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> Threats to person, property or family are illegal and punishable So is planting drugs, and obviously the law's not being enforced. > Not all cops are dirty.

> Threats to person, property or family are illegal and punishable So is planting drugs, and obviously the law's not being enforced. > Not all cops are dirty. Of course not. But that doesn't make OP's comment "he'll probably be subject to threats to his person, property, and family from dirty cops" less true.

chrisco255 7y ago
Yes it does, because one was a dirty cop acting in isolation without observation. The follow up with a threat to person, property, or family would be beyond a major felony and egregious. Many people, cops included have been convicted for such things. So no, it's not likely. If this cop escaped charges on some technicality, he sure as hell wouldn't escape charges for a direct threat.
- charlesu 7y ago
  There isn't really such a thing as acting in isolation in a police department. They work together a lot, even in departments that don't do two man patrols. The police are a fraternity. They have a code. At worst, they actively protect and cover up bad actors. At best, they just don't report it. That's why you rarely hear about officers being whistleblowers, or departments doing internal investigations and finding wrongdoing. Things rarely gets past the blue wall. Policing in America is fundamentally broken, from urban areas where people are framed, to rural areas where people are robbed. This doesn't mean that all police are bad, but the culture around policing certainly seems bad.
- anigbrowl 7y ago
  > Many people, cops included have been convicted for such things. > So no, it's not likely. Has it occured to you that if cops have been convicted for such things it's because they have at some point engaged in such behavior? Sure, it would be foolish to do so given the risks of getting caught, and yet you could say the same thing about every cop ever convicted of a crime.

chrisco255 7y ago

Yes it does, because one was a dirty cop acting in isolation without observation. The follow up with a threat to person, property, or family would be beyond a major felony and egregious. Many people, cops included have been convicted for such things. So no, it's not likely. If this cop escaped charges on some technicality, he sure as hell wouldn't escape charges for a direct threat.

charlesu 7y ago
There isn't really such a thing as acting in isolation in a police department. They work together a lot, even in departments that don't do two man patrols. The police are a fraternity. They have a code. At worst, they actively protect and cover up bad actors. At best, they just don't report it. That's why you rarely hear about officers being whistleblowers, or departments doing internal investigations and finding wrongdoing. Things rarely gets past the blue wall. Policing in America is fundamentally broken, from urban areas where people are framed, to rural areas where people are robbed. This doesn't mean that all police are bad, but the culture around policing certainly seems bad.
anigbrowl 7y ago
> Many people, cops included have been convicted for such things. > So no, it's not likely. Has it occured to you that if cops have been convicted for such things it's because they have at some point engaged in such behavior? Sure, it would be foolish to do so given the risks of getting caught, and yet you could say the same thing about every cop ever convicted of a crime.