> Prosecute the one accepting the bribes, not the one giving it.

... Wait, what? You prosecute _both_.

> Working with law enforcement is... uh, not a crime, definitionally.

The "just following orders" defence is, fairly, notoriously, weak. "Just following requests" is presumably even weaker. If you assist law enforcement in doing something illegal, you shouldn't assume that you're magically in the clear.