Imagine if there had been a whistleblower in the OCCK investigation. I’m not talking about a tipster with the name of a solid suspect–there were plenty of those who came forward and were all but ignored. I’m talking about someone in law enforcement or the prosecutor’s office who said “something is very wrong with this investigation,” or “someone asked me to do something (hide, alter, shred documents or worse) they shouldn’t have,” or “someone told me not to look into something that should have been.” Said it out loud to a federal prosecutor or an attorney advocate in Michigan who gave a shit and wasn’t afraid of the assholes in Oakland County.

I know it’s hard to imagine. But others in law enforcement have stood up to corruption. It’s not entirely unprecedented.

This is the Sunday Read from the National Whistleblower Center. It tells the story of someone in law enforcement who stood up for what was right, rather than toe the “company line” and at great personal expense. Read on: