Eight city police officers in St. Louis were busted last year after using World Series tickets seized from scalpers for themselves and family and friends.

They’ll each get a two-week suspension. And their names won’t be released to the public.

[Police Chief] said what they did was “intolerable” but added that they are “not thieves” and “can be redeemed.”

Really? If taking and using tickets that don’t belong to you doesn’t make one a “thief,” what does?

This entry was posted on Wednesday, April 4th, 2007 at 6:40 pm by Radley Balko and is filed under Police Professionalism, Uncategorized. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Both comments and pings are currently closed.