The urban accident racket, as we’ve had occasion to observe, has over the years corrupted any number of doctors (more), clinics, insurance adjusters and even parents, as well as (of course) lawyers. We are reminded to add “policemen” to the list by the latest report that more than a dozen persons, including several New York City police officers, have been indicted in a claims fraud scheme in which cops’ role was to write up fake accident reports for crashes that never occurred which were then used as the basis for filing personal-injury claims. (Michael Wilson, “City Officers Are Arrested in Bogus Claims of Accidents”, New York Times, Nov. 13; “Fraud Didn’t Enrich Officers, Authorities Say”, Nov. 14) (more, from 1996)