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News & Issues > Kopbusters R O C K ! Former Bad Cop Turned Good
 

Kopbusters R O C K ! Former Bad Cop Turned Good

Welcome Digg readers! A follow-up with raw footage from 'KopBusters' first sting has been posted here.



Barry
Cooper, a former Texas police officer with eight years of specialty in
drug interdiction, first made waves when he released the film "Never
Get Busted Again," a how-to guide for evading police drug seizures.

Austin, Texas-based Cooper's latest project is not nearly so benign,
and will likely generate for the former drug warrior an army of enemies
in law enforcement.

'KopBusters' is a reality TV program that aims to sink crooked officers.

"KopBusters rented a house in Odessa, Texas and began growing two small
Christmas trees under a grow light similar to those used for growing
marijuana," claims a release from NeverGetBusted.com "When faced with a suspected marijuana grow, the police usually use
illegal FLIR cameras and/or lie on the search warrant affidavit
claiming they have probable cause to raid the house. Instead of
conducting a proper investigation which usually leads to no probable
cause, the Kops lie on the affidavit claiming a confidential informant
saw the plants and/or the police could smell marijuana coming from the
suspected house."

"The trap was set and less than 24 hours later, the Odessa narcotics
unit raided the house only to find KopBuster's attorney waiting under a
system of complex gadgetry and spy cameras that streamed online to the
KopBuster's secret mobile office nearby.

"The attorney was handcuffed and later released when eleven KopBuster
detectives arrived with the media in tow to question the illegal raid.
The police refused to give KopBusters the search warrant affidavit
which is suspected to contain the lies regarding the probable cause.

"It is not illegal to grow plants under a light in your home but it is
illegal to lie on an affidavit and plant drugs on a citizen. This
operation was the first of its kind in the history of America. Police
sometimes have other police investigating their crimes but the American
court system has never dealt with a group of citizens stinging the
police. Will the police file charges on the team who took down the
corrupt cops? We will keep you posted."

Cooper's "Never Get Busted Again" was a runaway success, the sales of
which serve as financial support for this most recent project.

"The drug war is a failed policy and the legal side effects on the families are worse than the drugs," Cooper said to the Dallas Observer in early 2007. "I was so wrong in the things I did back then. I ruined lives."

The 'Kop Busters' sting was the feature of a CBS 7 report, aired Dec. 4, 2008.







posted on Dec 31, 2008 9:05 AM ()

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