Thirty-one Baltimore police officers were suspended and 17 were charged after an investigation found they illegally referred drivers involved in accidents to Majestic, an unauthorized towing company, in exchange for cash kickbacks, according to CBS Baltimore. The scheme was exposed by a whistleblower who spoke publicly about the corruption.
Operator takeaway
Thirty-one officers suspended in one department for towing kickbacks — the largest single-department towing corruption bust shows how deeply embedded these schemes can become when no one speaks up.