Don't date cops. Just don't. ... Years ago, a friend of mine went on a few dates with a cop. She ended up not being interested, so she broke it off. Then the harassment began. Her phone/landline rang non-stop. Cops in marked cars would sit outside her house. He even showed up at her work, talking to her co-workers, claiming she was under investigation for some kind of fraud (she wasn't). And, strange dudes started following her in the subway (NYC).

Who do you call when you're being harassed by the people you're supposed to call when you're being harassed? ... Luckily for her, she had a cousin that was a 20-year NYPD veteran. Him and some other veterans cops went to "have a talk" with the younger cop. Problem solved, but it was a total nightmare for her.

> don't talk to cops and don't agree to searches

The people who trust cops are the most at risk of this. Those who don’t know their rights or who are afraid to assert them are also at risk.

The people who have already internalized this statement are least at risk.

But we are all at risk when police are corrupt. And the fact that police who do these things still have jobs means that the number of corrupt officers is far larger than it should be.