CASE 7.2
Detective Smith is a fourteen-year police veteran who has been working in internal affairs for the past four years. He was assigned to internal affairs to investigate allegations of police misconduct and corruption. While working as a police officer, he put himself through law school in the evenings and received his law license six years ago. Although he enjoyed being a road patrol officer, he feels it is more important to protect the citizens of the community against the few corrupt police officers who may exist on his police force.
-One of Detective Smith's first investigations as an internal affairs detective is on a seventeen-year police veteran who is being accused of demanding bribes from local drug dealers and helping them transport their narcotics in the trunk of his police car. If the allegations are true, this officer can be classified as a:

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The term "meat eater" refers to police officers who actively engage in corrupt activities such as accepting bribes, stealing drugs or money, and other criminal acts. The allegations against the seventeen-year police veteran involve demanding bribes from drug dealers and transporting narcotics in his police car, which would make him a meat eater if the allegations are true. Detective Smith's role as an internal affairs investigator is to root out such corrupt officers and protect the community.

CASE 7.2 Detective Smith Is a Fourteen-Year Police Veteran Who Has Been