1.   And when the civilian review board substantiates a misconduct allegation, statistics show, the department rarely punishes the officer.

2.   And this was the case in which officers were punished.

3.   --A complete review of discipline would show more officers are punished for verbal or physical abuse of citizens, Parks contended.

4.   All three governments repeatedly insist that their militaries follow the rule of law and punish officers who do not.

5.   But one obvious sign of advancement is that federal prosecutors appear to have shelved plans to file a lawsuit accusing the city of failing to effectively punish brutal officers.

6.   But records show that the department rarely punishes officers severely, even when the accusations involve domestic violence.

7.   Critics of the department, though, say it reflects a greater hesitancy to punish officers for brutality than for corruption.

8.   District attorneys can charge officers criminally, and the independent Civilian Complaint Review Board investigates complaints of brutality and discourtesy, but cannot punish officers.

9.   First, Dunbar must determine how harshly to punish officers whose discrimination led to the profiling scandal.

10.   He said the Justice Department was more culpable than the Pentagon, because the Marine Corps at least conducted a detailed investigation and punished several officers.