so far that you have 161 officers who have criminal convictions. now, are you prepared to have anyone in the ranks who has a criminal conviction? i heard you debating that earlier. i think the current policy is too permissive and too much grounds for interpretation. there s certainly some people when i ve looked at the list, i thought, crikey, that s that s not right. well, what kinds of things? and there are some sort of sex offence cases, there are some serious violence cases, but. dishonesty. exactly. but i think some of them i think we would all say probably if someone at the age of 15 or 18 has got a caution for possessing cannabis and they re now 28 and they ve got good employment track record and there s no other concern. let s talk about convictions, though, rather. of course, these part of a conviction, it s on the list. so it would be in that number as these cases like that as well. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news.
to help on this. and you also discovered in the course of this work or have discovered so far that you have 161 officers who have criminal convictions. are you prepared to have anyone in the ranks who has a criminal conviction? i heard you debating that earlier. i think the current policy is too permissive and leaves too much grounds for interpretation. there s certainly some people, when i ve looked at the list, i have thought, crikey, that s not right. well, what kinds of things? just explain that. there are some sort of sex offence cases, there are some serious violence cases. dishonesty? exactly, but i think some of them, i think we would all say, probably, if someone at the age of 15 or 18 has got a caution for possessing cannabis and they are now 28 and they have got a good employment track record, and there is no other concerns. let s talk about convictions, though, ratherthan. a caution is part of a conviction, at least on the list. i know, yes. so it would be in the numbers, c