[doc30]

No, I think it's probably a culture that has developed in that department. Otherwise, why would a cop knowingly supress evidence and push for prosecution?

[jazusamo]

"No, I think it's probably a culture that has developed in that department."

I can tell you that is not true. I am retired from LACo, not the sheriff's dept. but I know many of them that are active and retired. The culture thing you mention is no different than the culture of corruption that Pelosi and Reid espouse on a daily basis. When something like this happens, many people are quick to blame a whole dept. or police in general. That is unfair to the extreme. I can possibly go along with a small unit of a dept. doing something of this kind, but a whole dept? No way. There are thousands on the LACo Sheriff's dept.