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teslas_moustache [Kansas City] @midwest.social

2y 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/ListofLASDdeputygangs
  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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