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unusual facts about police corruption



Cinema of Burma

Parrot Film Company produced films that addressed social issues such as gambling and police corruption, although the films were censored by the British colonial government.

Clemence B. Horrall

Clemence B. Horrall (September 24, 1895 – October 4, 1960) was Los Angeles Police Department Chief of Police from June 16, 1941, when he succeeded Arthur C. Hohmann to serve as the 41st Chief of the L.A.P.D., to June 28, 1949, when he resigned under pressure during a grand jury investigation of police corruption.

Frank Serpico

Francesco Vincent Serpico (born April 14, 1936) is a retired American New York City Police Department (NYPD) officer who is most famous for blowing the whistle on police corruption in the late 1960s and early 1970s—an act of valor that compelled Mayor John V. Lindsay to appoint the landmark Knapp Commission to investigate the NYPD.


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Edward Canfor-Dumas

His first major feature-length programme was Tough Love, a powerful drama about police corruption, starring Ray Winstone.

Howard Philbrick

He worked for Atherton and Dunn investigation agency, famous for the Edwin Atherton report on SFPD police corruption in San Francisco, California in 1937.

Justin Hopson

ABC News, The New York Times, The Philadelphia Inquirer, The Star-Ledger, 20/20, and other media outlets have interviewed Justin Hopson about police corruption.

Serpico

Finally, after being shot in the face during a drug bust on February 3, 1971, he testifies before the Knapp Commission, a government inquiry into NYPD police corruption between 1970 and 1972.

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Antonio Buehler, civil liberties activist battling police corruption, Founder of Peaceful Streets Project

Wendy Bacon

Her brief experience in prison led her to later co-found the support group, Women Behind Bars, in Sydney and also exposed her to incidents of police corruption.