In the past few days a former St. Louis police sergeant admitted stealing nearly $81,000, agreed to turn in his law enforcement certificate and never again work as a police officer. About the same time, a West Virginia cop was fired because he did not kill a man with an unloaded gun. Will the first cop really never work as a cop again? Will the second be able to clear his name and be the law enforcement officer he should be? Those questions would be answered with a database for police officers envisioned and recommended by Roger Goldman, emeritus law professor at St. Louis University and an authority on police licensing laws.