Former Police Officer Sights Leadership For Rise In Crime. Part 1

Adonis Savage was a police officer with the Washington, DC Metropolitan Police Department for more than five years ... he left the police force in April 2023.  In this two-part conversation of The Offshoot, Savage explains that the apathy prevalent within police departments stems from the leadership within the police force.  Additionally, he talks about the lacks behavior of some officers, and he talks of some officers who sought professions in law enforcement only to be able to exert power over people in the communities they serve.  In part two of our conversation, he gets very granular explaining the toxic culture that existed with the Washington, DC Metropolitan Police Department. Does the toxic culture still exist? Additionally, in part two, Savage speaks on the rise of juvenile crime, and he discusses what it was like being on the front line at the U.S. Capitol building holding back insurrectionist in January 2021.Support the show