To protect and serve.

Absolutely no shortage of dirty cops or dirty people in positions of authority.

Sad part is so many in top positions get away with so much

I'm Pigotry,

Hi?

All together... Hi Pigotry

Ah, man, we is cop. We aint never do nut thing bad. We kool. You know what I mean, man. We aint never graft, steal, traffick drugs, take a cut from hookers to back-off the vice squad. Cause we wear the badge.

Why we always aim to protect and serve, shooting and beating the day light out of ordinary folks cause that's our job, like you know, aint no body is going to disrespect we, the cops. We gotta show who's boss. Who's in charge. Who's special. Do some whooping just to keep yall in line. We is authority, the law, the gun, and smartest cats in the streets.

Just saying..........

hi pigotry

Hi pigotry

You'd think a cop would know that all conversations at Riker's would be recorded. Dirty and dumb, this one.

Fric,

Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!

Let's hope that no criminals happen to come across your post! :-)

Have a nice weekend....

Counldn't disagree with you more...the cops are the biggest problem of all...I vote for letting everyone own a piece and take care of ourselves...the cops sure don't

Agree, besides he was just the one that got caught.

Bribes, graft, theft, trafficking drugs and exploiting hookers are standard operations in all major city police or even precints. NYC is not alone. Same kind of police extra curricular activities are found in Detroit, Chicago, Los Angeles, Phili, DC, etc. Internal Investigation Division keeps the dirty laundry indoors.

Setting aside the fancy PR propaganda from police labor unions, cops are recruited from the lower ranks of society. Essentially, they are neither the genius of society nor possess a higher moral standard than the average middleclass Joe or Jane.

That's why I'm so glad my name isn't Joe

@WallStFatCat - Actually, most Police Departments require college or actual degrees to get hired or at the very least to promote. But, continue with your over generalizations because we all know how upstanding those educated Wall Street people are.

he was going to prison because he was found to be commiting other felonies while on and off duty. robbery, drug trafficking, ticket fixing, and so on. he was a gangsta in the ranks, and got busted. guessing he will have a nice group of buddies, as well his wife waiting for them when they get to the pen. because he was dirty cop, he will get no protection from staff of any kind other than seeing to it he isnt killed. his wife? i think some old heffer' bulldyke is eyeing up her lappy tounge.

good riddance to bad rubbish...

Hopper0292...where the heck are YOU living...in PA, even the State Troopers don't need a degree, let alone the beat cops...they are ALL dumb as rocks and most are corrupt as all get out...I try to avoid having anything to do with them

Oh Portia, it's so cute that you think you know what you're talking about. Perhaps you should do some research before you expose everyone to your stupidity next time.

I do believe that says you need an associate's degree. I doubted what you said from the moment I read it, but I wasn't sure, so I decided to find out for myself. Do you know how long it took? Approximately 9 seconds, and a google search. Is that really beyond the scope of your capabilities? I certainly hope not. If so...please put down the keyboard and slowly step away. You're far too stupid to have an opinion.

Police and State Troopers in New Jersey need at least an associates degree. And I think that is only if you have military service. If not a bachelors? I don't remember, and I am tired to look it up. But yes, college is required.

Of course it won't let me post the link. I suppose that's even better, you can practice the steps yourself.

On another note...all you morons that say this is indicative of cops everywhere...NYPD has approximately 35,000 uniformed members, and 16 were charged in this ticket fixing scandal. Out of 35,000. That is a very small percentage. Every part of our society, no matter how you group it, can stand as a microcosm of the country as a whole. There are always going to be bad people in every walk of life, no matter what. When those people are in areas we don't expect them to be, it seems much worse than it actually is. Most likely, bad people would be bad people no matter what profession they were in. Most people that turn out to be bad are not cops, or teachers, or coaches, or ministers. The percentage of "normal people" that turn out to be scumbags is much higher than that of any other group in a position of authority.

As for being a cop requires AA degree:

Having an AA degree is basically two more years of high school education beyond 12th grade at your local community college. Basically, it is a remedial education for the products of the inferior public school system. Those who do not quality to top and out-of-state and local Universities are automatically admitted to community colleges.

And even a four year college education majoring in Liberal Arts at your local college is a piece-of-cake. Local state colleges crank them out like donut shops pop-out donuts. Most are barely functional literate and with little analytical skills. For the Established Men of Power, it is better to have ignorant cops who obey orders and ask fewer questions than smart ones who may rebel against unlawful orders or policy.

But why believe me? At the next opportunity with a cop-on-beat, strike up an intelligent conversation about the criminal justice system or the US Constitution with him and see for yourself. But be careful. Don't show yourself to be smarter than him because cops believe having earned a badge make them better than the average Joe or Jane.

Thats right, all cops use the same brain, to think and act alike. Every cop, everywhere, in every department, in every country are dirty and thugs with badges. Makes sense to me.

You know what I hate most about cops? Too many of them are too self righteous.

WeAllHaveOpinions:

What are you complaining about? Of course America has blind justice for all!

It's just a question of how much you can afford.

The NYPD Taxi Service. LOL

On Lifetime for sure. They will just make her a battered wife or something.

Uh, no we don't salute them. Click that link in the beginning of the article entitled "NYPD ticket-fixing scandal" and you'll read about how so-called "honest" cops feel about ticket-fixing:

On Friday, hundreds of members of the Patrolmen's Benevolent Association came to support the officers, some in suits, others in dressed in jeans and sweatshirts, clogging the street near the Bronx courthouse, filling the hallways near the arraignment room and applauding in court after the officers left.

Patrick Lynch, president of the union, which has nearly 23,000 members, said ticket fixing was sanctioned at the highest levels of the department, and he vowed that when the dust settled, they'd prove it.

"Taking care of your family, taking care of your friends is not a crime," he said. "To take a courtesy and turn it into a crime is wrong."

Yes, that's the president of a union representing 23,000 "honest" cops basically saying that cops, their families, and their friends are above the law. Until "honest" cops get rid of their ridiculous sense of entitlement, I will not salute them.

jlaii25, but everything he said was true. I was born in the Bronx and grew up in Jersey right across the river. The fact that cops fixed tickets for friends was common place in New York AND New Jersey. I'm not arguing whether that is right or wrong, but that he spoke the truth. And since this has been going on for so long, I would imagine those in charge knew about it.

Again, the couple in this story are a couple of idiots, because all together they have a case showing this corruption goes way up. He needed to wait this out.

@ TFNJ

I never said the man was lying. I'm sure he truly believes that he and his fellow cops are above the law. Ticket-fixing is WRONG. Just because it's gone on for so long without impunity doesn't make it any less wrong.

But the community doesn't see it as wrong either. It was common place to ask the friend cop to fix a ticket. All I'm saying is that these cops that just happened to be charged are no more criminals that almost all others for at least as many years I have been alive. And since it was either sanctioned or encouraged, was it still criminal by the average cop?

Gosh, I must be stupid. I thought that ocassionally fixing a ticket for someone was more of good public relations with the average person. I have never been that fortunate, but I know a couple of people that have had that opportunity. As long as it is just a parking ticket or something similar, I could see that as a boon to the police department. In my opinion. I have a lot of faith, respect and pride in the police department and sheriffs department where I live.

That's the way I see it as well Numb3rTech. I don't exactly see this as crime of the century (the ticket fixing I mean), and wonder why they decided now to bring the hammer down on these select few.

I would think that a memo telling them that ticket fixing is no longer allowed would have done enough.

Well, after I wrote that last line I realised that if they had sent a memo, they would be acknowledging that they knew about it. Its a cover up.

"A" bad apple as in one or a few? Get real, if there were only a few bad apples we wouldn't be reading these stories of corruption and police brutality every other day. Sorry to say I have very little respect for or trust in the police of this country anymore. The worst part is the so called "honest" cops will stand behind and help cover up any wrong doing by the dirty cops, so how can you really even call the honest?

LMFAO, did you read the friggin article, defending ticket fixin(BFD) for this thug, what I read was...

a range of corruption charges, including accusations that he attempted to transport heroin from the Bronx to Brooklyn, steal money from drug dealers, and commit a robbery while on duty.

Such a fine upstanding man who might have fixed a few tickets lol.

Wow, geez. Was it your mom that was on the hit list?

If not, I recommend green tea with ginseng for the nerves.

Put the race card away..simply put..one dirty cop and a very dumb wife..it's always the public servants that do the most cheating..stealing..and whatever else they can get away with..we have public servants here in Canada that got caught using taxpayers dollars to purchase Christmas gifts for their family members..ie: electronics..furniture and far too many other things for me to name...they get a slap on the wrist..do a small amount of jail time and that's it..and btw they will still receive their tax free pensions..as I said it's always the public servants...