Graphic Novel 5
Chapter 5 Watertown: Under Color of Law
Chapter 5: Officer Shuffle
This chapter exposes the "Officer Shuffle," a systemic loophole allowing compromised police officers to evade the accountability measures of the POST Commission.
It explains how officers can resign in lieu of termination, effectively freezing their state-level certification status because the commission relies on sanitized paperwork.
By temporarily working in county corrections—a sector outside immediate regulatory crosshairs—these officers can launder their records before seamlessly returning to municipal policing, which is the exact pipeline Mafhoum used to land at the Watertown Police Department.
