Jeeze.. what a shame, I think this proves that there needs to be more stringent screening processes on who can become a cop..
In eugene,oregon Robert Magaņa raped a buncha women, he should not even been allowed to have been in the academy because of some previously existing violations of policy.. just shows how slack the system is sometimes..
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The review described Magaņa's hiring a decade ago as a "fast tracking" process for four officers that was meant to increase minority hiring but was "flawed." The Magaņa hiring did not include the usual background check or psychiatric evaluation for hiring armed police officers.
In Magaņa's case, "Criminal history information that would normally have been considered as cause for disqualification was not because the police record had been removed, although it appears that there was knowledge of the matter."
The criminal file "mysteriously reappeared" years later after Magaņa was charged with sex crimes. Magaņa was arrested for burglary in 1982, but not prosecuted.
EPD lacks a system to prevent record tampering and Magaņa's criminal file "obviously had been taken" which was a "serious problem," the report stated.
Magaņa also had a previous juvenile criminal matter, but the record was expunged, according to the report. "Interestingly, the request to expunge was dated after the selection process for police officer began."
EPD officers involved in the "fast tracking" hire were "concerned about applicant quality, however, there was considerable pressure" to "take advantage of the opportunity to hire minority applicants."
With Magaņa and Lara, "It is hard to imagine that patrol officers ? with clearly defined roles and geographic boundaries ? were able to engage in such serious misconduct for so long and go undetected ? There clearly was a failure of supervision."
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