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When misconduct results in firing, many union contracts mandate arbitration processes that evaluate officers' disciplinary records, often complicated by policies that require departments to purge records after a few years. Such practices have led to officers being rehired elsewhere; for instance, an investigation by The Washington Post found that out of 1,881 officers fired, 450 were rehired by other jurisdictions, some with histories of serious offenses like sexual assault or fatal shooting.