New York police in the dock again as corruption claims dent image

by zeet | March 6, 2009 at 10:35 pm
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Public confidence in the New York Police Department has been shaken by claims that more than a hundred officers were investigated last year over possible collusion with drug gangs and the Mafia.

The allegations include a case of a transport policewoman said to have made money pickups on street corners in the Bronx for her heroin-trafficking boyfriend, and claims that an officer joined a gang that robbed drug dealers while still in uniform.

The disclosure of the internal investigations came in the same week that two officers were accused of raping a drunken woman they had been told to escort home. It followed a claim by a former mobster in a Mafia murder trial that two police officers provided back-up in the 1988 drive-by shooting of a drug dealer.


New York police in the dock again as corruption claims dent image
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Rhonda J Mangus

Thanks for this, zeet!

 

 

 

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Rhonda J Mangus

I just want to add that it would be helpful to create an original title and use the highlight tool for all material used from the original story. Thanks!

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zeet

Ok - now I get it.

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Rhonda J Mangus

I knew you would:)! It's okay! If you need further assistance, just let me know. And, thanks again for this story!

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zeet

:)

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