporarily suspended and told that […]