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Bad Cops
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...
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4.5 stars from 557 ratings
Sad View of My Hometown
I hate how accurate it is. Baltimore gets a lot of bad publicity and maybe that is part of why the police are the way they are. They are pushed to do a near impossible job. Most of the city has a lot of crime & cooperating with police is its own death sentence. Police are pushed to...Read full review »
Icheeysnap via Apple Podcasts · United States of America · 02/09/24
Tip Of The Iceberg
Disgraced police officer Wayne Jenkins has the absolute audacity and delusion to believe that what he and his criminal conspirators did doesn’t warrant a 25 year sentence. You did a great job in showing his lack of a moral compass and highlighting that this was just the tip of the Iceberg and...Read full review »
WordsWorthlessness via Apple Podcasts · United States of America · 01/30/24
An episode turner.
Loved it. Great to hear actual footage and all the levels of deceit. More please!
Abigail_chloe via Apple Podcasts · Great Britain · 01/06/23
Recent Episodes
Wayne Jenkins, now serving 25 years in prison, tells his side of the story. What do the crimes of the Gun Trace Task Force reveal about the city of Baltimore?
Published 09/24/21
Published 09/24/21
A shocking tragedy occurs. Conspiracy theories spread. The trial of the Task Force officers begins, but who will speak out?
Published 09/17/21
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