On comic relief – Harper’s readings section:

‘From a report published in May by the New Jersey Office of the Attorney General that outlines major disciplinary infractions committed by law enforcement officers in 2022.
Vaping in a squad car while transporting a civilian
Stealing while responding to a service call
Punching the wall of a victim’s home while responding to a service call
Failing to fully report the escape of an inmate
Responding to a call regarding a woman who needed medical attention at a Days Inn, beginning a sexual relationship with her, and then giving her a box containing $2,000 in exchange for not reporting the relationship
Falling asleep in an inmate’s cell
Storing hollow-point bullets in a child’s room
Telling a supervisor to “go fuck yourself” when told he would have to take a coronavirus test
Commenting on a subordinate’s hair color, clothes, and body type, and asking about her relationship status
Using a law enforcement database to run queries on a woman met on OnlyFans
Driving drunk while off duty
Driving drunk while on duty
Drinking on duty while working a second job
Falling asleep drunk in a running vehicle, refusing to participate in a field sobriety test, and then, after being arrested, headbutting a washing machine and claiming to be the victim of police brutality’

Read more here.

Law enforcement officers are all too human, in New Jersey and elsewhere.

The Days Inn incident could be material for a short story.

The case of an officer falling asleep in an inmate’s cell should be transformed into poem.

Literature made by naughty (is that the word?) law enforcement officers can be a new and profitable genre.