Not Even a Slap on the Wrist

Let's run through a theoretical scenario here. You are the chief of police in a mildly unstable government that has just undergone a coup d'etat and need to crack down on police corruption. What's your proposed solution? What kind of punishment do you instate to crack down on the cops?

My initial ideas were the classics: waterboarding (I didn't want to include the link, so you can look it up on your own if you want), the sharpened bamboo inserted underneath the fingernails (courtesy of Sayyid from 'LOST'), a pillory; for the under-14 crowd, you could even institute the notorious dunk tank from school-carnival days. Any combination of those would serve as a sufficient deterrent, in my opinion.

The Thai Police decided a few weeks back to go a different route. For policemen who violate rules, the punishment is the wearing of a pink "Hello Kitty" armband.

No, you are not illiterate, and yes, you read that correctly.

I make no claims to being an Organizational Behavior expert, but I'm guessing that this is not the best way to stop corrupt cops from running extortion scams, laundering money, and basically using their position to improve their standard of living. Anybody who feels differently, feel free to weigh in. (I realize I've neglected to mention that this is for first-time, minor offenses...but I'm operating off the principle of the idea here) In the words of Seinfeld with regards to the Winter Olympics' biathlon: "This makes about as much sense to me as swimming and, I don't know...strangling a guy."

However, on the off-chance that this does work, and to better position myself as a law enforcement consultant if other police agencies decide to adopt this humiliation-by-clothing/accessory idea, I brainstormed a few ideas:

*They could make German police wear this Tom Cruise t-shirt.

*For our Texas brethren down south, maybe make them wrap a large towel around themselves.

*After searching long and hard, I decided that there is nothing that you could dress a Japanese person up in that would humiliate them. Have you seen their game shows?

*But really, when it boils down to it, I think this would translate well into any language:I wasn't feeling all that creative today, so these are pretty lame. Feel free to make suggestions.