Probably a trope. Low level cops don’t just stumble on kingpins. It take a large, coordinated investigation. You can’t just pay off the arresting officer, you’d need to pay off dozens at a minimum. And someone would say something. Maybe not to their boss, but at a bar, etc.
I can imagine paying them off to let you go in that moment. The arresting officer could just tell his boss I’m sorry he escaped. Or you could pay to delay the investigation.
Then you just flee the US jurisdiction and they never get to see you again!!!
Probably a trope. Low level cops don’t just stumble on kingpins. It take a large, coordinated investigation. You can’t just pay off the arresting officer, you’d need to pay off dozens at a minimum. And someone would say something. Maybe not to their boss, but at a bar, etc.
I can imagine paying them off to let you go in that moment. The arresting officer could just tell his boss I’m sorry he escaped. Or you could pay to delay the investigation.
Then you just flee the US jurisdiction and they never get to see you again!!!
Meanwhile everyone back at HQ is radioing and asking “did you get him? Why is there 20 minutes of silence?”
People can think. I can’t imagine how this works when you’re being backed up by dozens of people
That’s why you also buy off a high ranking dude so that no one questions the 20mins.