Policing Hollywood

How cops in a Florida city dish out rough justice, both inside and outside the department. We become a fly on the squadroom wall.


Hollywood Blues
Cyndi Commella Ruiz was a good cop. Then she left the brotherhood of silence
By Trevor Aaronson

Hollywood's Finest
After even a police chief called them unfit, these officers continue to patrol Hollywood's streets
By Trevor Aaronson

Cop, Judge, and Jury
When Hollywood lawman Pete Salvo allegedly covered up a crime, Internal Affairs looked the other way
By Trevor Aaronson

Entrapped
Hollywood police used a Bahamian Casanova to set up Valarie Curry
By Trevor Aaronson

Bruiser in Blue
Hollywood's "Heavy-handed Joe" is either Cop of the Year or a two-fisted enforcer
By Trevor Aaronson

Tale of the Tape
A video with cops' knuckle sandwiches excised might send an ex-con to prison.
By Trevor Aaronson

Strong Arm of the Law
Hollywood's Police Officer of the Year has been accused of sexual battery, manslaughter, and brutality
By Trevor Aaronson

Stationhouse Capo
Marano uses his union position to reward loyalists and manipulate the brass, critics say
By Wyatt Olson