It’s difficult to be fired by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration. Very difficult. So difficult, in fact, that even when the agency’s board of professional conduct recommends that someone be fired — a rare conclusion — it usually doesn’t happen.
These are among that reinforces a long line of stories over the years indicating the DEA generally responds to atrocious, even criminal, behavior by its employees with a wristslap.
Miscreants were allowed to keep their jobs even when they’d “distributed drugs, lied to authorities or commited other serious misconduct,” the report said.
At a time when police agencies around the country are making an effort to expel bad apples, the DEA still hasn’t caught on.
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