10 Philadelphia recruits resign after cheating scandal
By: Chris Palmer, The Philadelphia Inquirer
PHILADELPHIA — Ten Philadelphia police recruits resigned last week after they admitted to trying to cheat on an open-book test, a department spokesperson said Monday.
Capt. Sekou Kinebrew said that in early June, the day before a test on vehicle-code law, one member of a platoon of recruits discovered another trying to distribute some type of answer key to his classmates. Kinebrew did not identify any of the aspiring cops, but said the recruit who noticed the activity reported it to a supervisor.
An investigation was launched, Kinebrew said, and 10 platoon members confessed to accepting the illicit help. Each resigned last week, Kinebrew said.
