Julie Ortega's List: Police Corruption

• nearly 10 percent of the federal police force as President Felipe Calderon seeks to rein in powerful drug cartels and curb widespread corruption among Mexican police.
• He declined to comment on whether any were suspected of police corruption,
• Before the dismissals, there were about 34,500 federal police officers
• 8,000 people have died in drug violence

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• Bribery or "mordida" - the bite - plays an important role in the Mexican criminal justice system.
• Mexico is well known for its illegal drug trade and the corruption the industry fosters.
• Mexicans view their police as having the lowest legitimacy out of all governmental functions due to corruption and lack of professionalism.
• Even officers that wish to remain clean are forced into corruption by their superiors.
• Police corruption and involvement in criminal activity occurs in most parts of Mexico
• Juan García Abrego claimed to have spent up to US$50 million per month to buy protection from Mexican law enforcement and judicial officials during the 1980s.
• To better manage the corruption problem, in January 2009 the government enacted legislation establishing a four-year deadline to vet personnel in all of the country's 2,600 police forces using a series of testing mechanisms. The legislation requires all police forces to meet certain compensation and training standards, and it also makes it easier for authorities to fire corrupt or unfit officers. In addition to rooting out corruption at the federal level through "Operation Cleanup," the government led anticorruption operations in several states.
• By the end of 2009, 16 SSP and PGR officials had been indicted for corruption since the government launched Operation Cleanup in July 2008; however, none had been convicted. During the year the Customs Agency relieved more than 700 employees and replaced them with vetted officials.

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• aumento del 20 por ciento de salario a los policías estatales a partir de esta quincena.
• Puntualizó que no tolerará la corrupción y deslealtad. “Tenemos como prioridad la disciplina y el cumplimiento de la ley sin excepciones”.

• La mayoría de los policías mexicanos continúan recibiendo una pago mensual equivalente a 4 mil 200 pesos
• que equivale a  650 dólares mensuales o poco más de 8 mil dólares anuales,  así lo dio a conocer un Informe del Sistema Nacional de Seguridad Pública.
• Un policía estatal en México alcanza actualmente 9 mil 250 pesos,

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