I would find it hard to believe that you can be a drug squad officer and not rip off drug dealers. The other officers presumably would make your life a living hell.
So now most if not all drug squads officer are bent. Again, pure speculation based on what? Over the years a few drug officers have been caught and nothing more, but how many officers have served with distinction? Another paint job with the broad brush of guilt by association and no proof. Some are crooked therefore all/most are. Do officers in the auto theft squad, rip off car thieves and drive around in fast cars. Do all/most officer working vice get some strange on the side? How about the corporate fraud officers. Do all/most of them get free inside tips on the next big deal?
People who actually study this kind of thing and not just ponticate say that the percentage of bad cops on the job in the US is around 1%.
http://www.dailynewstranscript.com/...e-officers-run-afoul-of-the-law#axzz1bvSRm7ES
While the cases make headlines, experts say the number of police officers who run afoul of the laws they’re sworn to uphold is low.
“We’re finding the numbers are pretty constant,” said Neal Trautman, executive director of the National Institute of Ethics and author of “How to be a Great Cop.” “It is less than 1 percent.”
What may be a surprise is that the numbers aren’t higher, experts say.
“Police have other temptations on the job that other people don’t have,” said Marcel Beausoleil, criminal justice professor at Anna Maria College.
They can take away someone’s liberty through arrest, are alone with cash and drugs, and often can feel isolated from others in different professions because of what they see on the job, leading in some cases to alcohol abuse, he said.
One of the largest studies on why cops may go bad found greed, anger, lust and peer pressure were at the top of the list.
Michael Josephson, president of the Josephson Institute of Ethics in California, said the pressures of the job, coupled with isolation from others in a community, can lead to cover ups of even the smallest of infractions.
“The notion can be there is a higher degree of loyalty to the person who backs me up than to the law or the public,” he said.
That can run deep in smaller communities, Josephson said.
“The smaller the department, the greater the problem,” he said. “Simply because the difference between rank is much less and the friendships are deep and personal.”
What percentage of corrupt cops do you think get investigated by IAB?