In Psychological Warfare it is said the best way to weaken an enemy is to encourage his (or her) supporters to defect from his (or her) camp.
Chummy With Dummy is the system cops on a smear campaign get Chummy with Dummy, the place that employs a Targeted Victim (a Person Targeted by a smear campaign.)
Dummy believes the cops who have altered record or created smear KOMPROMAT about at Targeted Victim.
The victim of the KOMPROMAT in indirectly harassed. Employers or providers of Goods an Services become Chummy and they are Dummy.
They are told by the cops a real investigation is underway and act accordingly towards the Targeted Victim and they will, firing the employee, conspiring to get their gym membership or lease on apartment cancelled, credit app rejected etc., coyly helping the police make life difficult for the smeared person (the Targeted Victim of smear campaign.)
Chummy Cops with Dummy recruits from the general public.