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Why don't you ever hear good cops denounce bad cops? (Original Post)
tenderfoot
Jan 2015
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When good cops speak out they are severely ostracized by their fellow officers...
SummerSnow
Jan 2015
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Scootaloo
(25,699 posts)1. He probably did, it's just that one voice is very quiet
SummerSnow
(12,608 posts)2. When good cops speak out they are severely ostracized by their fellow officers...
It is called the Blue Wall of Silence it is a unwritten rule that exists among police officers not to report on a fellow officers misconduct or crimes.
unblock
(56,071 posts)3. yeah, the unwritten rule of "i can get you killed if you cross me".
same reason many good people in the armed forces don't turn in the bad ones.
Richardo
(38,391 posts)4. See: "Serpico"
shenmue
(38,584 posts)6. Afraid to get fired, or worse
if you get my drift.
