In short, genuine commitment to fighting corruption had virtually disappeared and Internal Affairs had abandoned its mission to remove serious corruption from the department.

That, he said, would include misconduct involving crime statistics that rose to the level of what he termed "serious corruption."

Investigations this month have also found serious corruption and embezzlement in the Greek arms industry, especially in the procurement of major defense contracts.

The department has yet to find an effective solution to curbing serious corruption and brutality offenses.

There is going to be cleaning of the stables... There has been serious corruption.

Despite its many numbers, the fragment does not appear to be afflicted by any serious textual corruption.

From the top brass down," the report said, "there was a widespread belief that uncovering serious corruption would harm careers and the department's reputation.

The amendment actually suggests a slight softening by talking of sanctions only in cases of serious corruption.

That would hold true, he said, for any misconduct involving the recording of crime statistics that rose to the level of what he termed "serious corruption."

Let me rephrase that: How many precinct-wide cases of serious corruption were ever made in Manhattan South?