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On Our Watch: The Brady Rule

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4.712.1K Ratings

🗓️ 2 July 2021

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

Fellow officers long suspected a veteran detective in Antioch, Calif., was leaking operational police secrets to a drug dealer. For years, the department didn't act on their concerns. Even after the detective was finally fired in 2017, his record remained secret. In episode six of On Our Watch we look at the incentives departments have to investigate dishonest cops and what the secrecy around police misconduct means for criminal defendants who are prosecuted on their testimony.

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0:00.0

Hey guys, just a quick reminder,

0:01.6

we are airing another series in our feed right now.

0:05.1

It's called On Our Watch.

0:07.0

It's a collaboration between NPR and Member Station KQED.

0:12.7

And it's about what happens when police do something wrong.

0:18.5

A recent law in California has allowed reporters

0:21.2

to get tons of information about how police

0:24.1

investigate each other when an officer

0:26.1

is accused of wrongdoing.

0:28.5

This episode is about what happens when police lie.

0:33.3

Here it is.

0:35.1

This episode is explicit.

0:36.7

It contains offensive language and descriptions

0:38.8

of criminal activity.

0:40.3

It may not be appropriate for all listeners.

0:44.5

I've been with the Anyok Police Department

0:46.5

for approximately 24 years now.

0:49.5

Work patrol, canine officer, as well as a SWAT team member

0:53.7

and recently promoted to corporal officers.

0:57.0

Police officers have a reputation for protecting each other.

1:00.7

The blue code of silence that then blew line,

1:03.1

it's like a fraternity.

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