teslas_moustache [Kansas City] to No Stupid Questions • 1 year agoHow many of y'all's local PDs are running drugs?message-square41fedilinkarrow-up1102arrow-down121file-text
arrow-up181arrow-down1message-squareHow many of y'all's local PDs are running drugs?teslas_moustache [Kansas City] to No Stupid Questions • 1 year agomessage-square41fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareFlying Squidlink25•1 year agohttps://boingboing.net/2023/01/26/pennsylvania-police-chief-charged-with-running-drugs.html https://www.dispatch.com/story/news/local/2021/09/30/what-we-know-columbus-ohio-police-john-kotchkoski-marco-merino/5921633001/ https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-10-29/inglewood-police-officer-arrested-faces-federal-drug-trafficking-charges https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/missouri-police-chief-charged-drug-trafficking-overdose-death-home-rcna53206 https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/wayne-county/2021/06/02/highland-park-police-officer-fentanyl-laced-heroin-drug-trafficking-federal-charges/7506453002/ https://www.justice.gov/usao-edny/pr/new-york-city-police-department-officer-and-four-others-arrested-conspiracy-import-and https://www.mercurynews.com/2023/04/05/drug-trafficking-charges-against-long-time-san-jose-police-unions-executive-director-raise-oversight-questions/ Shall I keep going?
minus-squareHyperrealitylinkfedilink16•1 year agoAlso: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_LASD_deputy_gangs And it’s not just a US problem. Oganised crime often infiltrates or corrupts police forces, even in developed countries where the police are paid relatively well and trained properly unlike in the US.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish-9•1 year agoThose are officers, not departments. Very different.
minus-squareFlying Squidlink11•1 year agoSure, the departments were all totally unaware. Every time. Especially with those two police chiefs.
minus-squarejayrhackerlinkfedilink9•1 year agoLet’s not let a few good apples ruin the reputation of the Police: ACAB
https://boingboing.net/2023/01/26/pennsylvania-police-chief-charged-with-running-drugs.html
https://www.dispatch.com/story/news/local/2021/09/30/what-we-know-columbus-ohio-police-john-kotchkoski-marco-merino/5921633001/
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-10-29/inglewood-police-officer-arrested-faces-federal-drug-trafficking-charges
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/missouri-police-chief-charged-drug-trafficking-overdose-death-home-rcna53206
https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/wayne-county/2021/06/02/highland-park-police-officer-fentanyl-laced-heroin-drug-trafficking-federal-charges/7506453002/
https://www.justice.gov/usao-edny/pr/new-york-city-police-department-officer-and-four-others-arrested-conspiracy-import-and
https://www.mercurynews.com/2023/04/05/drug-trafficking-charges-against-long-time-san-jose-police-unions-executive-director-raise-oversight-questions/
Shall I keep going?
Also:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_LASD_deputy_gangs
And it’s not just a US problem. Oganised crime often infiltrates or corrupts police forces, even in developed countries where the police are paid relatively well and trained properly unlike in the US.
Got any Colorado ones?
Those are officers, not departments. Very different.
Sure, the departments were all totally unaware. Every time. Especially with those two police chiefs.
Let’s not let a few good apples ruin the reputation of the Police: ACAB
Maybe, but I doubt it.