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Betraying the Badge
Betraying the Badge

Betraying the Badge

—Harrowing stories of cops who abandon their oath to serve and protect and instead, steal, cheat and in some cases kill; told by the cops who committed the crimes to the whistleblowers, prosecutors and fellow officers who took them down.
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Season 26 of 6 Episodes

  • The FBI investigates a jewelry-theft ring with ties to the Chicago mob; they soon find that the mastermind behind the operation is a decorated former Chicago police chief.

  • An FBI investigation at the Southern border unearths one of the largest corruption cases in Arizona's history involving the National Guard working alongside Mexican drug cartels.

  • A group of officers in Savannah, Ga., has lucrative off-duty work providing security for diamond shipments; when the diamonds turn out to be drugs, the FBI gets involved.

  • A group of well-regarded but tough-nosed Philadelphia narcotics officers nicknamed The Four Horsemen rules the inner-city streets by fear and dirty tactics in the 1980s and 1990s.

  • A Florida cop's dream of being a gangster propels him into a darker world as he uses his badge to work security detail for a criminal enterprise from New York.

  • In 1994, dozens of NYPD officers in New York City's 30th Precinct in Harlem are convicted of perjury, civil rights infractions, theft, tax evasion, and dealing narcotics.

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4 episodes will be broadcast over the next two weeks

    Rich Rivera: The Inside Man
    To Protect and Serve the Mob
    Snitchin' on Corrupt Cops
    Panama Unit
  • Rich Rivera: The Inside Man

    A young, idealistic rookie for the West New York, N.J., Police Department discovers a pattern of pervasive criminal behavior within his department and decides to go undercover for the FBI.
    Upcoming
  • To Protect and Serve the Mob

    Two decorated New York City police officers on the payroll of the Mafia take bribes in exchange for confidential information and carry out eight gangland-style murders.
    Upcoming
  • Snitchin' on Corrupt Cops

    Two Baltimore cops rob criminals, sell confiscated drugs and pocket the profits until a 16-year-old drug dealer goes undercover for the FBI to bring them down.
    Upcoming
  • Panama Unit

    The son of a renowned sheriff and his cronies sell thousands of pounds of stolen drugs until they're brought down by investigators within the Department of Homeland Security.
    Upcoming
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