It seems that Internal Affairs is investigating the NYPD for taking bribes from the MPAA. Excerpt:
Two NYPD veterans are being investigated by Internal Affairs for allegedly accepting payoffs from the motion-picture industry to arrest vendors of pirated DVDs, law-enforcement sources told The Post.
One officer, a sergeant on the force since 1992, has been transferred from the Staten Island Task Force to the 122nd Precinct pending the internal investigation.
The other, a cop for five years, still works on the task force.
As members of the unit, the officers, ages 36 and 32, would arrest the sellers of illegal DVDs and confiscate their stock.
Often they would act on tips from investigators with the Motion Picture Association of America, many of whom are former cops, sources said.
There is nothing improper about that practice. But on at least four occasions in Brooklyn, Manhattan and Staten Island, the task force officers arrested the vendors, confiscated the illegal movies and then allegedly received gratuities of several hundred dollars from the MPAA itself or its investigators, the source said.
Tsk tsk… This just shows yet again how evil the dark side can be.
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Colin // Apr 27, 2005 at 12:56 pm
Ryan gaat goddoemme aan het werk !
AlRayyes // Apr 27, 2005 at 1:36 pm
Colin, geen Blogs lezen tijdens werktijd :p.
Colin // Apr 27, 2005 at 2:10 pm
Ik hou je in de gaten jongen! Ik hou je in de gaten!
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