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03/09/2005: "Mexican Police ordered to read"

Interesting one here from Mexico where the 1,100 strong police force of the Nezahualcoyotl district of Mexico City have been ordered to read at least one book every month or lose any chance of promotion! Currently a substantial proportion of the force are semi-literate with about 20% not even educated beyond primary level. With a repuration for being lazy, incompetent and corrupt the idea is that by reading books such as Don Quixote or The Labyrinth of Solitude, for example, they will become better people and better police officers! It's certainly a novel idea (fuckit I couldn't resist), it would be interesting to see how it improves their situation.