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There are prosecutions too (the law has only relatively recently been tightened up):

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leeds-62729737

https://policeprofessional.com/news/pc-to-stand-trial-over-m...

But being sacked as a police officer in the UK is a fairly big deal. There's no Fraternal Order of Police to ease you into a cushy security job, and there's no macho culture of celebrating corrupt police. Being charged for misusing one's position would be pretty devastating. Policing in the UK is "by consent" and people don't take too kindly to stuff like this.



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