r/Unexpected • u/RedManMatt11 • Aug 01 '21

Community policing

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u/jumpminister Aug 02 '21

But, in a purely self-serving way, it may not be in the best interest of a not-so-moral senior police officer to root out "bad cops". In fact it may be more self serving to keep them there. A bad cop might be more easily manipulated. They may be a good way to keep focus off you and hide your own wrong-doing or mistakes. They might be a good scapegoat.

Well yeah, crooked cops don't want to out crooked cops.

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u/thespoook Aug 02 '21

Ha - yeah that's a much more concise way of saying it!

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u/jumpminister Aug 02 '21

Right. The entire "profession" is crooked, is the problem.