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Originally Posted by teandto
I don't know anything about the army, but the police force doesn't have the best reputation in terms of corruption, with a few scandals being in the papers just recently.
Very often family ties will be more importatnt than the law and I have heard of some shady dealings being done.
I did read in one of the papers though that the police here were sending some staff over to england to be trained on how to stamp out corruption in the force. Not sure how accurate that is but worth thinking about!
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Every so often the police forces (especially traffic police) swap towns for a while.
We seem to get Nicosia traffic cops here, and during the time they are here they clamp down on speeding drivers, dangerous driving etc. Normally if a Cypriot is stopped by traffic cops t hey just say I will talk to my uncle, or brother, or cousin etc and they get away with it as everyone in paphos is related
However when the Nicosia police are here they dont take any nonsense and a lot of people find themselves paying large fines for speeding
