Webwhen california police officer jed arno blair exposed two other officers for theft and planting drugs on suspects, his colleagues rewarded him with scorn, harassment, and. Webdepartments go lengths to punish the officers who expose — or threaten to expose — secrets that can blow up into scandal. We want to know how police departments. Webthe blue wall of silence, also called the code of silence, among law enforcement officers refers to the unspoken rule that police officers will not report fellow. Ploof was deputy chief of the seat pleasant police department in maryland when he released videos of abusive officers engaging in misconduct. Webthe blue wall of silence, [1] also blue code [2] and blue shield, [3] are terms used to denote an informal code of silence among police officers in the united states not to report on a. Webafter a year fighting for public records and interviewing police officers and victims of misconduct, reporters found an unofficial system of retaliation in departments.
