Specific to KE by RAW in SR5 (your table might be different), they are allowed to accept and keep a bribe with no repercussions only if they also arrest you and report the bribe. If you're lucky enough to get a former LS member who got demoted when KE took over the contract, they may be willing to look the other way to make KE look bad (and, of course, the bribe) out of habit and spite. If they're KE born and raised, and brainwashed like a good wage slave, things will go bad whether or not you try to bribe them. There's probably no way to tell until you get caught, so the players will want to have a plan B. Anyone know of a percent of officers in the field that are former LS? Even better if it's a breakdown by area, but I'm guessing they got a lot of the bad postings (c or d zones).
QUOTE (FriendoftheDork @ Mar 22 2016, 10:33 AM)
Well, maybe, but sometimes a bribe carries less risk than someone trying to call your bluff or thinks the consequences of the blackmail material is less than the consequences of obeying you.
or if they think you'll blackmail them to keep quiet about what you made them do, and make it a cycle. Offering the evidence in trade and being willing to walk away once they've done what they're told will mitigate that, but it's tough to trust someone who's blackmailing you.