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TRIGGERnometry

Undercover Cop: "Drug Policing Makes Things Worse"

TRIGGERnometry

Konstantin Kisin & Francis Foster

News, Society & Culture, Politics

4.53.4K Ratings

🗓️ 26 May 2022

⏱️ 65 minutes

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SPONSORED BY:  *Ridge Wallet* Use Code “TRIGGER ” for 10% off your order at https://www.ridge.com/TRIGGER Neil Woods is a former UK police officer who spent fourteen years (1993-2007) infiltrating drug gangs as an undercover police officer. Neil is now an active member of the international drug policy reform movement. Join our exclusive TRIGGERnometry community on Locals! https://triggernometry.locals.com/ OR Support TRIGGERnometry Here: https://www.subscribestar.com/triggernometry https://www.patreon.com/triggerpod Bitcoin: bc1qm6vvhduc6s3rvy8u76sllmrfpynfv94qw8p8d5 Buy Merch Here: https://www.triggerpod.co.uk/shop/​​​ Advertise on TRIGGERnometry: marketing@triggerpod.co.uk Join the Mailing List: https://www.triggerpod.co.uk/sign-up/​​​ Find TRIGGERnometry on Social Media:  https://twitter.com/triggerpod​​​ https://www.facebook.com/triggerpod​​​ https://www.instagram.com/triggerpod​​​ About TRIGGERnometry:  Stand-up comedians Konstantin Kisin (@konstantinkisin) and Francis Foster (@francisjfoster) make sense of politics, economics, free speech, AI, drug policy and WW3 with the help of presidential advisors, renowned economists, award-winning journalists, controversial writers, leading scientists and notorious comedians. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

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I worked on the cover for about just less than 14 years, so I used to catch drug dealers for

0:20.4

living, essentially. And over that space of time, I realised that everything that I was doing

0:28.9

was not only futile, because futility would be bad enough. But it actually was causing immense

0:34.1

harm not only to individuals who are vulnerable people who needed help, but also it was actively

0:39.8

increasing the levels of crime, in particular violent crime, in our society.

0:50.2

Hello and welcome to Trigonometry. I'm Francis Foster. I'm Constantin Kitten.

0:55.4

And this is a show for you, if you want honest conversations with fascinating people.

1:00.9

Our fantastic guest today is a former undercover police officer here in the UK.

1:05.9

Neil Woods, welcome to Trigonometry. Thank you. It's great to have you on the show.

1:09.6

We've got so much to talk with you about. We're going to talk about drugs. We're going to talk

1:12.9

about corruption and the police force. We'll talk about lots of things. Before we do, for those

1:17.3

people in our audience watching and listening who don't know who you are, what is your story?

1:21.0

Who are you? How are you where you are? How are you sitting here talking to us?

1:25.3

Well, I am a former police officer, former undercover police officer, and I worked on the cover

1:31.0

for about for just less than 14 years. And I used to almost entirely investigate drugs fences.

1:40.0

So I used to catch drug dealers for a living, essentially. And over that space of time,

1:45.5

I realized that everything that I was doing was not only futile, because futility would be bad

1:52.6

enough, but it actually was causing immense harm not only to individuals who were vulnerable

1:57.7

people who needed help, but also it was actively increasing the levels of crime, in particular,

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