10 Cops Who Turned Out to Be Murderers

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  • Опубліковано 9 вер 2024
  • Cop killers? More like cops who are killers. Welcome to WatchMojo, and today we’re discussing law enforcement officers through the decades who were eventually revealed to be ruthless murderers. Our countdown of cops who turned out to be killers includes Stephanie Lazarus, Charles Becker, Joe DeAngelo, and more! Do you know of any other notorious figures that could have been on this list? Let us know in the comments.
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 258

  • @WatchMojo
    @WatchMojo  Місяць тому +19

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    • @devingiles6597
      @devingiles6597 Місяць тому +2

      Honorable mention:
      Derrick Hoffman

    • @neddyconstant5816
      @neddyconstant5816 Місяць тому +2

      I remember Stephanie Lazarus
      Case I saw a episode of it on
      Deadly Women.
      Time 8:18PM Tues 8/6/24

    • @001delight9
      @001delight9 Місяць тому +1

      The police in ph who are involved in ejk during the duterte administration, are supposed in the tierlists.

  • @user-gi8pk9uc7q
    @user-gi8pk9uc7q Місяць тому +63

    I'm glad you put Stephanie Lazarus on this list, she got away with her murder for far too long!

  • @andydoms2001
    @andydoms2001 Місяць тому +60

    You’d think the saying “appearances can be deceiving” would be just an expression. Turns out it is a gross understatement!

    • @user-sc9dv5ni7c
      @user-sc9dv5ni7c Місяць тому +3

      This world is full of wolves dressed in sheep's clothing

  • @tylergoodman3560
    @tylergoodman3560 Місяць тому +56

    I don't understand how these people get past the psych exam. 🎉

    • @Torgo-and-the-Lucifer-Cat
      @Torgo-and-the-Lucifer-Cat Місяць тому +16

      They are trained to give correct answers, that's all.

    • @itsgeodoodz
      @itsgeodoodz Місяць тому +7

      Charisma, some have high charisma, its the people you least expect.

    • @Eluvaethor
      @Eluvaethor Місяць тому +12

      Ed Kemper passed a psych exam while there was a woman's head in the trunk of his car in the parking lot.
      If you know what answers they want to hear, it's not that difficult to pass it.

    • @ILOVEDANNYELFMAN
      @ILOVEDANNYELFMAN Місяць тому +3

      They don't have one in many places. They give family members a questionnaire to fill out. Unfortunately my family didn't divulge the fact that my half brother unalived a few animals when he was young.

    • @thedesertrat_9514
      @thedesertrat_9514 Місяць тому +2

      Because it’s not a reliable test

  • @user-em6ie2be7x
    @user-em6ie2be7x Місяць тому +21

    People who Corrupt the Law, have no business enforcing it.

  • @samonebeauford2145
    @samonebeauford2145 Місяць тому +18

    Im shocked that it took so long for watchmojo to make a video about murderous cops. Ive been waiting for this. This topic could be a 10+ part series. There should be a separate list for cops who committed murders while on duty. 😢😢

  • @cassandrakarpinski9416
    @cassandrakarpinski9416 Місяць тому +26

    There was a case in Australia earlier this year where 2 men went missing, one of them being a tv presenter, the other hus flight attendant boyfriend. It was determined that the two were murdered by the jealous ex boyfriend of the tv host, who happened to be a police officer with the nsw police force.

    • @zentriffid
      @zentriffid Місяць тому

      Cops actually commit crimes all the time, most are not arrested because everything is investigated internally. Believe me, I know, the police are not your friend. Lots of psychopaths are coppers. Australian psychological tests dont pick them up because they use an outdated 1950s psychometric test .

    • @deannaivetic7935
      @deannaivetic7935 12 днів тому

      He is a sociopath as well

  • @meghanmcclamma1662
    @meghanmcclamma1662 Місяць тому +108

    Corrupt cops are a disgrace to the uniform and badge!

    • @toyland_f
      @toyland_f Місяць тому +5

      No, being corrupt is par for the course.

    • @meghanmcclamma1662
      @meghanmcclamma1662 Місяць тому +3

      @@toyland_f what do you mean by that? Murderers don't make good cops!

    • @toyland_f
      @toyland_f Місяць тому +3

      @@meghanmcclamma1662 You're exactly right, which is why they usually end up being the first to go via forced resignation or "work place accident".

    • @squish200
      @squish200 Місяць тому +1

      corruption and fakers are the same

    • @SB-dy4zh
      @SB-dy4zh Місяць тому

      They all support a corrupt system. Therefore they are all corrupt

  • @COMPFUNK2
    @COMPFUNK2 Місяць тому +7

    I’m not a cop but I have worked for the police department for the past 16 years; and idiots like these make us _all_ look bad.

  • @bob123789456
    @bob123789456 Місяць тому +19

    There’s a hell of a lot more than 10

  • @Daniel4646
    @Daniel4646 Місяць тому +6

    Just to mention another, foreign example for a cop turned killer:
    Norbert Poehlke, a German police officer, who between 1984 and 1985 would kills six motorists with his service pistol, steal their cars, and use them to commit bank robberies, using a sledgehammer to smash the teller's counter screens. He was sensationally dubbed "Der Hammermörder" ("The Hammer Killer"), even though the sledge was not his killing tool. Eventually, he was cornered, and he killed his wife, his two young sons, and then himself.

  • @tmbline
    @tmbline Місяць тому +225

    The way you could do a 'top 1000 cops who turned out to be murders' and still have ten+ sequel videos 😬

    • @sheemalmighty
      @sheemalmighty Місяць тому +6

      💯

    • @dieselkid10
      @dieselkid10 Місяць тому +6

      😂😂😂 Sounds like a black comment when I read this. Oh sheesh I’m right!

    • @Peecamarke
      @Peecamarke Місяць тому +3

      😅 fer real tho

    • @dollliexo2412
      @dollliexo2412 Місяць тому

      @@dieselkid10Comments can be a color ? I hope my turns pink… Moron

    • @Avaa-vanilla995
      @Avaa-vanilla995 Місяць тому +2

      Exactly

  • @scarlettg6136
    @scarlettg6136 Місяць тому +6

    Antonette Frank's father was later found dead under his house with which he lived with her. He'd been missing for years

  • @SnowLeopard784
    @SnowLeopard784 Місяць тому +25

    I clicked hoping for Stephanie Lazarus... i was not disappointed.

    • @lancesmithmusicman
      @lancesmithmusicman Місяць тому +2

      I clicked to see if Derrick Hoffman was on there, but no

  • @kenyattaclay7666
    @kenyattaclay7666 Місяць тому +3

    I feel like this list could be WAY longer than 10 because that's just scratching the surface. For example just off the top of my head there were about 10 or more police officers (that we know about) that were involved in murders during the Miami cocaine wars of the early 80's and there were even more officers than Frank in New Orleans at the same time that were committing murders in the mid 90's.

  • @SirAsdf
    @SirAsdf Місяць тому +5

    There's one I learned about fairly recently, Nicholas Tartaglione.
    This guy was an absolute scumbag criminal for his entire police career, openly breaking the law in broad daylight and managing to get away with it.
    Hell, he even assaulted a public access TV journalist named Clay Tiffany so badly that he had to be put in the hospital ON TWO SEPERATE OCCASIONS because Clay refused to stop reporting on Nicholas' crimes. And he somehow stayed a cop after that.
    It wasn't until 2016 that Nicholas' reign of terror would come to an end in the most horrific way possible. With him executing 4 drug dealers after a cocaine deal went bad and buried them on his farm.
    He was sentenced to four consecutive life terms.

  • @8rickey
    @8rickey Місяць тому +14

    Only 10? This could be its own channel...

  • @Jeremiah_Rivers76
    @Jeremiah_Rivers76 Місяць тому +14

    Going rogue or becoming a murderer are two reasons why I don’t believe I’d be a good police officer. Also, the pressure and stress associated with the job would make me crack and crumble. Bad cops give the good ones bad raps.

    • @brandonavery133
      @brandonavery133 Місяць тому

      There are no good cops.
      Good cops either leave the force out of disgust within the first year or are shot in the back by one of their fellow cops for not staying silent.

  • @ryansenft3315
    @ryansenft3315 Місяць тому +19

    I say we give Derrick Chaivin a dishonorable mention. Over the past few years, more and more information has come out about his excessive force and unnecessary violence before his notorious murder.

  • @MsTeo91
    @MsTeo91 Місяць тому +4

    And these are the crimes that we’re aware of 😢

  • @Keithfire100
    @Keithfire100 Місяць тому +4

    Corrupt people are power hungry muscle heads

  • @zachtwilightwindwaker596
    @zachtwilightwindwaker596 Місяць тому +24

    What about Derek Chauvin? He killed George Floyd.

    • @brandonrobinson529
      @brandonrobinson529 Місяць тому +1

      they didn’t added him on the list

    • @massachusettscoasters
      @massachusettscoasters Місяць тому +1

      Derek Chauvin is in this videos honorable mentions but in April 2021 which is almost a year after the black lives matter protest Derek was sentenced to 22 years and 6 months in prison and is busted from firearms and all police departments for the remainder of his life once he’s released from prison at the age of 68 years old

    • @bullgravy6906
      @bullgravy6906 Місяць тому

      It’s a joke to include him in this and every sensible person knows it. I’m not defending his actions at all, but compared to these people he may as well have a traffic ticket. Multiple murders, serial killers, tortures, kidnappers, and grapists really outdo Chauvin leaning (by multiple testimony) on Floyd’s back.

    • @ahmedmaklad6527
      @ahmedmaklad6527 Місяць тому

      George Floyd died from the fentanyl in his system

  • @ejburton610
    @ejburton610 Місяць тому +3

    We need a longer list, I'm pretty sure there's worse cops that aren't talked about

  • @libernull1956
    @libernull1956 Місяць тому +13

    Only 4? I'm sure you could have easily made this a top 100 list with much more to spare...

  • @multiyapples
    @multiyapples Місяць тому +3

    Only 10 Watchmojo. This list could be endless.

  • @ActuallyHoudini
    @ActuallyHoudini Місяць тому +3

    yeesh, must've been hard trying to narrow it down to just ten

  • @Hahnfruh
    @Hahnfruh Місяць тому +2

    Reminds me of the cop from a few years ago who shot a guy in a park and placed his taser next to him, all while thankfully being filmed from the other side of the street.

  • @sheemalmighty
    @sheemalmighty Місяць тому +5

    If we knew the truth then this list would be hours long

  • @SouthSaxon27
    @SouthSaxon27 Місяць тому +2

    I'm training to become a police officer. I understand why people of all backgrounds are at the very least apprehensive around cops. It's not just the bigots and bullies you gotta watch out for. Even the most well mannered officer could be a monster. I hope my service will help put some members of my community at ease.

    • @zentriffid
      @zentriffid Місяць тому +3

      I hope you dont get corrupted by your fellow cops.

  • @Caffeine_Club
    @Caffeine_Club Місяць тому +2

    Gerard Schaefer is not as well known as he should be in the conversation of serial killers. A serial killer operating as a cop, picking off hitchhikers and runaways.

  • @melissaflora8450
    @melissaflora8450 Місяць тому +4

    It’s odd that you mention the Golden State Killer committed burglaries and murders but did not mention the numerous rapes.

    • @norules08028
      @norules08028 22 дні тому +1

      It might be because he couldn't be charged for them. They had to get creative to type of justice for those victims.

  • @kissedbypalefirex
    @kissedbypalefirex Місяць тому +4

    the Antionette frank one....i think she also murdered her father as well. I remember it well.

  • @Gyros_Zeppeli
    @Gyros_Zeppeli Місяць тому +10

    somewhat of a short list

  • @gigiw9840
    @gigiw9840 Місяць тому +4

    Shame on all of them.

  • @sparkyz4057
    @sparkyz4057 Місяць тому +3

    Bro thought nobody would suspect him after 4 of his wives die 😐

  • @ronaldmalfoy
    @ronaldmalfoy Місяць тому +33

    Outa the hundreds(hell, maybe thousands) of killer cops. How did you manage to narrow it down to 10!?

  • @alnabulsi313
    @alnabulsi313 Місяць тому +3

    Crazy that Chauvin wasn't on the list

  • @russellhorsefield9199
    @russellhorsefield9199 Місяць тому +3

    I imagine this was for America only as Australia had a nitrous corrupt cop who killed in Sydney NSW and that was the recently deceased Roger Rogerson .

  • @buddefreitas8945
    @buddefreitas8945 Місяць тому +19

    These are just the 1% that they couldn’t cover it up for.

  • @nothembajozi2862
    @nothembajozi2862 Місяць тому +3

    Rest in peace Sonya Massey. Voting for police immunity is co-signing murder.

  • @mbrow
    @mbrow Місяць тому +2

    Yes, I will always remember Craig Peyer and Cara Knott. I wasn't much older than she was and I drove that same stretch of road all the time. It's never lost on me that it could just have easily been me. Cara probably would have been a grandmother by now.

  • @user-hw8we5pr6b
    @user-hw8we5pr6b Місяць тому +1

    My wife's best friend's father was a police officer in Los Angeles. He and his partner became murder for hire hitmen. Robert Von Villas.

  • @Vfor5thofnovember
    @Vfor5thofnovember Місяць тому +5

    No Derek Chauvin?

    • @zachtwilightwindwaker596
      @zachtwilightwindwaker596 Місяць тому +1

      I was wondering if anyone else remembered him. I thought he was kind of a big deal in the news.

    • @ryansenft3315
      @ryansenft3315 Місяць тому

      He should get at least a dishonorable mention.

    • @ahmedmaklad6527
      @ahmedmaklad6527 Місяць тому

      George Floyd died from the fentanyl in his system

  • @toyland_f
    @toyland_f Місяць тому +4

    Only 10?

  • @nicholasgeorge4156
    @nicholasgeorge4156 Місяць тому +5

    What would help is if we got rid of immunity. It is dumb how cops can get away with unaliving any person they feel but if any average person like us swings in a cops general direction they’re suddenly a baby and it’s charge after charge. Somethings not equal here

  • @cscmusictv
    @cscmusictv Місяць тому +3

    Derek Chauvin?

    • @ahmedmaklad6527
      @ahmedmaklad6527 Місяць тому

      George Floyd died from the fentanyl in his system

  • @TKnHappyNess
    @TKnHappyNess Місяць тому +5

    Frank Tenpenny
    Eddie Pulaski
    Ray Machowski
    Leon McAffrey

  • @C3T1C
    @C3T1C Місяць тому +2

    Rolando Mendoza should have made this list (former Manila cop who took a bus hostage in 2010)

    • @butternutmunchkin
      @butternutmunchkin Місяць тому

      I remember that incident too.
      While the local authorities bungled the negotiation and the rescue operation, the covering media networks are also to blame for the deaths of those HK tourists, because the reporters unwittingly provided information (especially the positions of police surrounding the bus) to Mendoza, who was watching it from a TV on board the bus.
      He got agitated both at seeing live footage of his brother being arrested as well as from that dumb ass radio broadcaster who called him directly on his mobile phone.

  • @CelebrityGamerTV
    @CelebrityGamerTV Місяць тому +2

    I still remember the Drew Peterson story. I even saw Drew Peterson: Untouchable

  • @milano888
    @milano888 Місяць тому +5

    10 ? 😂

  • @MatthewOceanXVX
    @MatthewOceanXVX Місяць тому +2

    You mean..top like 10,000 cops? Lmao.

  • @chillfluencer
    @chillfluencer Місяць тому +1

    Those who seem to be the most trustworthy and respected in a society are always the highest risk.

  • @darrylbonner2380
    @darrylbonner2380 Місяць тому +3

    Out of all these horrible people, i find it weird that the only one who gets the death penalty was black

  • @mr.decencykeepinitreal6348
    @mr.decencykeepinitreal6348 Місяць тому +6

    They don’t deserve to be police officers due to murder. SMDH

  • @jimmyhu6014
    @jimmyhu6014 Місяць тому +2

    I'm surprised Derek Chauvin didn't make the list.

    • @ahmedmaklad6527
      @ahmedmaklad6527 Місяць тому

      George Floyd died from the fentanyl in his system

  • @Animeguy300
    @Animeguy300 Місяць тому +5

    Impressive work keep it up

  • @waynehersel3965
    @waynehersel3965 Місяць тому +1

    The "They Will Kill You" UA-cam channel did this exact video subject yesterday.

  • @paulmaina5712
    @paulmaina5712 Місяць тому +1

    nice idea for a video, but did you have to use ChatGPT to write the script?

  • @matthewgliatto7339
    @matthewgliatto7339 Місяць тому +1

    Two others are Mikhail Popkov and François Verove

  • @jasonrandom372
    @jasonrandom372 Місяць тому +1

    No Derek Chauvin?
    No Christopher Dorinor?
    No Dan Highers?

    • @ahmedmaklad6527
      @ahmedmaklad6527 Місяць тому

      George Floyd died from the fentanyl in his system

  • @deathblade8107
    @deathblade8107 Місяць тому +7

    And trump wants to give them immunity may God have mercy on us all

  • @LifeAintItChief
    @LifeAintItChief Місяць тому +4

    If they fit the description...

  • @chillfluencer
    @chillfluencer Місяць тому +1

    11:07 - at least he has some humor.

  • @huntingtonbankstadiumsecur3550
    @huntingtonbankstadiumsecur3550 24 дні тому

    Watching this makes me think of Sheriff Willis McCall and his connection to the Groveland Four.

  • @kendrickbell8525
    @kendrickbell8525 Місяць тому +1

    In the mid 90's the NOPD had a couple of cops like antoinette frank, i saw a documentary on one notorious male cop that is still believe on death row i believe. Forgot he's name although.🤔

  • @JM2U
    @JM2U Місяць тому +2

    This one should have been on here….Robert Leroy Nelson
    DO MORE RESEARCH AND START PUTTING QUALITY IN YOUR VIDEOS INSTEAD OF TRYING TO JUST PUSH THEM OUT HERE!!!

  • @bryanquinn31
    @bryanquinn31 Місяць тому +1

    Gotta be the hardest subject to narrow down to just ten.

  • @shainaphillips7216
    @shainaphillips7216 20 днів тому

    Dennis Rader didn't make the list?? When I was little I heard about BTK on tv and it creeped me out so bad I woke up in the middle of the night noticed the front door was unlocked and locked it back not realizing my grandfather was outside 😅

  • @EjaygamZ
    @EjaygamZ Місяць тому

    Damn, Pardo went full fledged Punisher mode

  • @bdizzle5359
    @bdizzle5359 19 днів тому

    My friend who works at a prison that Peterson was at said this dude was sick. He wouldn't admit to anything. I hope they find Stacy some day soon.

  • @jaredquinney204
    @jaredquinney204 Місяць тому +1

    No wonder some people shouldn't be cops

  • @skance311
    @skance311 Місяць тому

    In 1986 there was a policeman in San Antonio Stephen Smith that had already killed several people in the city before he was killed by his patrol partner before he could go on a shooting spree at city hall.

  • @Caffeine_Club
    @Caffeine_Club Місяць тому

    #10 was a great City Confidential episode.

  • @AnalynC1229
    @AnalynC1229 Місяць тому +1

    Mikhail Popkov, Gennady Mikhasevich ,Anthony Sully

  • @mckinniesmovies3598
    @mckinniesmovies3598 Місяць тому +1

    And let’s not forget….. Judy Hops 😢

    • @jaypee116
      @jaypee116 Місяць тому

      Yeah, that witch almost killed that ram😅

  • @billclay9489
    @billclay9489 Місяць тому +1

    only 10? I've counted 894

  • @amonrodriguez3518
    @amonrodriguez3518 6 днів тому

    3 dead wives already, but it takes a 4th for people to finally say “hmmm, something up here”!?!?!?

  • @gedhoughton9523
    @gedhoughton9523 Місяць тому

    That Chicago case recently is hellfire. That poor woman. That ‘officer’ and his partner doesn’t deserve anything less than whole life order (life no parole) but the PD should be disciplined. Apparently he had loads of issues beforehand.

  • @jeremy19175
    @jeremy19175 Місяць тому +1

    I wonder if George Gwaltney is on this list

  • @derrickfrazier5042
    @derrickfrazier5042 24 дні тому

    I remember the second one from Mr Ballen

  • @guessundheit6494
    @guessundheit6494 Місяць тому +1

    ALL of them are capable, many more are guilty but protected by their own.
    When they're called "40%ers", that's just the percent we know about.

  • @xfoils5302
    @xfoils5302 Місяць тому +1

    Wayne Couzens

  • @krissolson7043
    @krissolson7043 Місяць тому +1

    No mention of Derek Chauvin?? Oh wait, his murder was recorded live.

    • @ahmedmaklad6527
      @ahmedmaklad6527 Місяць тому

      George Floyd died from the fentanyl in his system

  • @josephpelowski6263
    @josephpelowski6263 Місяць тому +3

    Only ten?? Really pathetic you could do a werk long vidoe and not cover them all.

    • @motherlove202
      @motherlove202 Місяць тому +1

      Make your own video, then

    • @danweber6972
      @danweber6972 Місяць тому

      I mean it's like they're humans who can do horrible things just like non police also do... crazy that.

  • @ticketyboo2456
    @ticketyboo2456 Місяць тому +1

    Wayne Couzens.

  • @chetthebee1322
    @chetthebee1322 Місяць тому +1

    What about Detective Vic Mackey?

  • @georgejones3526
    @georgejones3526 Місяць тому

    These are not counting the ones who were not charged or prosecuted.

  • @laylaw1507
    @laylaw1507 Місяць тому

    Antoinette Frank!! SHEEEEEESHH!!!😮

  • @joannacarpenter6438
    @joannacarpenter6438 24 дні тому

    Good.
    Now people are being held responsible.

  • @ckotcher1
    @ckotcher1 22 дні тому

    How negative to call out the cops Watch Mojo! There ARE some good cops out there…all 4 of them

  • @DylanUlinWxJediKnight
    @DylanUlinWxJediKnight Місяць тому +2

    Derek Chauvin

    • @ahmedmaklad6527
      @ahmedmaklad6527 Місяць тому

      George Floyd died from the fentanyl in his system

  • @greatlambrini8722
    @greatlambrini8722 Місяць тому +1

    Only ten! 🤣😂

  • @kassykreutzer6972
    @kassykreutzer6972 Місяць тому

    Hi Peter 👋

  • @daveerk6573
    @daveerk6573 Місяць тому

    The PRESS shouldn't be interviewing ANY INMATES ‼️‼️
    Look how many times the press interviewed Charles Manson

  • @MADBD619
    @MADBD619 Місяць тому

    Oh, how we never knew our boys in blue………….

  • @barrellracer
    @barrellracer Місяць тому

    Little fyi...Detective Stephanie Lazarus's inspired..."SECRETS Exhumed" (S14-E14) of L&O:SVU... FBI Agent Dana Lewis (Marcia Gay Harden)

  • @ROCKONplaceboforever
    @ROCKONplaceboforever Місяць тому

    So sad they are supposed to protect the public 💔 anyone can be a killer

  • @multiyapples
    @multiyapples Місяць тому

    There are many other awful cops other there that aren’t mentioned.

  • @Vyxsin69
    @Vyxsin69 Місяць тому

    Gilberto "Cannibal Cop" Valle of the NYPD didn't actually do harm to anyone... but he definitely had the thoughts and plans to do it. Crazy how these people swore to serve and protect, but they're actually deeply sick in the head.

  • @debbarringer1967
    @debbarringer1967 Місяць тому

    Well, that's a few of them