I have to disagree with you. I have never hesitated turning in a rogue, and I know of instances that my fellow officers have done the same.
This young officer could have well gotten his money legitimately (inheritance, wife's inheritance, extra duties, etc). RICO money is not given to individual officers; it is kept by the department, or in many cases, turned over to the municipality's general fund.
Many of those who post on this site choose to find all law enforcement guilty. They look for fault like there was a reward for it.
Freepers fall into all kinds of categories. Some of us don’t trust law enforcement, judges and the district attorney’s office because they have first-hand experience of corruption, such as being found guilty for a crime they had absolutely nothing to do with.
"Thank You" for yer service, and I offer a humble apology for typing the previous before reading the entirety of the posts...
There is a reward. Freedom.
Your problem on this thread is that the law has become the enemy of American Freedom and thus the agents of law enforcement become enemies as well, whether they deserve it or not.
If you don’t like it then you should be helping to lead the charge against BS traffic law, coerced vehicle searches, asset forfeiture, etc etc. and each cop who smirks when he says that he doesn’t write the law, he just enforces it.