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The News |
After he became San Diego’s police chief, Bill Lansdowne dissolved a unit devoted to preventing and investigating the kind of criminal misconduct alleged against officers in recent months. |
The Chief’s Take |
Lansdowne says there is no excuse for the recent behavior, but adds that growing levels of stress, perhaps related to the economic recession, has likely contributed to it. |
3 Officers’ Take |
The officers say Lansdowne’s decision to disband the anticorruption unit years ago has gradually contributed to a cultural decline of self-policing in the department. |