I hate how accurate it is. Baltimore gets a lot of bad publicity and maybe that is part of why the police are the way they are. They are pushed to do a near impossible job. Most of the city has a lot of crime & cooperating with police is its own death sentence. Police are pushed to accomplish near impossible tasks between volume and lack of experienced & honest officers. Being a Balto police officer is horrible and violent and if you are good…you may not survive if you stay beyond your rookie years. This contributes to the corruption. The most senior members are only a few years out of the academy and they stay because of what they can get away with. The people training and leading are corrupt. This doesn’t excuse what they do. It is just an explanation of why, no matter how much money is thrown at the department. No matter how many times new upper brass is hired and fired, it won’t change.

Disgraced police officer Wayne Jenkins has the absolute audacity and delusion to believe that what he and his criminal conspirators did doesn’t warrant a 25 year sentence. You did a great job in showing his lack of a moral compass and highlighting that this was just the tip of the Iceberg and that the whole Baltimore Police Department was complicit. There’s much more to this story

I’m bothered how you make out some of their heroic acts as if they weren’t on the front lines in harms way. I feel safe when drug dealers and gang bangers are locked up in a correctional facility. Free Wayne Jenkins!

I really only like this podcast because it has Wayne Jenkins on it himself. Being from Baltimore..I must say it’s really infuriating for her to continue to reference the criminals as “victims”. Yes, there were a few actual victims. However the majority of these people were criminals.. gang bangers and drug dealers. They were not “victims “ lol police go out there and risk their lives every single day to get paid chump change and struggle to feed your family. All they would’ve been doing was feeding the money back into the corrupt system going to the top dogs.

Great story and story telling

Absolutely incredible story of the most corrupt police task force! I can’t even believe this story is true and sadly it is. The host of this podcast is incredible and this podcast deserves much more recognition and a higher rating! I was led here from Jessica’s article about the task force. Excellent work!

A sad story of corruption and lives ruined told fabulously well.

Wow! Incredible! This podcast is Really good!! Unfortunately there are a lot of corrupt cops and they get away with a lot of crimes.

If Jessica says “elite task force” one more time….. Elite? This was a task force run by morons w/o supervision. Elite? Jessica is really, really dumb. BBC should be ashamed.

How on earth is this rated 5 stars? it’s full of advertisements and the episodes consist of dragging out known parts of the story. This is a big money grab for BBC

Some years ago while visiting, I saw a drug dealer doing business in a gas station/convenience store parking lot. I couldn’t believe it! Now I understand.

Love this podcast! Host Jessica Lussenhop weaves together primary audio recordings and new interviews and reporting to bring to life this complicated and unbelievable story of crime and corruption. Each chapter unfolds in 20~ minutes. Perfect for listening on a short walk or errand. Can’t wait for more!

Great job, Jessica! You have great voice for podcast. 👍👍

Thank you BBC .. it's like listing to the WIRE on Radio

Solid honest reporting about a truly interesting story.