teslas_moustache [Kansas City]@midwest.social to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 11 months agoHow many of y'all's local PDs are running drugs?message-squaremessage-square30fedilinkarrow-up182arrow-down115file-text
arrow-up167arrow-down1message-squareHow many of y'all's local PDs are running drugs?teslas_moustache [Kansas City]@midwest.social to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 11 months agomessage-square30fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareVupperware@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8arrow-down6·11 months agoWhat makes you think they are?
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up21arrow-down2·11 months 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-squareHyperreality@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up14arrow-down2·11 months 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-squareSteve@communick.newslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down13·11 months agoThose are officers, not departments. Very different.
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.
Those are officers, not departments. Very different.