Hi Tom, as you were just saying about Police Corruption....
TR> I work in a relatively small department with 147 sworn officers.
TR> One bad cop here can tarnish the reputation and good work of the
TR> other 146. This is one of the primary reasons why there is a
TR> concerted effort to prosecute, discipline, or fire this one cop,
TR> depending on what the one officer did. It is not fair for the other
TR> 146 good cops to be shamed by the actions of one.
TR> 
TR> Even in some of the worst examples of police corruption which have
TR> made the news in the last few years, it was the good cops who fried
TR> the bad ones with no quarter given. New Orleans is the example I am
TR> thinking about, and I have several friends there who were involved
TR> in the preparation of cases against the bad cops there. Those who
TR> serve with honesty and integrity don't appreciate bearing unjust
TR> shame for something they had nothing to do with. When is comes time
TR> to fry a bad cop, tremendous resources are expended to do the job
TR> right. 
Hell, take the most famous(?) one......Serpico.  Damn near brought
down an entire  precinct.  The Louima (toilet plunger) case was
initially brought to light by another officer than the ones involved.  I
believe that the Knapp Commission originally started from inside
information. Ryan should ask himself why a few police officers get very
nervous when  IAD starts snooping around.   
He should also ask himself, why, in the areas where they do have
civilian oversight committees, is there not that much more happening
corruption wise than where there isn't.  Could it possibly be that
some police manage to police themselves.......naah, that couldn't be
it........could it?  :^)
RD 
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