Ticket-Fixing Jury Could Indict Up To 40 Cops This Week

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As many as 40 NYPD officers, including prominent officials at the Patrolmen's Benevolent Association, could be indicted in the ticket-fixing probe as early as this week by a Bronx grand jury. "The ones you'll see indicted are ones who went further than just taking care of a ticket for a friend," a source tells the Daily News, "It goes beyond courtesy." This includes PBA officials like Joe Anthony, who was caught on tape taking care of summonses, as well as Officer Salvador Duran, whose credibility in a murder trial was successfully challenged after revelations of his ticket fixing. The suspect walked.

Relations between the DA's office and the police are particularly strained, with another source saying, "It's never been this bad. Guys are unhappy with the [DA's office] and they're making it known. They're not necessarily cooperating the way they used to." This includes policemen purposefully skipping meetings with prosecutors and delaying investigations of pending cases. Maybe they just need to lighten up and spend a night in the Delta box?

In addition to the indicted cops, more than 100 others could face internal reprisals for ticket-fixing, and comparisons to the Dirty Thirty scandal of the early '90s are already being made. So now the question is: what other word to describe "corrupt" rhymes with "140?"

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By Christopher Robbins in News on June 28, 2011 12:22 PM

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bbobson

Don't forget the ex-PBA trustee who walked away from a DWI with a desk appearance ticket.
http://www.riverdalepress.com/...

Barbara Starkweather

For crying out loud, they're tickets. They should be paid, and the payees should stop speeding/running red lights/ or whatever they did to deserve the summons in the first place.

The police call it 'a courtesy' and the sheep nod their heads and agree.

John Joyce

So vocal, and yet, so naive.

John Joyce

What a waste of time and resources.

Gothamistriss

I don't condone it, but all of this over something everybody knew has been going on forever? What did everybody do when they got a ticket? called a cop friend.

The article touches on it but if you guys didn't know many people who should be in jail aren't because of this whole thing. Not only are people being found not guilty because the cop fixed a ticket, but the DA's office isn't prosecuting crimes to avoid it. One guy attacked a store clerk with a knife when he wouldn't sell him alcohol. The cop who caught him was involved in this.... they offered the guy a plea of disorderly conduct, fine of 75 dollars and he's out the door because they didn't want to prosecute and put the cop on the stand. It's happening more and more.

An absolute waste of time, resources, and good intentions. So far it's done much more harm then good.

petey2

is th da's office really surprised that cops aren't as cooperative with them anymore? I'm sure that most of these da's had made phone calls of their own as well.