Cleveland, Ohio is well known for being the home of bizarre ideas and happenings. They elected a black mayor as insurance against race riots and then elected a white Republican as insurance against black power. They had a mayor who set his hair on fire and, for good measure, set the river aflame. They had another that bankrupted the city and they recalled him. Cleveland is so odd it should be in California.

The latest idea floating around there is making cops out of criminals. The thought is that who would know more about crime than the perpetrators of it? Who indeed? They aren't talking some petty thief either. They want to go right to the big time guys. The incentive would be freedom from prison.

The police recruiter was shown into the interview room to see Sean "Bam-Bam" Meyers. Meyers was in for life without parole. He was a three time loser in the three strikes and you're out class. Actually, he was way ahead of the law on this one.

"Meyers, we have a deal for you. You become a Cleveland police officer and we get you out of jail. Stay clean and we get you a pardon", the recruiter told him.

"Get out of here!"

"Meyers, you're in prison. You don't give me orders. You just-", the recruiter responded.

"That's just an expression. I find your offer hard to believe. Don't go gettin' in an uproar over it", Meyers told the recruiter.

"Oh, okay. No, I'm serious. You know more about being a crook than any cop. You'd be perfect."

"Oh, I don't know. A few of your guys were good crooks too. I ought to know, I paid off enough of them", Meyers said.

"Well, maybe you're first assignment would be to investigate the police force then. You could testify that-"

"You want me to put the finger on the guys who take a cut? That don't seem right to me. I mean, they didn't arrest me. It was guys like you that did that".

"Well, you were a crook".

"I'd still be one if I wasn't in prison. Say, does this mean I can't take a bribe?"