Quickies: June 5, 2013.

Omar Bradley will not be the new mayor of Compton. (Previously.)

Former NYPD officer Ali Oklu could have had…

…a great career and a good future,” he said in a recent phone call. “I’d be studying for the sergeant’s exam right now.”

What happened?

Mr. Oklu is to report to prison on Wednesday to begin a 46-month sentence, in part because of accepting that “side job”: transporting an array of contraband — including from untaxed cigarettes and guns — at the direction of undercover F.B.I. agents. The resulting arrests were ultimately hailed as one of the largest corruption cases involving city police officers in years.

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