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PHILADELPHIA. "I am the toughest cop in America," former Philadelphia Police Commissioner Frank Rizzo often boasted, a thick finger stabbing the air. Now, as the city's Democratic candidate for mayor, Rizzo puts out much the same message. Billboards and taxis all over the city carry his beefy face and the slogan RIZZO MEANS BUSINESS...
...Phillips related it in a dry monotone, illegal money is available for the asking; sometimes, in fact, a cop does not even have to ask. Stores, bars and restaurants hand out free food, drink and cash to the cop on the beat. In order to avoid receiving summonses for petty violations, foremen on construction sites pay $5 to $10 per cop per week. When the city marshal evicts tenants, he ordinarily treats the patrolman who assists him to a few bucks. The cop who makes the day's assignments in the station house may get $5 a day from...
Telltale Integrity. This is the petty graft that is taken for granted, Phillips indicated. A cop who is greedy enough can go on to the big money to be made from gambling, prostitution and narcotics. The distinction that used to exist between "clean" and "dirty" graft has broken down; corrupt cops take what they can get and leave the moralizing to others. Depending on where he is stationed in the city, a plainclothesman can make from $400 to $1,500 a month for protecting the rackets. With luck he can make much more. Phillips told of three Queens plainclothesmen...
Phillips learned fast. When he first joined the force, he did not get any offers for a while. He was being watched for telltale signs of integrity. When they did not appear, a fellow cop made the first approach by telling him where to get a free meal. From then on, he regularly freeloaded, though as he told the commission, he tried not to go to a restaurant during "real busy hours." The free meal is a first test of the corrupt cop. If he passes it, he is on his way. When a commission member asked Phillips...
Jackson could hold little hope that by confessing he might deter the county from prosecuting him. Moreover, he belonged to a subculture and subscribed to its code that deems fingering for the cops only slightly less offensive than being a cop. In his autobiography in Soledad Brother, Jackson explains proudly how his charging of the policeman he claims fired at him and his confessing to crimes he had not committed took the heat off his partners and friends. Thus, it would seem highly improbable that Jackson confessed in hopes of receiving a state's evidence immunity...