Verkko“a pervasive code of silence” influences both honest and corrupt officers and leaves even the ‘good’ cops reluctant to report brutality.
Verkko“the blue wall of silence. ” this is the unwritten code that values protection of fellow officers, sometimes even over protection of the public.
This code means that law.
Verkkousa today set out to establish, for the first time, the extent of law enforcement’s blue wall of silence and its impact on the individual officers who have.
Verkkoit is not that some police officers aren’t doing admirable things in our communities, but revering police officers for not abusing their power is dangerous.