Six police officers including the former police chief of King City, California and the owner of a towing company were arrested in a corruption scheme in which Sgt. Bobby Carrillo impounded more than 200 vehicles, calling Miller's Towing 87 percent of the time and targeting poor Latino residents who could not pay to retrieve their vehicles, according to CNN. The vehicles were then sold by the tow company, with officers receiving kickbacks.
Operator takeaway
A police chief arrested for running an impound scheme that targeted immigrants — when corruption operates through the towing system, the operators who participate share criminal liability with the officers who enable it.