BY HARRY RING
Special feature - To cope with a bulging file on the subject, we are devoting this week's column to "the few bad apples" among the police.
Nuke `em - Princeton prof. John DiIulio is not reassured by the reported 4 percent drop in violent crimes. "This," he glumly declared, "is the lull before the crime storm." He warned that "40 million kids, ten years old and under" are about to become teenagers, and many of them are "fatherless, godless, and jobless."
Public Service Announcement - If you live in Jersey City and your car vanished in the past few years, call the state police auto unit at (908) 627-0646. They're investigating Jersey City cops who made sure owners of impounded or recovered stolen cars didn't get notified and then snap-ped them up at rigged auctions.
Not willful, just a habit - Criminal perjury charges will not be pressed against LAPD detective Andrew Teague, who got caught offering forged evidence in a homicide case, compelling the prosecutor to drop murder charges against two men. It was decided not to prosecute Teague, the DA's office said, because it's hard to prove he willfully lied to the jury.
Wanna bet on the outcome? - Nearly three months ago, it was reported that a Los Angeles County grand jury is probing the case of LAPD ex-detective Raymond Doyle, who assertedly forged a judge's name on a warrant. Faced with a department investigation, Doyle retired, with pension. One source said Doyle did go to the judge for his signature, but "the judge had a long line and was busy."
Gang-busters - Guillermo Aburto, 26, of Atlanta, sat in jail 42 days before being brought before a judge. He had been arrested for failing to pay a $100 fine meted out because he had been fishing with more than one pole and was using corn as bait. (Don't ask us why either is illegal.)
And they're the boss - Bernice King Floyd, 82, was jailed on charges of stealing $6 worth of food from an Atlanta area Kroger supermarket. Cops said she seemed down on her luck and that they busted her only because Kroger insisted.
Wants his members behind bars? - Sgt. Ed Kirste of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Dept. announced formation of the Association of White Male Peace Officers. He said the ranks of the organization are "seeking only to be recognized and rewarded according to our accomplishments."
Why not? - "I should not have to explain to my family and friends that I am not a liar." - Boston Detective Tommy Montgomery, at a Harvard conference on the nationwide abuse of the criminal justice system by cops.