Corruption Scandal Widens In Brooklyn's Police Dept.

It seems that the Brooklyn Police scandal has taken on a new low:

Two narcotics officers, Detective Sean Johnstone and Officer Julio Alvarez, lied about the amount of cocaine they recovered from a suspect in September, collecting 28 bags but reporting 17. Detective Johnstone was later recorded boasting that he withheld the drugs and gave them to an informant, a clear violation of department policy, which allows informants to be paid with cash or leniency, but never drugs.

An inquiry by the department’s Internal Affairs Bureau followed, and led to the arrests last week of two other officers in the unit, Sgt. Michael Arenella and Officer Jerry Bowens. According to court papers, in November the pair took drugs and cash they had recovered and gave them to a confidential informant as payback. They had recovered 40 bags of cocaine and $250, but reported only 38 bags and $210, officials said.

As a result, the Brooklyn district attorney’s office has moved to dismiss 80 drug cases, and is analyzing whether 100 more are tainted.

Look how much work these corrupt cops have caused. I wonder how many innocent people are in prison as a result of their actions.

Police Officers Become Crack Dealers To Make Arrests

All police forces use informants to make their case. These informants are usually paid with cash or leniency, however, some Brooklyn police officers decided to become crack dealers in order to make their cases.

Four police officers in Brooklyn are under arrest in a case that involves paying informants with the very drugs they craved, taken from the dealers who were arrested after the informants pointed them out. Two of the officers were charged in an internal sting last week after another was caught on a department audio tape bragging about the practice in September, officials said.

Prosecutors have moved to dismiss more than 80 criminal cases because the officers caught in the scandal were considered critical to successful prosecutions, law enforcement officials said, and the office of the Brooklyn district attorney is analyzing about 100 more potentially tainted cases.

Can you imagine how deep rooted this problem will get. They will probably have criminals pretending that the officers used this type of payment on them. This will definitely get nastier as time goes on. I wonder how many top officials knew about their activities and decided to turn a blind eye to it.