Dozens of police officers are being investigated over their use of anabolic steroids supplied by criminals in gyms, an anti-corruption report has revealed.
It warns that the many officers who use drugs to boost their strength risk corruption if they depend on dealers.
The Association of Chief Police Officers in England and Wales ordered the report from the anti-corruption group Transparency International.
It says some officers also abuse their power to obtain sexual favours.
The report urges "zero tolerance" on corruption and says forces should not "fire-fight" their way from crisis to crisis.
Acpo's spokesman on professional standards, Staffordshire Chief Constable Michael Cunningham, said the problems caused by officers taking steroids were "a significant threat".
He said almost all of the 43 forces in England and Wales were investigating police officers involved in bodybuilding who had formed inappropriate relationships with people supplying the drugs.
"In most forces there will be a police officer who is into bodybuilding and the gym and who would abuse steroids," he said.
Such cases would often start with officers going to gyms, starting to experiment with steroids - "then the relationships they form when they're using steroids become corrupt and corrosive", he added.
Hearings planMr Cunningham said other top risk factors for corruption included the misuse of information systems.
He said most forces were also investigating allegations against officers "abusing their position for sexual favour".
Later this week, chief constables will meet to talk about how best to tackle corruption allegations.
They will discuss plans including making gross misconduct hearings open to the public and the media as well as setting up ethics committees - independent of the police and crime commissioners - for each force.
In December, the Inspectorate of Constabulary called on forces to improve plans to combat corruption.
Investigations into corruption are rising but too few forces are gathering intelligence to prevent it happening, it found.
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