However, police whistleblowers are unfortunately too rare. In the rare cases where other police officers muster the strength and integrity to report serious misconduct by another officer, the whistleblower is often ostracized, intimidated, threatened with job security, and threatened with death. . For example, Mr. Barron Bowling was awarded $830,000 for lifelong brain damage following a beating at the hands of a Drug Enforcement Administration agent, Timothy McCue, in Kansas City, Kansas. Timothy McCue said Mr Bowling resisted arrest. Fortunately, a police detective named Max Seifert had the strength to expose the DEA agent's wrongdoing. In doing so, he reported that Timothy McCue had threatened to kill Mr. Bowling, called him White Trash, and called him a system dodging inbred highlanders. Members of the department destroyed photos of the physical damage done to Mr. Bowling. Officer Seifert took the witness statement, pieced together the physical record, and presented it to authorities. As a whistleblower, Officer Seifert was forced into early retirement, losing a significant portion of his pension and health insurance upon retirement. Furthermore, his name and service have been slandered and