Police Corruption



Police Corruption

Introduction

Corruption has historical roots in American police work and the longest and most stubborn problem. Also because of corruption, the United States Police paid a huge price as it has seriously weakened the police most basic law enforcement function, and undermine the effective implementation of national laws and decrees. Moreover, it has damaged the stability of the social order, as well as the police department and police personnel in the public lost authority (Leslie, 2003, pp. 1461).

Discussion

The paper aims to provide an understanding of police corruption and police corruption manifestations. In such regard, the paper will highlight essential discussions on the police corruption in the United States.

There are different interpretations for different people the meaning of police corruption. The police corruption is illegal use of the powers of the police organization for personal gain. The belief here is that whether the police officers received money or property made after the law's behavior or do not do the legal provisions of the act, are corrupt.

Accordingly, the judgment of police corruption behavior there are two basic conditions: First, objectively illegal abuses of power, which states a subjective existence deliberate and motivation for personal gain for themselves or others. Lack of one cannot be established police acts of corruption. Implemented by the police is illegal to seek benefits unrelated to its mandate behavior such as theft of money or the implementation of abuses and not for personal gain such as work, feel free to use violence beaten by the actions of others are that cannot be considered to be acts of police corruption.

Manifestations of police corruption, police scholars have stated different views in this regard and have summarized their thoughts. The police corruption acts mainly for the 10 situations:

Freeloaders (Mooching), police officers accepting free or discounted goods or services.

Free fun (Chiseling), refers to a police officer requires free access to places of entertainment.

Favoritism as the name suggests, is the 'leniency' of friends and relatives or other police officers who violate traffic regulations, from arrest or issue summons single.

Discrimination (Prejudice) refers to the police implanting differential treatment for certain people.

Free Shopping is the police claim to take businesses Commodity without paying.

Extortion is the police officer issued the summons to single or arrest threatens public to buy a ticket, the police magazines, or other things.

Bribery refers to police officers accepting cash and gifts, promises of certain offenses turn a blind eye.

Pilfering (Shakedown) refers to the police officers took the valuables of the scene of the crime for their own private use.

Perjury as a witness to provide false testimony, in particular, in order to cover up his or her own errors or other police officers to commit perjury

Premeditated theft, refers to police officers implementation planned burglary or theft.

The second type of police corruption stands inside the police agencies prevalence of corrupt practices, the degree of organization as well as the source of bribery, police corruption is divided into three types, respectively called rotten apples and rotten pockets, universal unorganized organized corruption and widespread ...