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Jukes

[jooks]

noun

  1. the fictitious name of an actual family that was the focus of a 19th-century sociological study of the inheritance of feeble-mindedness and its correlation with social degeneracy.



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But Jukes insisted that failing officers will not get away with just being sacked.

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"We're keen to exit those officers who don't display the standards required in the organisation, and we're going to do that in ways which are quick and focused," Jukes added.

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"We are breaking up and busting up teams," Jukes said.

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Jukes said it was having "as big an impact as the pursuit of corrupt officers in Sir Robert Marks' commissionership".

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Deputy Commissioner Matt Jukes compared the approach to that of the American FBI who prosecuted Al Capone in the 1930s for tax evasion, rather than the murders he was suspected of.

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