See cperciva&#x27;s comments elsewhere in this thread: based on the information presented in the article, the county did exactly what they should have done, and the criminal was convicted.<p>It&#x27;s not clear what the county could have done better. You&#x27;re going to get people capable of commiting rape into the police force just like you get them everywhere else (in greater proportion due to the nature of police work). And then they will rape someone. You can&#x27;t stop bad things from happening.