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A bent cop who made thousands on the side says he was relieved when he was finally caught.

Former NYPD officer, Mike Dowd, from Brooklyn, shared the story of how he became known as the 'most corrupt policeman' with film-maker and photographer Mark Laita on the Soft White Underbelly YouTube channel.

Dowd said that what started off as getting a few perks for his role in law enforcement evolved into making thousands a week from dealing drugs and helping a cartel.

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A keen officer to begin with, Dowd said his head was turned when the rewards for doing a good job weren't there for him.

Dowd said that he wanted to have his arrests acknowledged, but was told despite his efforts – which would have been recognised in any other precinct – it was just another day in east New York.

"To sort of hold some pride in what I was doing it got wiped away real quickly when you didn't feel the sense of your own department showing you that they appreciate your excellent work," he said.

"So that's where the rub starts to meet the road very early on in your career and so things start to change my outlook."

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He said he started to do his job in a way that benefitted him, whether it was free meals, new windows for his house or paint.

Dowd said he then decided to look into ways to start making money, and started off by taking cash to look the other way for minor law breaks.

Not long after, he and his partner started to discover crack on the streets and various hiding places of stashes, so started making money from that.

"I was making two to $300 a day on every day we hit something, so I was double and tripling my salary in just one little small score like that," he said.

"So it became the job for us."

Dowd said at one point he had an epiphany, and realised he wasn't happy with himself, but resigned himself to what he was

"I actually honestly said I'm gonna have to be a damn good corrupt cop now," he said

Dowd said that he subsequently went on to earning $8,000 a week from a drug kingpin, and was also getting his "fill of cocaine."

He said he took time out to go to the 'farm', which was where police officers went to rehab, adding that he spent two years with no guns and not anywhere near the streets.

Despite wanting to be retired off after his time off the front line he says they handed him his gun and badge back and sent him to the 94th precinct.

Even though it was a 'slower' precinct Dowd said he quickly found ways to make money.

"I'd become the most corrupt police officer ever to be in the 94th precinct now instead," he said.

"I end up doing racketeering things with with organized crime, I end up making money in the auto industry.

"This guy said to me 'Dowd, why don't you resign?' I go 'resign? I'm making $2-3 000 a week, plus my salary'."

He added: "The reality is I was a scumbag.

"People might even not fault me for wanting to make a few extra dollars but the way I approached it was about me it was never about what I was hired to be a police officer serving the public.

Dowd said when his lifestyle finally caught up with him he had made more than $50,000 in just over a week when was summoned to the precinct.

He said he came face-to-face with internal affairs officers when he had been drinking vodka and had five grams of cocaine, and a thousand dollars in his pocket.

"Believe it or not I got the word early on they're looking at you, of course I didn't stop, I couldn't stop."

"The way to the Suffolk County Jail I was so relieved, it was the best feeling I've had since high school winning the hockey championship in high school.

"The feeling and the exuberance of the freedom and then the power that came with that win of the championship was the same way I felt in the back seat of the patrol car when I was formally arrested going out to Suffolk County."

To view the full interview click here.

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