Corrupt Cop Rebuked — Citizens Win, Right? - Page 3
I didn't understand how these complaints had been acted upon. Officers report much worse crimes than this to internal affairs, and get either ignored or persecuted for their trouble. Have the anonymous boards really changed the game? Can rank and file officers finally get justice on behalf of the citizens? There was no mention of any evidence being turned over.
According to an administrator on the anonymous board linked above, Maale had extensive dirt on all the other supervisors, and had threatened to turn evidence. The chief fired him to destroy his credibility, effectively shutting him up.
The union helped him get hired back as an officer, his salary dropping from $109,000/year to $73,000/year — the ceiling for an officer with Maale's 22 years' seniority. He is now at the mercy of the supervisors he threatened to destroy when he was their equal, doing grunt work alongside the officers he bullied for years.
On the one hand, he deserves what he got. That does make me happy on behalf of the honest, hardworking police officers, firefighters and paramedics who get railroaded by people like him every day.
On the other hand, it's depressing to see that nothing has changed. Cops can continue to send anonymous letters about co-workers who shake down prostitutes, steal evidence, abuse civil rights, and beat handcuffed citizens, and nothing will be done. Unless they get the media to take an interest, or anger the crooks at the top, that is. There is no justice, only the self-interest and vengeance of the corrupt.
Sometimes I think it's a sin
When I feel like I'm winnin' when I'm losin' again
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