No Stupid Questions @lemmy.world teslas_moustache [Kansas City] @midwest.social 1 yr. ago

How many of y'all's local PDs are running drugs?

'Cause I'm pretty sure KCPD is. Probably a lot of the sheriff departments, too.

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What makes you think they are?
- 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.

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