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3 N.Y.P.D. Commanders Are Arrested on Corruption Charges:
Three New York Police Department commanders, including a deputy chief, were arrested early Monday, along with a Brooklyn businessman, on federal corruption charges stemming from one of several continuing investigations into Mayor Bill de Blasio's campaign fund-raising, according to court papers.
The arrests, of a deputy chief, a deputy inspector and a sergeant, were one of the most significant roundups of police supervisors in the recent history of the department. In striking the top ranks, the case is a particular blow to the storied — and sometimes sullied — reputation of the nation's largest municipal police force.
The court papers in the case detail lavish gifts the two senior police officials are accused of receiving in exchange for taking official action, including expensive meals, free overseas and domestic trips, and the referral of business to a security company associated with one of the officials. The deputy inspector was also accused of receiving a trip on a private jet to Las Vegas for the Super Bowl weekend in 2013, and was said to be accompanied by a prostitute.
Also at Reuters, NY Daily News, and DNAinfo.
(Score: 2) by LoRdTAW on Tuesday June 21 2016, @12:13PM
You hit the nail on the head, IA is loathed. Another excellent point you bought up is: "Cops are just people first and foremost..." This is what the cops need to be told. You are not a special class of people. You arent above citizens, this isnt the military. You are a citizen whose job it is to uphold the law. Nothing more. I'd even go as far to say that once off the clock, they are no longer cops and not allowed to carry an off-duty weapon.
(Score: 2) by archfeld on Tuesday June 21 2016, @11:05PM
I can see your point, but in quite a few states cops are really never off duty and a required to carry a weapon and be prepared for action. Luckily I worked in a place that did not require that, though I always went armed, and still do. I also made sure I never lived in the same town I worked in, it helped to ensure the off-duty feeling. Much like military personnel coming out of the service, it is hard to turn off the instincts and reflexes needed to survive if you work under threat of fire for a long term.
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