Wandering officer
In law enforcement in the United States, a wandering officer, referred to colloquially as a gypsy cop, is a police officer who frequently transfers between police departments, with a record of misconduct or unsuitable job performance. == History of the term == In use since the 1980s, the phrase entered public parlance in the 2000s after the infamous Tulia drug stings, where itinerant lawman Tom Coleman allegedly set up innocent people, most of them Black, as part of a long-term undercover operation.