I'm a bit surprised at some of the people who have reacted to this post who have missed the entire point of it which is clearly not seeking for advice or expecting pity but to serve as a warning. I feel a bit disheartened by them.
It's sad to see rogue officers haven't gone away but nor is it surprising. I very much appreciate this post, despite the fact I've never been a GM or someone who has been involved in GM/Officer like functions. It sheds light on why promotions have to be earned-truly. Some of the best of guilds can't even prevent rogue officers even with the strictest of rules and policies to determine otherwise as mentioned by
@Kat Five Knives. Life happens.
While, yes, there are GMs that don't really put thought into promoting officers that does not necessarily mean all GMs don't or that it's every GM'S fault that an officer went rogue. Outside of officers and guilds and the realm of POTCO, whether you trust people very easily or are über cautious about trust with strange humans altogether there are still people who will betray you and I would wager those saying that every GM is liable for trusting someone as an officer would not say that the good friend is liable for trusting someone they were not yet aware was not a good friend. This stuff happens.
I'd say though that banning them wouldn't be such a terrible idea if the rules were based more on a moral compass while not being such a mess. It woukd be a mess by far and away. Each instance/case where such a rogue officer event happens could be different and I know for a fact they will be as difficult as it might be to believe. It would be a waste of (for lack of a better term) human resources.
I think if there is a suggestion that TLOPO has to take up sooner or later it is the implementation of some sort of Co-GM rank in guilds. It's a suggestion that anyone who knows POTCO has long heard over and over and over, probably anyone's often heard anyone's bringing the old bodies back.
Getting off the soapbox now. I'm sorry to hear that this happened. If only people weren't such flawed beings