The End of Policing

by Alex S. Vitale

For example, in March 2015 alone: •The Fresno (California) Police Department’s second in command was arrested by FBI and ATF agents for dealing oxycodone, marijuana, and heroin.19 •In Scott County, Tennessee, a deputy sheriff was arrested for burglarizing drugs from the police evidence room.20 •An NYPD officer was arrested in Florida after he was caught in a drug sting attempting to buy $200,000 worth of cocaine.21 •A Miami-Dade police lieutenant pled guilty to aiding cocaine smugglers and planning the execution of rival dealers.22 •A Winston County, Alabama, deputy was sentenced to more than three years in prison for extorting a local woman into cooking methamphetamine for him to distribute.23 •An FBI agent who spent years working on drug enforcement pled guilty to sixty-four counts of stealing heroin from evidence bags for his own use.24 •A police officer from Titusville, Florida, was sentenced to ten years in prison for dealing cocaine.25 •The DEA released a report detailing how agents assigned to Colombia had for years been having sex parties paid for by local drug cartels.26 The arrest of officers is so common that the organization StoptheDrugWar.com publishes weekly reports of police arrested on drug charges.27