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http://www.businessinsider.com/fbi-disciplines-employees-for-sexting-2013-2***SNIP
Between 2010 and 2012 the FBI disciplined 1,045 of its 36,000 employees. Eighty five of the staff were fired by the organisation. The documents detail a range of misdemeanors from the serious to the silly.
One FBI supervisor "repeatedly committed check fraud and lacked candor under oath." One employee was involved in a drunken domestic incident where they 'refused to relinquish their weapon' to police, requiring them to physically subdue him.
A number of officers were charged with driving under the influence, one used a stolen credit card to buy petrol and another was involved in a child pornography investigation.
One female officer was disciplined after she emailed a "nude photograph of herself to her ex-boyfriend's wife", and allegedly harrassed the couple, despite warnings.
Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/fbi-disciplines-employees-for-sexting-2013-2#ixzz2LdSAbcj6
el_bryanto
(11,804 posts)At your place of business do you think 2.9% of your fellow employees are potentially guilty of these sorts of crimes? If you are self employed do you think you commit crimes 2.9% of the time?
Bryant
MindPilot
(12,693 posts)Just trying to roll that around in my head I would guess the times that a co-worker has committed a crime--again guessing but mostly DUI--the rate is probably well under 1% for my entire time in the workforce.
And none of my coworkers have ever been responsible for enforcing any of the laws they may have broken. That I believe makes a big difference.
loli phabay
(5,580 posts)MindPilot
(12,693 posts)Then it is part of the job description.
loli phabay
(5,580 posts)MindPilot
(12,693 posts)cbdo2007
(9,213 posts)don't want to say what it is, but we're probably at least at 10% minimum.
Blue_Tires
(55,445 posts)Don't you think that guy who wiretapped his boss' office should get a promotion instead? Isn't that what the FBI is all about??
From the BBC: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-21546135