Gun Trace Task Force Scandal
How did elite officers become criminals?
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52 mins
Discover the Gun Trace Task Force scandal involving members of an elite unit within the Baltimore PD. Explore how officers were convicted of robbery, extortion, fraud, and other crimes while operating under the guise of law enforcement.
Ep 1:
Badges Turned Weapons
In a city already drowning in violence, an elite police unit meant to seize illegal guns instead became Baltimore's most dangerous gang—and no one stopped them for years.
Ep 2:
Building the Supergroup of Corruption
Meet the men of the Gun Trace Task Force and the brazen playbook they used to rob, plant evidence, and traffic drugs while wearing badges and drawing paychecks.
Ep 3:
The Human Wreckage They Left Behind
Behind every fabricated case was a real victim—stolen savings, shattered families, a dying child, an innocent bystander killed—the devastating human toll of a criminal badge.
Ep 4:
The Lawyer Who Saw It First
One defense attorney spent years tracking Wayne Jenkins' patterns in court, building a case the system refused to see until it was almost too late.
Ep 5:
Closing the Trap
As FBI wiretaps closed in on a unit spiraling out of control, a carefully staged Internal Affairs meeting became the trap that finally brought eight armed officers down.
Ep 6:
Verdicts, Sentences, and a Detective's Death
Cooperation, trials, and staggering prison sentences followed the arrests—while the mysterious death of a detective set to testify raises questions that remain unanswered.
Ep 7:
What the Badge Is Worth
With 790 convictions overturned and a city still paying the price, this scandal forces a reckoning over what trust in a badge is truly worth.
Discussions (10)
Bartholomew
Level 3 · 3 mo agoWhy wear a ski mask when you can just wear a badge?
Philip
Level 10 · 3 mo agoBro really robbed a stash house and made his crew film him opening the safe like a youtube unboxing video so he could show it to the feds
Olive
Level 4 · 3 mo agoHearing Gary Brown say he teaches his son to stay away from the police broke my heart. I relate so much because I am terrified to ever call the cops.
