The village where every cop has been convicted of domestic violence

Well first of all, this official sign for their police department should say a lot about the state of things in the village.

That being I wonder how much of this issue is due to low pay / budgets, lack of interest, or because of the perception by the community that the police are all corrupt criminals already?

In the villages where there are cops, a different problem has emerged. A first-of-its-kind investigation by the Daily News and ProPublica has found that at least 14 cities in Alaska have employed police officers whose criminal records should have prevented them from being hired under Department of Public Safety regulations. The news organizations identified more than 34 officers who should have been ineligible for these jobs. In all but three cases, the police hires were never reported by the city governments to the state regulatory board, as required.

In eight additional communities, local tribal governments have hired tribal police officers convicted of domestic violence or sex crimes.

All 42 of these tribal and city police officers have rap sheets that would prevent them from being hired by the Anchorage Police Department and its urban peers, as Alaska state troopers or even as private security guards most anywhere else in the United States. Many remain on the job today.

How can anyone trust the word of a cop about an alleged case of domestic violence or sexual assault when the officer has served time for the same crime? This is just a complete mess.