Bad Cops Podcast
The story of one of America's most corrupt police units. Why do good cops go bad?
In Baltimore, Maryland, an elite group of plainclothes officers called the Gun Trace Task Force gets hundreds of illegal guns off the streets every year. Secretly, however, these detectives are also robbing people, selling drugs, planting evidence and framing innocent people. When some of the officers go too far, it triggers an FBI investigation that reveals the Gun Trace Task Force as one of the most corrupt police squads in American policing history. Jessica Lussenhop tells the story of the rise and fall of this once-powerful unit of officers, and its leader Sergeant Wayne Jenkins. And she asks: why do good cops go bad?
Episodes to download
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4. The man behind the curtain
Sat 4 Sep 2021
He earned a formidable reputation. But Sgt Wayne Jenkins is leading a double life
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2. The wiretap
Sat 21 Aug 2021
The FBI gets to work and a whole new level of criminality is revealed
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1. The tracker
Sat 14 Aug 2021
A major arrest and a troubling discovery; it’s time to call in the FBI
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Introducing: Bad Cops
Mon 9 Aug 2021
The true story of the rise and fall of Baltimore’s Gun Trace Task Force