The source told The Tribune about a recent visit to a prominent numbers house. After asking the officer what he was doing there, an employee told the policeman he had already "paid the boss".
The officer said things like that happen all the time. He said that in some cases superior officers have called junior policemen and told them not to hassle the establishment again.
Acting Commissioner Reginald Ferguson said it is important to note the difference between corruption and suggestions that the police force has agreed not to prosecute numbers houses.
Commissioner Ferguson has said he is committed to weed out corruption and prosecute officers to the full extent of the law.
-Full Story in The Tribune here (Page A03)
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Main Entry: cor·rup·tion
Pronunciation: \kə-ˈrəp-shən\
Function: noun
Date: 14th century
1 a: impairment of integrity, virtue, or moral principle : depravity
b: decay , decomposition
c: inducement to wrong by improper or unlawful means (as bribery)
d: a departure from the original or from what is pure or correct
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