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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-21154316

Dozens of police officers are being investigated over their use of anabolic steroids supplied by criminals in gyms, an anti-corruption report has revealed.

It warns that the many officers who use drugs to boost their strength risk corruption if they depend on dealers.

The Association of Chief Police Officers in England and Wales ordered the report from the anti-corruption group Transparency International.

It says some officers also abuse their power to obtain sexual favours.

The report urges "zero tolerance" on corruption and says forces should not "fire-fight" their way from crisis to crisis.

Acpo's spokesman on professional standards, Staffordshire Chief Constable Michael Cunningham, said the problems caused by officers taking steroids was were "a significant threat".

He said almost all of the 43 forces in England and Wales were investigating police officers involved in bodybuilding who had formed inappropriate relationships with people supplying the drugs.

"In most forces there will be a police officer who is into bodybuilding and the gym and who would abuse steroids," he said.

Such cases would often start with officers going to gyms, starting to experiment with steroids - "then the relationships they form when they're using steroids become corrupt and corrosive", he added.

Mr Cunningham said other top risk factors for corruption included the misuse of information systems.

He said most forces were also investigating allegations against officers "abusing their position for sexual favour".

Bent coppers, eh?

Nothing new there .....