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Michael Sylvester, 29, was arrested Thursday morning after he stole $70 from the undercover officer in the 3900 block of Carlisle Ave. in Northwest Baltimore as part of what the department refers to as an integrity test, according to Anthony Guglielmi, the department's chief spokesman....
Sylvester, a four-year veteran, had been recently transferred from the Central District's Pennsylvania Avenue task force after police received numerous complaints that he was stealing cash from suspected drug dealers, Guglielmi said. The area is regarded as one of the largest drug marketplaces on the East Coast.
Guglielmi said rooting out corrupt officers is a top priority of Police Commissioner Frederick H. Bealefeld III.
n August 2008, city Officer Jerome K. Hill was acquitted on charges of assault stemming from an incident in which he punched an undercover internal affairs detective during an integrity test in January 2008. Circuit Judge John C. Themelis said he could not second-guess the instincts of the officer and that he might have had good reason to act aggressively.
I always thought that LEOs were not above the law, that if found guilty of wrong-doing that the same laws applied to them, not just the administrative sentences of their superior officers and Internal Affairs.
Originally posted by KSPigpen
reply to post by fraterormus
I always thought that LEOs were not above the law, that if found guilty of wrong-doing that the same laws applied to them, not just the administrative sentences of their superior officers and Internal Affairs.
I find myself wondering this same point often. When probation for stealing 200 thousand bucks, or two weeks vacation for lying that results in someone's death, or false imprisonment is the standard fare for cops, there is pretty big line between the 'justice' that a citizen is subject to and that which a LEO is.
Seems a bit unbalanced to me.