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Title: Ex-cop: NYPD gun license division was a bribery machine
Post by: endicom on April 20, 2018, 12:15:09 am
New York Post
Kaja Whitehouse
Apr. 17, 2018

They might as well have a had a hotline: 1-800-GIFTS4GUNS.

A former city cop spilled his guts Tuesday, telling Manhattan jurors about years worth of bribes he and his fellow officers received for doling out gun permits — everything from cash, prostitutes and expensive watches to baseball memorabilia and exotic vacations.

David Villanueva, an ex-supervisor in the NYPD’s License Division, said he and other cops — including officers Richard Ochetel and Robert Espinel and Lt. Paul Dean — were on the take for years from so-called gun expeditors.

In exchange, the officers doled out pistol permits like candy — even to people who should not have had them, Villanueva said.

More... https://nypost.com/2018/04/17/ex-cop-nypd-gun-license-division-was-a-bribery-machine/
Title: Re: Ex-cop: NYPD gun license division was a bribery machine
Post by: Oceander on April 21, 2018, 04:52:06 pm
Corruption in the NYPD?

Color me surprised.  Not.