

Probably a trope. Low level cops don’t just stumble on kingpins. It take a large, coordinated investigation. You can’t just pay off the arresting officer, you’d need to pay off dozens at a minimum. And someone would say something. Maybe not to their boss, but at a bar, etc.

























Meanwhile everyone back at HQ is radioing and asking “did you get him? Why is there 20 minutes of silence?”
People can think. I can’t imagine how this works when you’re being backed up by dozens of people