“I’ve got murders that involve Bloods. I’ve got murders that involve Crips. I’ve got murders involving Latin gangs,” DeKalb County District Attorney Robert James said. According to the most recent national gang threat assessment by the FBI, there are more than 33,000 gangs in the United States and gang membership increased most significantly in the Northeast and Southeast regions, and the numbers are rapidly growing.
Ten current and former law enforcement officers across several metro Atlanta agencies have been charged in an undercover police corruption investigation.
Investigators are calling it the biggest corruption case they’ve seen in the Atlanta area in 20 years.
Ten current and former law enforcement officers across several metro Atlanta agencies have been charged in an undercover police corruption investigation.
Federal agents from the FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives made most of the arrests Tuesday morning. Channel 2 Action News crews were at the FBI Atlanta office as several suspects were taken into custody. They are accused of taking thousands of dollars in payoffs to drug dealers.
Seven of the 10 officers arrested have posted bond. The final three are expected to head to court Friday.
According to the criminal complaint, some transactions happened in a barbershop in a busy shopping center.
Channel 2’s Rachel Stockman went to the Forest Park Police Department Wednesday where two of the officers involved worked.
They are now facing federal charges.
According to a criminal complaint, they worked together on a number of deals to provide protection to the drug dealers.
Stockman obtained six department-issued photographs after 10 current and former officers were arrested on federal corruption charges.
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