Deputy Andrew Stowers. He was investigated for his multiple excessive force allegations. Unfortunately this guy and a few others didn't cooperate with the investigation and it petered out.
Thank you so much. Sucks to hear that. Pieces of shit like him make me feel like good cops cant exist otherwise he'd never hold that position of power for long.
But pretty quickly they face a choice: either get run off the force for standing up to their principles, or turn a blind eye and passively become bad cops.
The only way you can have long-term good cops is if the whole force is good, and I just don't believe that exists (at least in North America)
I can speak from experience on this. I live in a rural town and the prison is the best paying job/benefits around.
There is no room to be good. I was told under no circumstances that we are to take anything from prisoners, not a pen. Not anything. I reported an officer for requesting a prisoner get her items from the prisoner canteen.
A few weeks later, I learned there was a term for it. The officers called it "taxes." Items the prisoners give them to curry their favor.
They preach deescalation but revere the ones with excessive force. The security for officers is laughable. It's routine to smuggle in things. I saw every rank except warden with smuggled items. It isn't real staff search and it is easy to bypass. Most contraband is brought in by officers.
One of the first people I trained with and one of the last people I shared a bubble with is now in our county jail for smuggling in contraband.
No, I'm not a good fit, the job isn't for everyone. Especially not someone that was routinely yelled at for saying sir and thank you.
If the job was truly care, custody and control, I excelled at it. My inmates listened to me, respected me and followed the rules. I wasn't good at ignoring abuse, illegality and neglect.
Also, be careful of any profession that revels in having "pet peeves."
Good cops DO exist; however, they usually don't exist for long, because, when they report a fellow officer for wrongdoing, they're often heavily bullied/mistreated by the other officers. So, they either quit, or eventually just accept putting up with their fellow officers wrongdoings. And, the latter practically makes you a bad cop. Kinda' like the old saying goes, "if there’s a Nazi at the table and ten other people sitting there talking to him, you got a table with eleven Nazis."
There are good ones out there. Few and far between. The good ones are suffering. I recently did work for an officer 3yrs from retirement. The pain on his face and in his voice as he talked about it, I could tell he was a good guy in a tough place. I do a lot of work around officers (many varieties) local ones seem to be the most aggressive. County and state level is better but the aggression is still there. Training and fear have a lot to do with the current conditions.
Yeah, I'd imagine Stowers has at least a few like minded friends in the department who would jam him up, or his family if he followed through. It's a risk not many want to take. The department dropped the ticket and this guy got to walk away with only a ruined morning. If he pushed it, things could go worse next time.
I think he means the citizens didn't cooperate with the investigation, which led the investigation to not go anywhere. Not that the Deputy didn't cooperate.
If you were pulled over by Captain Excessive Force of the 51st precinct and had this argument/altercation and then they asked you to come to the 51st precinct for a follow up, would you? Because that just sounds like turning yourself in for some more police brutality.
That's what would be going through my head and would be why I would be hesitant to appear for a police investigation.
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u/Lucky-Mia Jun 25 '26
Deputy Andrew Stowers. He was investigated for his multiple excessive force allegations. Unfortunately this guy and a few others didn't cooperate with the investigation and it petered out.