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Weeding them out! 24 cops char
The assistant commissioner of police in charge of the Anti-Corruption Branch, Justin Felice, says 24 members of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) have been arrested and charged with breaches of the Corruption Prevention Act since the start of the year.
For the corresponding period last year, four members of the force were arrested on similar charges.
Although the drive by the Police High Command to crack down on corrupt cops is enjoying some success, the man leading the initiative is not yet ready to pat himself on the back.
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Chicago Tribune - United State
02 October 2007
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Chicago cop gets 6 years in co
A former Chicago police officer who cooperated against a ring of rogue cops received a break on his sentence in federal court Tuesday but not before the judge gave him a tongue-lashing.
Erik Johnson drew a stiff rebuke from U.S. District Judge Ronald Guzman after tearfully apologizing for shaking down drug dealers with other corrupt officers.
Guzman said he couldn't begin to describe the amount of harm the Englewood District tactical officers caused, saying their scheme "quite literally turned day into night and right into wrong and turned our system upside down." Guzman told Johnson that citizens of some of Chicago's most depressed neighborhoods rely on the Chicago Police Department for "safety, comfort and order."
"And you and your friends turned it into a criminal enterprise," the judge said.
Guzman sentenced Johnson to 6 years in prison, well below the more than 11 years he could have received on the conspiracy charges.
Prosecutors said Johnson helped their investigation into the leaders of the conspiracy, then-Officers Broderick Jones and Corey Flagg. His testimony also helped to convict Eural Black, Johnson's former partner and the only officer among the five charged to go to trial.
The other officers pleaded guilty and are awaiting sentencing.
Assistant U.S. Atty. John Lausch said Johnson's reduced sentence was important to the government's effort to root out bad cops. "One of the things we don't see a lot in this building is police officers cooperating against other police officers," Lausch said.
The prosecutor said Johnson immediately felt remorse for what he had done when first approached by federal authorities. Lausch credited Johnson for providing key testimony that disproved false claims by the other officers that the shakedowns were legitimate police work.
Johnson's lawyer, Ryan Stoll, noted that once Johnson was approached by investigators, he even admitted to wrongdoing that the government didn't know about.
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