Most peace officers are honest and ethical.
It doesn't take many of those to know there is enormous political risk to even raise this subject in public. The Bee had criticized what it called a lackluster state investigation into a series of spectacular abuses by correctional peace officers against prison inmates at Corcoran State Prison. Over a seven-year period, guards killed or wounded some 50 inmates in the deadliest prison in America. Others were set against each other in gladiator-style fights. Lungren made a number of useful points that day about the challenges of obtaining convictions against abusive guards who committed criminal acts.