William Lyons, a whistleblower who reported cheating within the Atlanta Police Department
Just a few weeks ago, a dozen former teachers and administrators in Atlanta were sentenced to
up to seven in years in prison for cheating on standardized tests.
They became pariahs and symbols for all that was wrong with public education in Atlanta.
Well, it turns out that cheating has been happening in the Atlanta Police Department as well, but it's being handled much differently.
A police official tells Winne that Lyons took documents outlining cheating allegations to the state agency that certifies police officers in Georgia because he felt his superiors did not handle the incident properly.
The documents detail various cheating allegations among several cadets during police training - including tip-offs about a use of deadly force simulation. The documents suggest two recruits hit up a recruit who had been through the academy before to provide “specific details about the shoot/don’t shoot scenario test.”
Another involved alleged shortcuts in writing bios of classmates. Out of 53 recruits “there were several who were found to have been dishonest or cheated on th(e) assignment.”
Will this be swept under the rug? Were the officers who cheated passed through? If so, why?
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