Edited sentence: Also mentioned in numerous anecdotes is the story of known officers, wearing plain cloths robbing drug traffickers at gunpoint and then "confiscating" the illicit substances for their own personal use or sale.Durham Regional Police lead the entire country in unlawful search and seizure's (as well as harassment).However most misconduct claims were not filed as the complainant was in fear of his/her life as well as their liberty.In the Durham Region, local lore has stated of police brutalizing people they arrest for non violent crimes including minor possession offenses.Residents of the townships in which these officers govern are not only restless for an answer to the escalating crime taking place in their city, but they are desperate for a real change in the police force.They demand greater internal oversight as more and more unscrupulous police are being hired on to the force