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Death, Sex & Money

A Dirty Cop Comes Clean

Death, Sex & Money

Slate Audio

Careers, Sexuality, Business, Health & Fitness, Relationships, Society & Culture

4.67.7K Ratings

🗓️ 17 June 2015

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

Ken Eurell became a cop for the steady paycheck. Then, he figured out how to make money by stealing from crime scenes, taking payoffs from drug dealers, and selling cocaine.  Support Death, Sex & Money by becoming a monthly sustaining member. Sign up now. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

I didn't do it to tarnish the badge or make cops look bad. It was just the constant talk of money and money and then seeing it

0:10.3

it was just a greed factor. I was greedy.

0:13.7

This is death, sex, and money.

0:19.4

They don't get it. I'm dead.

0:21.6

The show from WNY about the things we think about a lot.

0:25.2

How often do you guys have sex?

0:26.8

And need to talk about more.

0:28.4

The money is not the prime asset in life.

0:31.0

I'm Anna Sato.

0:42.0

In 1982, Ken Urelle was 20 years old and a rookie cop in New York City. Almost immediately because there was so under man that was put in a patrol car.

0:46.0

It was a midnight tour. I was put in with a senior man.

0:49.0

He probably had 10 years on a job.

0:51.0

And we drove down to a bodega.

0:56.0

He came out with a six pack of beer,

0:58.0

drove up to Highland Park, put his foot out the window,

1:01.0

leaned back, had his beer, and told me, okay, kid, listen to the radio, I'm going to take a nap.

1:07.0

Was there anybody who you sort of looked at and said, like, are we supposed to be doing this?

1:11.0

We didn't really say, are we supposed to be doing this? We didn't really say are we supposed to be doing this.

1:15.5

We just thought that's how things were done. That's what the veteran officers were showing us.

1:20.2

I was, I guess this is what it's like to be a real cop.

1:29.0

Drinking on the job was just the start of it for Ken Urel.

1:32.0

He was learning how to be a cop in the 75th precinct

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