32,000 Iraqi police quite, 12,000 not on the job but drawing salaries

June 12, 2007
32,000 Iraqi police quite, 12,000 not on the job but drawing salaries

WASHINGTON, June 12 (UPI) -- About 32,000 Iraqi police who have been trained and equipped are no longer on the job, having left for various reasons over the last 18 months.

And as many as 12,000 police not on the job are drawing salaries anyway, said U.S. Army Lt. Gen. Martin Dempsey, who has just returned from more than two years in Iraq overseeing the development of Iraqi security forces.