Social Media Scans for Police Corruption Private Investigations

Police corruption is a real thing. If you do not believe us, just ask anyone who has had very many encounters with law enforcement, especially if they have become criminal suspects or even crime victims. From apathetic police officers who selectively enforce laws to outright corrupt cops who take bribes and rape and murder good citizens, being a police officer does not automatically guarantee that an individual is a decent, moral person. Thus, when our clients encounter this type of corruption in law enforcement personnel, many of them seek to hire a corruption private investigator from our private detective agency to have us conduct police corruption private investigations for them.

Types of Corruption in Society: Police Departments & Other Law Enforcement Agencies:

There are several kinds of police corruption that we should mention that some people have experienced. Not everyone experiences every time of corruption, but many people in society have experienced at least one form of it. These include, but are not limited to, the following:

Police Bribery:

Bribery is a more common form of police corruption that some people experience in various communities. This occurs when police officer and other law enforcement personnel expect people, businesses, politicians, and business owners, etc., to pay them money for special favors, protection, enforcement of basic laws, criminal investigations, etc. Some countries are particularly notorious for it, such as in China, India, Iran, Mexico, and even cities in the USA like the New York City Police Department (NYPD). We get plenty of complaints at our private detective agency about corrupt police officers whom our clients suspect of accepting bribes.

Theft/Police-Initiated Burglaries:

Our digital private detectives also know that police officers are sometimes known to steal from the community and their own departments. Drugs, guns, jewelry, and other valuables can easily go missing. Likewise, some police departments are notorious for seizing lawful assets like money, vehicles, etc., by claiming the person who had them were drug dealers or other criminals. They then put these items and money into their own coffers for use. They call these “civil forfeitures,” and John Oliver of Last Week Tonight did a splendid job of articulating just how corrupt these activities can become.

Extortion:

Extortion, also known as shakedowns, is another method of obtaining money or goods that police officers sometimes use against their victims. Our social media scan private investigator has sadly seen this happen on numerous occasions. They demand money to prosecute crimes or even to look the other way let criminals go free. You can especially see this in countries like Mexico, where police officers in countries like Mexico take their “cut” after letting drug traffickers move their drugs through their area, but not until they pay the extortion fee first.

You also really see extortion where police and prosecutors demand that people pay them money or go to jail/prison. Our criminal private investigator has seen countless examples, as some legal experts refer to it as the “stay out of jail tax” on good townspeople, whether they have committed a crime or not. Extortion private investigations are common in these situations to help clients. 

Chiseling/Mooching:

While it is true that some places like diners, coffee shops, and convenience stores love offering police officers free food and drinks to help entice them to make frequent visits there and thus hopefully reduce crime they experience, this is another form of corruption that is not okay. This is especially true when police officers explicitly expect the stores to give them free things in exchange for services that should be free. By giving police free items, it encourages them to frequent stores and businesses that patronize their corruption and disincentivizes them from going to other places with equal frequency. Thus, it perpetuates the cycle of police and other law enforcement corruption sociologists refer to as chiseling/mooching.

Examples of Law Enforcement Abusing Power & Engaging in Police Misconduct:

Just as our digital private detective from our private investigation agency in OKC has properly identified examples of corruption in police and other law enforcement, so, too, there are other abuses of power and misconduct unbecoming an officer. Some of these include, but are not included to, the following:

Perjury:

Lying on the stand or on other official, sworn documents, is so much more common in police work than most people ever realize. Indeed, our police misconduct private investigators realize that law enforcement officers (LEOs) are just human, and as such they are not perfect and sometimes make mistakes and break laws just like everyone else. But when they commit perjury that can send other people to jail or, worse, prison, this crosses serious ethical and legal boundaries that can have extremely serious, lasting ramifications for their victims.

Our perjury private investigators try to fight corruption like this with their perjury private investigations. We work to catch these law enforcement officers in the act and show that the illegal things they say and do, such as lying on the stand and in official reports, is not something our society is prepared to tolerate. Let us help you and work with your criminal defense attorney, to help you clear up your criminal charges and imprison these bad police officers. 

Racial/Ethnic/2SLGBTQIA+/Gender Discriminatory Enforcement:

Since police officers are only human, they, too, come with their own biases, prejudices, and thus something act in bad faith in discriminatory manners. People of minority groups like non-whites, gay/lesbian/bisexual/nonbinary/transgender individuals, immigrants, females, etc., tend to experience selective enforcement of laws at higher rates than others with higher social statuses who come from majority backgrounds like white, cisgender, straight, Christian men.

They may choose to ignore a female private investigator who is transgender who just experienced a sexual assault by a process serving client. Indeed, this has happened before with the Oklahoma City Police Department, where a male police officer once marked a sexual battery down as an “assault” because the female was transgender, and her attacker was a cisgender male. Had the female been cisgender, he would have taken it more serious as a sexual offense.

Our social media private detectives have also noted that police may arrest non-whites for crimes that they do not arrest whites for. Likewise, border patrol agents and police alike may also stop, question, frisk, and even arrest non-whites as suspected undocumented immigrants, whereas a white person from Canada might go undetected and get a pass. There are countless examples where our discrimination private investigators find numerous illegal instances like these during their discrimination private investigations.

False Arrests & Fabricated Evidence:

Another issue our false arrest private investigators come across all too often are when police officers falsely arrest people and even fabricate/create evidence they use to wrongfully arrest and prosecute them! There have been some horrible examples of this that have come up over the years during our false arrest private investigations, such as when Zach Wester kept trying to make a name for himself as an adept drug catcher so he could advance the law enforcement ranks quicker. This disgraced police officer hurt so many people and destroyed many lives. 

Other instances of false arrests include Oklahoma City Police Department sergeants who have threatened to arrest women who are transgender in OKC like Dr. Makayla Saramosing for going shirtless, even though state and federal laws now immorally classify her as a “man.” Thus, she should be able to go out in public and legally can, because executive orders from idiots like President Donald John Trump and Oklahoma Governor John Kevin Stitt, as well as a new dumb Oklahoma law that narrowly defines gender against how science and medical doctors define it. Nevertheless, police sergeants and others have threatened her with arrest for doing what other “legal males” do all the time during warmer weather.

Witness Tampering:

Criminal defendants and police officers alike can engage in illegal witness tampering. In as much as defendants can threaten witnesses into not testifying and dropping charges, so, too, can law enforcement officers. Prosecutors and police alike can threaten to take away children, add additional and/or more serious charges to witnesses’ criminal dockets, and can also threaten them with physical and sexual violence if they testify on behalf of or against someone if law enforcement does not desire that they do so. 

Our witness tampering private investigators that conduct witness tampering private investigations see this happen sometimes, and it is never moral or legal. Our private investigation agency in Edmond, OK receives many clients seeking help for violations by the Edmond Police Department and other law enforcement agencies (LEAs) who are guilty of committing these ethical and legal violations. 

Sexual Violence/Rape/Child Molestation/Sexual Assaults:

There have also been plenty of examples of police officers engaging in unlawful physical and sexual violence against community members. They may threaten and coerce their victims into having sexual intercourse, forcible oral sodomy, and other sexual acts under the threat of arrest and imprisonment on charges. They may say things like, “If you have sex with me, I will not take you in on charges for these drugs I found in your car.” This happens more than many people realize, and yet it remains extremely serious and does take place sometimes.

One example of a police officer who contests his guilt for these crimes involved former Oklahoma Police Department (OCPD) Daniel Holtzclaw. Multiple women accused him of sexual assault while on the job, but the jury found at least several of them to have been fabricating the allegations. Nevertheless, prosecutors claimed to have found female DNA on the groin area of his pants. Nevertheless, Daniel and his family maintain his innocence and continually push for a new trial.

Examples of Institutional and “Noble Cause” Corruption Within Police Departments:

As with any organization, our digital private investigators note that police departments and other law enforcement agencies are not exempt from institutional corruption, and something known as “noble cause corruption.” Neither one is good, but police agencies and society alike sometimes make justifications for it and even accept it. The following types of institutional and noble cause corruption our police corruption private detectives from the best private investigation agency near me see most often:

Selective Enforcement of Laws & Punishments:

There are too many instances where police and other law enforcement officers pick and choose which laws they will enforce. In 2012, the Edmond Police Department selectively chose on several occasions not to prosecute a crazy Edmond, Oklahoma man named Robert Looman, even when he committed assault and battery on process server Dr. Makayla Saramosing and even tried to run her over with his truck with two separate police officers right there watching. 

This selective enforcement occurred, because the Edmond Police Department’s officers did not care about the life of a process server, and their actions were pathetic. Dr. Makayla Keefe Saramosing was not the mayor, the police chief, or anyone the Edmond Police Department officers felt they “should” care about, and since they did not like process servers anyway her life did not matter to them or to Robert Looman. 

Noble Cause Corruption:

There is another sociological phenomenon known as “noble cause” corruption, which occurs when law enforcement officers plant evidence, lie and commit perjury, etc., so that they can “put a bad person” in jail or even prison. They view this person as bad for the community or even just for the police department or them individually, and thus they find this misguided, immoral, and highly illegal behavior justifiable and might even think they are doing a good thing. 

Once again, our perjury private investigators who conduct noble cause corruption private investigations see this happen far too often. Indeed, even one instance of this deleterious corruption is too often, and society must not allow it. This is why our clients contact our serial predator private investigators for assistance.

Obstructing Justice

Everyone lies sometimes, and police officers and those working in other law enforcement agencies are no different. Lying in court and during police investigations, as well as preventing witnesses and victims from reporting crimes are all examples of this occurring. Police get “mad” and charge civilians if they interfere with investigations or even try to talk to someone a member of the OCPD has pulled over for a traffic stop, but too many of them think they are exempt from laws that prohibit them from committing this type of morally unacceptable and illegal behavior.

Favorable Treatment:

Some police officers are also known for giving favorable treatment to people in power, like mayors, fellow police supervisors, friends and family, prosecutors, etc. Deputies might not even serve someone, if they know and like the person. Things like this happen all the time, and it contributes to a breakdown of community trust in police enforcement and is one other reason why so many people do not like cops. 

Some police departments like the NYPD are even known to hand out “courtesy cards” that allow them to get out of speeding tickets by giving them to the cops that pull them over. Fellow officers and higher-ranking public officials have access to these cards, and they can distribute them to their politically connected and favored friends. Our private detective agency in OKC condemns this unlawful and immoral behavior by bad cops. 

How Corruption Private Detectives Clients with Police Corruption Private Investigations:

Our social media scan private investigators have several methods that they can use to help fight police corruption and help our clients find the justice they seek. Some of the many tactics we can use include, but are not limited to, the following:

Social Media Scans:

Where there is smoke, there is often fire. Our social media scans are excellent for helping determine whether police corruption is widespread. By the time people start speaking up about a crime, the perpetrator has usually committed multiple acts. Thus, there may be other stories out there online or even outright perpetrator confessions. Our digital private investigators are also adept at using these social media scans to help locate other possible victims of the law enforcement officers’ criminal behavior. These scans are cost effective and we can usually complete even the most extensive social media scans in less than a week.

National Civil & Criminal Background Checks: 

National civil background checks and national criminal background checks are also perfect for finding other crimes and financial motives. Indeed, some courts have convicted police officers of crimes, yet they still work as law enforcement personnel. Additionally, if they are facing heavy debt, liens, judgments, bankruptcies, etc., then they become even more vulnerable and susceptible to financially incentivizing corruption from drug cartels and other sources of illicit income to supplement their police officer salaries.

Going Undercover as Victims/Witnesses:

Our predator private investigators can also go undercover as victims and witnesses, stopping short of falsely reporting crimes, committing perjury, or obstructing justice. We can see if police demand sexual favors, money, or if they just blow off our concerns because we are not high-ranking public officials that they are too afraid not to listen to.

Countersurveillance of Law Enforcement Personnel:

Watching police and seeing where they go, what they do, when they go, and with whom they converse and interact is also another productive way to fight corruption. Our countersurveillance private detectives are great at conducting countersurveillance private investigations, and we sometimes even catch the corruption in the act!