blue wall of silence

An unspoken policy of concealment by police regarding the wrongdoing or illicit activity of other officers. Primarily heard in US, South Africa. I respect the need for the police, but it's hard to trust them completely when so many stories of the blue wall of silence come to light.

See also: blue, of, silence, wall

Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

See also:

blue code of silence
code
silence
wall of silence
hole-and-corner
hole-in-the-corner
wrap
have (one's) hand in the cookie jar
with (one's) hand in the cookie jar
with your hand in the cookie jar

References in periodicals archive

To appreciate why this is a proper course of action, we must first understand (and accept) a core dynamic of intra-police relationships: the supposedly notorious "code of silence." In his recent analysis of the "blue wall of silence," John Kleinig writes that at the heart of this construct is a sense of family.

Handling dirty laundry

The Jonny Gammage Law would break through the "Blue Wall of Silence" that is used to intimidate good cops from testifying against rogue cops and results in the cover-up of police and official misconduct and corruption.

The Jonny Gammage Law: Federal Prosecution of Police Brutality

It seems as if Skolnick is attempting to say that the Diallo trial was a case where the Blue Wall of Silence had an impact.

CODE BLUE

What might prove to be the most important factor causing panic among police officers is that smart phone cameras are not only exposing the killing of unarmed people of color; they are a powerful instrument in piercing the so-called blue wall of silence, the unwritten code among cops to not report a colleagues misconduct.

Why are so many unarmed Black Americans killed by the police?

"For us, this is an attempt at gagging and shows to us that the blue wall of silence is still there."

POINTS OF NO RETURN; 50,000 bad drivers had penalties written off

This is the famous "blue wall of silence," and it helps explain how it is that to the sodomizing of Abner Louima, the 56 blows inflicted upon Rodney King, and the perjury of Detective Mark Fuhrman we must now add both the growing corruption scandal in the Los Angeles Police Department, the 41 bullets pumped into Amadou Diallo, and the conspiracy to obstruct justice of three officers found guilty of making up a story to cover up the role of one of them--Charles Schwarz--in the bathroom attack on Abner Louima.

CODE BLUE

Frank Serpico broke the "blue wall of silence" - the Mafia-like tradition of police brotherhood which forbids ratting on a fellow offficer

Police hero's battle against `CID drug pushers'

词组	blue wall of silence
释义	blue wall of silence blue wall of silence An unspoken policy of concealment by police regarding the wrongdoing or illicit activity of other officers. Primarily heard in US, South Africa. I respect the need for the police, but it's hard to trust them completely when so many stories of the blue wall of silence come to light. See also: blue, of, silence, wall Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. See also: blue code of silence code silence wall of silence hole-and-corner hole-in-the-corner wrap have (one's) hand in the cookie jar with (one's) hand in the cookie jar with your hand in the cookie jar References in periodicals archive To appreciate why this is a proper course of action, we must first understand (and accept) a core dynamic of intra-police relationships: the supposedly notorious "code of silence." In his recent analysis of the "blue wall of silence," John Kleinig writes that at the heart of this construct is a sense of family. Handling dirty laundry The Jonny Gammage Law would break through the "Blue Wall of Silence" that is used to intimidate good cops from testifying against rogue cops and results in the cover-up of police and official misconduct and corruption. The Jonny Gammage Law: Federal Prosecution of Police Brutality It seems as if Skolnick is attempting to say that the Diallo trial was a case where the Blue Wall of Silence had an impact. CODE BLUE What might prove to be the most important factor causing panic among police officers is that smart phone cameras are not only exposing the killing of unarmed people of color; they are a powerful instrument in piercing the so-called blue wall of silence, the unwritten code among cops to not report a colleagues misconduct. Why are so many unarmed Black Americans killed by the police? "For us, this is an attempt at gagging and shows to us that the blue wall of silence is still there." POINTS OF NO RETURN; 50,000 bad drivers had penalties written off This is the famous "blue wall of silence," and it helps explain how it is that to the sodomizing of Abner Louima, the 56 blows inflicted upon Rodney King, and the perjury of Detective Mark Fuhrman we must now add both the growing corruption scandal in the Los Angeles Police Department, the 41 bullets pumped into Amadou Diallo, and the conspiracy to obstruct justice of three officers found guilty of making up a story to cover up the role of one of them--Charles Schwarz--in the bathroom attack on Abner Louima. CODE BLUE Frank Serpico broke the "blue wall of silence" - the Mafia-like tradition of police brotherhood which forbids ratting on a fellow offficer Police hero's battle against `CID drug pushers'
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