The nation . needs a\\ extradollar will do it. <). d would that be true of mostplainclothesmen? I. I dont like to say this becauseI like being a policeman, but T thinkits true of almost every cop. I dontsay all. . There are a number whow ill do it and do it continuously. 1 heaverage fellow will take a bribe ofsay $5 to £10 and he worries aboutit lor six years later. Thats the aver-age policeman, f know some and be-lieve me 1 know quite a few whowouldnt touch a nickel if you forcedit into their pockets. Unfortunately,those men arc out in uniform on thestreet, and theyre not where theyhave th
The nation . needs a\\ extradollar will do it. <). d would that be true of mostplainclothesmen? I. I dont like to say this becauseI like being a policeman, but T thinkits true of almost every cop. I dontsay all. . There are a number whow ill do it and do it continuously. 1 heaverage fellow will take a bribe ofsay $5 to £10 and he worries aboutit lor six years later. Thats the aver-age policeman, f know some and be-lieve me 1 know quite a few whowouldnt touch a nickel if you forcedit into their pockets. Unfortunately,those men arc out in uniform on thestreet, and theyre not where theyhave the opportunity of taking any-thing. But its a terrible temptationto a man who makes, Ill say, £80 aweek and hes walking around with$ in his pocket and he knowshis wife has $3 to run the house forfour days and somebody else has$500 just to walk away with just apiece of paper in his pocket. 0. To what extent is this practiceknown by the supervisor of policepersonnel? A. Well, let nic put it this A telephone costs |a bookie] $1, To get a telephone in?I. iNo, to keep a telephone wouldcost you approximately $1,500 amonth. And that has to be dividedall the way down the line. The divi-sion plainclothesmen realized about$10 of that $1,500 individually. Nowif you have ten plainclothesmen —now thats $100 — that goes for theten plainclothesmen. Well, believe itor not, thats the ratio. Then youhave a lieutenant in charge. Firstyou have the two shooflies. Theyresupervisors in plainclothes. Theycould be a lieutenant, they could bea sergeant. They have to be cut infor a share. The borough office hasto go in. His boss has to go in —it goes right up the line. Prices Go Up All the evidence indicates that theprice of protection has grown steadi-ly more exorbitant with the passageof years. More millions are beingpoured into gambling now than wasthe case ten years ago, and inevi-tably the size of the pad has in-creased. No longer can a bookmaker in NewYork City obtain an okay
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