Jazz and Prowl are corrupt cops. Mainly because they are Optimus friends. They work with Megatron's group as long Optimus and other friends are treated well. Then at some point they get involved with Lockdown.

Indeed. He's the main reason I fell in love with transforms, him, Soundwave and Knockout, and dragons. And he's still one of my favorite characters in general.

Now as a clone he still has some of those habits and shattered pieces of memories from the past. I am thinking an old soul in young body that doesn't have fully developed processor.

I have headcannon he was a great leader in the past. The predacons and ancient beastformers thrived under his rule until a great calamity killed them off.