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Police Corruption, Muddying the Legal Waters

By Steven Rodriguez

The State of California, as well as the City of Los Angeles, have a number of laws in place governing everything from DUI standards to weapons charges.  However, there’s a major problem that arises from time to time that ruins not only the system, but the public’s trust in that system.  That problem is police corruption. Law enforcement officials throughout California have been uncovered committing a myriad of crimes: In Blue Lake, a chief was accused of sexually abusing/raping his wife, of having a cache of weapons that included James Bond-like pistols which could arm a small platoon. An assistant Sheriff in Orange County was charged with “six felony charges, including perjury and misappropriating public funds for personal use, that were added by a grand jury last week to a previous list of criminal allegations...continue to full post

Full post as published by LA Criminal Defense Blog on June 10, 2008 (boomark / email).