[babygene]

"While some cops are bad, the average cop just wants to do his job and stay in one piece."

Although I have no opinion on this case, I think your evaluation of the "average" Leo is incorrect. I believe that the profession is probably the most corrupt of any profession. Most are losers and crooked.

Think of it this way. If you were a pedophile, you would migrate toward a profession such as schoolteacher, boy scout counselor, priest etc.

If you were a criminal, what better occupation could you find than being a cop.

[eno_]

Detroit, Philly, Baltimore, and dozens of other run-down cities have PDs that are crooked through and through. The total number of bent cops adds up pretty quick, when you add up the number of bad places to be a cop. It must be in the high tens of thousands to, perhaps, over 100k bent cops nationwide. That's out of about 400k cops.

We should have about half as many and watch them twice as closely.

[Arpege92]

"If you were a criminal, what better occupation could you find than being a cop?"

Most police department today are requiring a college education from those who wish to be a cop....how many criminals do you know of who go through the trouble of getting a college education so they can become criminal cops?