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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: 1, Troll) by CirclesInSand on Tuesday June 21 2016, @04:27PM
Just a few bad cops makes all 700,000 + cops in the US look bad.
Do you realize that all 700,000+ of those cops make a career out of stealing from / abducting / killing otherwise peaceful people just because the law says it is ok? There are plenty of victimless crimes, and the police have sworn and get paid to uphold every law, even the bad ones. All cops make all cops look bad.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday June 21 2016, @10:56PM
You are a retarded douche bag with the IQ of a snail. You make all humans look bad, and should be sterilized and probably put down for the good of humanity in general.