Folks, I'd like to introduce you to a new documentary series called The Set, created by Zach Levitt,

the same creator behind the hip podcast, Root of Evil, Gangster Capitalism, and Relative Unknown.

The set tells the inside story of the biggest police corruption scandal in New York City history

and the investigation that uncovered it all. It was the height of the crack era and the most

violent time in New York City history, but instead of protecting New Yorkers from drug dealers,

some police officers became them. When a commission was formed to investigate police misconduct,

it discovered Harlem's 30th precinct had been overrun with corruption. But even worse,

the NYPD had been turning a blind eye. In total, 33 officers were arrested and convicted of corruption,

and the precinct became known as the Dirty 30. In the set, we hear the never before told stories

shared directly by the dirty cops who were convicted, the undercover internal affairs officer,

who blew the whistle, and the investigators, prosecutors, and police commissioner who exposed

the truth about what happened when the world's largest police department failed to police itself.

If you like this preview you're about to hear, be sure to search for the set available now

on the Odyssey app or wherever you get your podcasts.

From Odyssey Originals, I'm Zach Levin, the creator of Root of Evil,

Gangster Capitalism, and Relative Unknown. And this is a story about a time that New York City

would like to forget. The injurious time is in New York City. The biggest city in America

is on the ropes. On the streets of New York, it's called crack, and the deals go down quickly.

It was the most violent year in the city's history, the height of the crack era.

There were no opportunities. You got into the game back then, yo, you had no choice.

But if you're moving coke, you making money hand over foot, baby.

Entire neighborhoods have been transformed into open air drug markets.

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