The Five Strangest Corrupt Cops

Corruption in law enforcement is not a new concept to most people in the modern world, in fact, it has gone on for a very long time. Whether it’s a cop abusing power, taking bribes, or taking advantage of their authoritative position, it happens. Here are five of the strangest corrupt cop stories we’ve heard of.

Italy’s Cops Can Be Bribed with Cheese

We unreservedly love cheese. Cheese is delicious. Cheese makes everything better, even other types of cheese. Cheese is our friend.

And, of course, Italy makes some absolutely great cheeses. So we can understand why people would want to steal the cheese, but we’re not really sure exactly why cops were hijacking shipments of cheese over in Italy. We just find ourselves confused.

What would happen is, the cops would pull over the delivery vans, and then face the driver with a choice; pay a hefty, exaggerated fine, or fork over some cheese. You’d think, since this is happening in Campagnia, Italy’s famous cheese making region, that said cheese would then go for sale on the black market, and yes, there is a black market for cheese, where do you think Whole Foods gets its selection? But instead apparently the cops were just eating it.

Yeah, they basically got busted and lost their jobs because they wanted a snack. Oh, the power of cheese.

Denver Cop Wants A “Liter-A” Cola

“Super Troopers” is not, despite its gritty tone and careful research, a documentary. Cops don’t actually play funny pranks on Jim Gaffigan, get in fistfights over jurisdictions, or generally act that awesome. But, apparently, they’re more than happy to threaten poor fast food employees who piss them off.

Look no further than Denver, where, tired of waiting for his McGriddle, an officer pulled a gun on a fast food jockey to make him hurry up. It’s not really clear what happened, except the McWage Slave did absolutely nothing to offend, threaten or otherwise merit the officer pointing a gun at him. Unless they were reenacting that scene from “Falling Down”, where somebody makes the mistake of denying Michael Douglas his breakfast.

Granted, we hate how slow the line can get at Mickey D’s ourselves, but we’ve never considered pulling a gun on an employee. Now, pulling a gun on the stoner who takes forever to read the menu and can’t make his order because he keeps dissolving into giggling fits? That guy gets a gun pulled on him.

They Call It Dope For A Reason

So, say you’re a police officer. You like to smoke the ganja occasionally. That’s OK, it’s not like you’re hurting anyone, but, of course, it is kind of a conflict of interest. So it’s probably smart not to smoke, say, while you’re on a vacation. In a van. That’s illegally parked. At a softball game with literally thousands of police officers in attendance.

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