You beat me to it...
Posted on 04/07/2016 2:43:30 PM PDT by Olog-hai
Four senior New York City police officials have been transferred amid a corruption probe into whether officers took free trips, meals and other perks, and Commissioner William Bratton said Thursday police and federal investigators will “follow the leads wherever they take us.”
“The public has an expectation of a high degree of trust and integrity in its police department,” he said. “This is not a particularly good day for the department.”
The corruption investigation by the NYPD’s Internal Affairs Bureau began in 2013, Bratton said in a statement. In early 2014 the FBI and Department of Justice became involved in the inquiry. Bratton said the inquiry is focused on current and former officers as well as others. The potential issues include violations of NYPD rules and policy, city conflict of interest rules and federal criminal laws. …
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Maybe they can hang around Yankee Stadium and be sure no one’s bringing in smokeless tobacco.
It seems to be a DeBlasio priority now.
3 YEARS!!! To COVER UP the Massive Corruption!
The corruption investigation by the NYPD’s Internal Affairs Bureau began in 2013, Bratton said in a statement. In early 2014 the FBI and Department of Justice became involved
the subject of an FBI probe and hope the federal investigation is wrapped up quickly to allow them all to defend their reputations in an open forum,” he said.
Commissioner William Bratton said Thursday police and federal investigators will “follow the leads wherever they take us.”
Frank Serpico disagrees.
IBSBTOC
In Before Someone Blames Trump Or Cruz
You beat me to it...
Do you see what’s in the background of that photo?
(Sigh)
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Tears at my gut every time I see them in older movies or TV shows.
Strange.
The words ‘fired’ and ‘arrested’ did not appear in this article.
Does that mean that police are above the law?
I did not...I’m embarrassed for missing that.
Don’t be. Filmmakers used the WTC as a sort of visual shorthand to indicate setting, in the same way they use the Eiffel tower to indicate Paris. The composition of that shot is no accident.
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Transferred but not fired for for committing criminal acts?
Law enforcement? In name only I guess.
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