To be clear, police are not committing crimes at anywhere near the level of civilians. Stinson’s data found 1.7 arrests of police per 100,000 population over the seven years of the study, where the general arrest rate in 2012 alone was 3,888 arrests per 100,000 population.
The number of arrests was “not particularly notable,†said Jim Pasco, executive director of the National Fraternal Order of Police officers’ union, “when you take into account there are between 850,000 and 950,000 law enforcement officers.â€
Cops are over 2,000 times less likely to be arrested than civilians per capita. Doesn't that seem like a corrupt criminal justice system?