Code of Silence Quotes

I'm a gangster, and gangsters don't ask questions.

As we move forward, I am looking for a new leader of the Chicago Police Department to address the problems at the very heart of the policing profession. The problem is sometimes referred to as "the thin blue line." The problem is other times referred to as "the code of silence." It is this tendency to ignore. It is the tendency to deny. It is the tendency, in some cases, to cover up the bad actions of a colleague or colleagues.

Everybody gets pinched but you did it right. You told them nothing and they got nothing. You learned the two greatest things in life: Never rat on your friends and always keep your mouth shut.

There's a lot of SEALs who hate me and claim I've broken our code of silence.

With wiseguys, you don't know a guy by his name, only by his nickname. You never asked a guy for his last name.

It's a rule when you're welcomed in the Marvel family that you have to understand that you're going to be living in a code of silence.

Following a code of silence, you're never gonna lose the anger.

Exposing police lying is difficult largely because it is rare for the police to admit their own lies or to acknowledge the lies of other officers. This reluctance derives partly from the code of silence that governs police practice and from the ways in which the system of mass incarceration is structured to reward dishonesty.

The verdicts today should send the message that within the police department there is no greater betrayal of the badge and of the brotherhood than to ensnare another officer in a web of lies and deceit.

The problem is that the atmosphere does not yet exist in which honest police officers can act without fear of ridicule or reprisal from fellow officers.

I live very strictly by the mentality that what goes on the road, stays on the road. I keep it contained.

To call the police is a really big deal because you don't snitch - that's the culture you grow up in.

Learn her skills, honor her sword, and keep her secrets.