>Boggles my mind why they'd ever let someone like that be a cop.

Of all the jobs available, how many people really want a job that is historically known for low pay, long hours, and on more than occassionally requested to put your life on the line? How long did you personally contemplate that as an option? Of all of the people left that didn't say hellznah, fill the positions you have open on your police force. Policing is like politics in this one manner: those who want/seek the job, tend to be those that should never have the job.