Extra caution Sheriff Nat Glover is on the right track in trying to stop police corruption. He is going beyond reacting, to being proactive. Glover is in the midst of one of the worst police scandals in many years, and he is trying to avoid that from happening again.
Rogue cops are nothing new.
Jacksonville in the 1960s was rocked by allegations of payoffs from gamblers to high-ranking police officers. Others were arrested for crimes such as burglary, robbery and even murder. Since consolidation of the old sheriff's office and city police department, and an effort to professionalize police work, there has been continuing improvement. Today, other major cities are experiencing even worse examples of police corruption and brutality. As the large majority of officers who are dedicated and competent know, it only takes a few bad apples to give everyone in blue a bad name.