Episode Details

Steven Lee rose to the rank of sergeant in the NYPD before everything collapsed. In this episode of Locked In with Ian Bick, Steven breaks down one of the most dangerous things a cop can do — go undercover against his own department for Internal Affairs — and what the system did to him afterward. Years later an off duty incident at a nightclub ended his career and landed him on Rikers Island. He opens up about what it's really like being a former cop behind bars, the corruption he witnessed and exposed, and the true cost of speaking out against your own brothers in blue.

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_____________________________________________ Timestamps: 00:00 From Brooklyn Streets to the NYPD — Steven's Story 04:00 Growing Up Around Gang Life and Learning Street Smarts 07:00 Asian Gangs, Chinatown and the World Nobody Talks About 14:00 The Values and Influences That Shaped Who He Became 23:00 Joining the NYPD — And Immediately Questioning Everything 33:00 The Quota System Nobody in the NYPD Wants to Admit Exists 44:00 The Harsh Realities of Police Work They Never Teach You 53:00 What It's Really Like Policing Different New York Boroughs 01:00:00 Life as a Sergeant in Flushing Queens — Where It All Changed 01:11:00 Bar Checks, Karaoke Bars and the Hidden Corruption He Discovered 01:26:00 The Moment He Agreed to Go Undercover Against His Own 01:41:00 What He Found — Corruption Spreading Across Multiple Precincts 01:55:00 Someone on the Inside Was Sabotaging the Operation 02:08:00 18 Months Undercover — Bribes, Payoffs and Living a Double Life 02:20:00 The Operation Collapsed — And Everything Fell Apart 02:40:00 Retaliation, Political Pressure and What It Really Means to Blow the Whistle 02:55:00 Depression, Mental Health and the NYPD Culture Nobody Talks About 03:07:00 The Arrest They Used to Target Him — Losing Everything 03:21:00 Fired, Fighting Criminal Charges and Navigating the Legal System Alone 03:35:00 Trial, Sentencing and the Day He Was Sent to Rikers Island 03:55:00 What It's Really Like Surviving Jail as a Former Cop 04:05:00 Transferred to Westchester — A Different Jail, Same Harsh Reality 04:14:00 Release, Recovery and What Life Looks Like on the Other Side 04:24:00 Final Thoughts — Can the NYPD Ever Really Reform?

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