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In reply to the discussion: The Seamy Underbelly Of Ferguson Starts To Appear (Updated) [View all]starroute
(12,977 posts)That was where Darren Wilson used to work -- and 2010 was when he moved over to the Ferguson PD.
In October 2010, a couple of Jennings cops were found to have engaged in a scam where they drew money from a federal fund set up to pay for overtime work on DUI stop points but without ever having put in the hours. But then the entire department was disbanded and responsibility handed over to St. Louis, suggesting this one scandal was just the tip of the iceberg.
There was a police brutality case in Jennings at the same time where a dashboard cam tape recording the incident mysteriously vanished and just as mysteriously showed up on someone's desk a year later.
At this point, it wouldn't be at all surprising if the same sort of hanky-panky was going on in Ferguson -- and it does seem that Eric Holder may be planning to look into it.
It strikes me that making police departments a major revenue source is almost guaranteed to breed corruption.