J.D. Tuccille on Why Cops Will Always Be Vulnerable to Corruption

Cops
can be as crooked as anybody else—and are more dangerous for it,
because of their power and position. It’s the old problem of “Quis
custodiet ipsos custodes?”—”Who watches the watchmen?” The more you
give the watchmen to do, the more tempting it becomes to corrupt
them, and for them to let themselves be corrupted. And the more
temptation for corruption, the more the likelihood that such
temptation is the main attraction for people who want to be
watchmen. J.D. Tuccille writes that he knows this because, years
ago, members of his extended family were gangsters connected with
the Genovese crime family. They had the ability, which they used,
to place people in favored positions within the New York City
Police Department.

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