Police Corruption And Its Effect On The Police Force

Copland is a crime movie about the corruption of police in New York city. It all started with one incident with a officer who shot two African American teens because he felt threatened. This resulted in other officers bad decisions and ultimately ended some people's lives. The way they resolved these problems was by one sheriffs good intentions and investigation skills. It brought to justice the wrong doings of these police. When he did want to do something about it he decided to go to Internal Affairs investigator, but was pushed away because he didn't say anything when he was first asked about it.

Michael Dowd, dubbed the name “Dirtiest Cop in New York City”, prospered enough than any US President’s annual salary, calculating by the amount of money he stole in robberies he and his partner, Kenny Eurell, planned in their patrol car to the eight grand a week they were paid from a drug gang leader. He and his fellow partners-in-crime would use police tactics to rob dealers. Certainly, Dowd was not only intelligent in his mischievous ways, but he had balls and didn’t rat out on his partners, which made him fearless of the consequences that might follow. He may be nervous at times, but was never feared of being caught. He was determined, demanding, obnoxious, greedy individual, and would go after anyone that threatened him and owed him money.

Chapter 8 discusses police corruption. Even though the overall majority of Americans have a positive opinion of law enforcement officer, corruption does happen in police departments just has it does in every other industry in the United States. No business is completely immune to corruption. In chapter 9 the authors of the text write about the court system. In particular, the chapter talks about the criminal court system. The criminal courts consist of the judge, the prosecutor, who is the attorney that represents the state and defendant along with his/her attorney. Chapter 10 discusses the how a trial works. First, will the trial actually occur, or will the defendant accepts would is called a “plea bargain.”

For years, we have considered any discussions of police misconduct as taboo. After all, these are the men and woman in which we, as citizens, give the responsibility of keeping us out of harms way. We all know it is present within law enforcement in some shape or form, but we ignore its relevance in the way our criminal justice system works. Assumptions of police misconduct and corruption have long been suppressed and silenced through false litigation and system betrayal. The silencing or ignorance of police misconduct acts a strengthening mechanism which those, who engage in this type of behaviour, use as a motivational tool. It is becoming a popular belief that

Two New York police officers, Frank Serpico and David Durk had previously reported wide spread corruption in the department to several different supervisors, all the way up to the city's department of investigations, and nothing as done. (Dempsey & Forst, (2016).

Corruption within the New York Police Department is a quickly growing phenomenon; to an extent, this is largely due to the cop culture that encourages silence and draws the line at honesty. The good, honest officers are afraid to speak up against co-workers and in the process become corrupt themselves. When police departments were first established in the mid-nineteenth century, corruption quickly followed suit. It began with minor acts of misconduct and today deals with serious criminal activities. Scholars have noted that there is a strong correlation between the officers taking part in corrupt acts and officers wanting to fit in with the culture. In this paper, I argue that the deeper an officer in the New York police department gets into the police culture, the more likely it is that they become involved in narcotic corruption

Police in America began as the night watch system that protected cities from crime, fire, and disorder. Of course early policing was influenced by the British, and so was American Law which derived from English common law. This would also form a correlation to American policing policies that diverged from the English’s Magna Carta and as well the French. The French established a centralized government that entailed men to take an oath of loyalty. The police in America started as night watch groups, then employment changed to police officers being political appointed which was very corrupted, but throughout the years things changed again to serve the public. Instead of a political selected police force that earns it’s pay through bribes and

Police corruption can also be explained by the lack of protection and security police feel they have. They also feel like they are being disrespected by individuals in society, which is why they rely on the subculture for protection and support (Skolnick, 1966). The police subculture has created a lot of secrecy within the organization, which contributes to police misconduct. Police officers will often ignore another police officer’s corrupt actions in order to maintain a good reputation within the subculture (Tator & Henry, 2006). For example, 84% of police officers have directly witnessed another officer using more force than necessary out on the streets (US Department of Justice, 2017). However, instead of reporting the acts of others, 52%

In Oakland, California residents voted by margin of 82 percent to approve a “measure that will establish an independent police commission to oversee the city's Police Department.” Initiatives such as this will allow for more in-depth analysis and reform of the Oakland Police Department. This policy is a result of the police scandals associated with the department this year, including sexual misconduct involving several officers and the teenage daughter of a police dispatcher, racist text message exchanges between officers and the resignations or firings of several police chiefs.

We have many concerns about having one entity providing all law enforcement in the United States. The separation of power throughout the task force could cause corruption. A single Chief of police could potentially have more power than the President of the United States. They can look over certain crimes, hire biasedly, and be politically active which, can cause even more corruption. If we had a national police force, our taxes would go to other counties with higher crime rates such as Detroit or Memphis instead of going to our own country. This new police force would change the way our country handles crime, the local police now, know what areas to patrol and have a chance to stop potential crimes but with a national force wherever the crime

a citizen antagonistically there is not much the citizen can do, but when it is

The criminal justice system is made up of many fundamentals. Officers need to go through a variety of procedures in the hiring process, and once completed they need to go through a training academy. Many U.S. citizens have witnessed a broken criminal justice system throughout the years. Citizens observe officers causing a huge attempt of corruption. Corruption is occurring worldwide and is making our law enforcement system look unprofessional. Our criminal justice system is not all fully corrupted; only certain individuals are. Police get engaged with certain individuals and get brained wash with the mentality of doing the wrong choices and not getting caught because they know how the system works. The majority of law enforcement officers are competent, honest, professional, but there are some that use their license to steal and/or kill. Some police officers are involved with drug trafficking, involving innocent people with crimes, and causing harm to our society.

Law enforcement officers uses undercover investigative methods to minimize drug corruption in local environment. It is currently views of police corruption attribute drug corruption either to flaws in character or to the corrupting criminal environment where investigations are carried out. A pragmatic took an approach to the interaction between personality and situational cause, and finding from assessment of a large group of undercover agents from an assessment of a large number of undercover agent. Who have done a great amount of dealing with drugs and alcohol abusers. They also took a simple from undercover agents who were linked to disciplinary problems during their time as an agent. A lot of the agents, thought that the risk for drug corruption

"Constant exposure to public immorality and the failure of the criminal justice system frequently create within police officers a cynical attitude toward their work and the general public. In the limitless encounters where the officer 's discretion is the basis for action, this cynicism may lead an officer to manipulate the law in the name of expediency or for personal gain." This cynicism is developed by a conflict in the role officers are to play. Officers feeling this way would not be inclined to report corruption.

During this time Law Enforcement went through a change. Police corruption and misconduct were common. Corrupt incidents were often related to politics and abuse of force and authority. Officers use of violence was an accepted practice when they believed someone was acting in an unlawful manner. It was believed that it was a more effective deterrent that arrest or incarceration. During this time “Street Justice” was acceptable practice if citizens were noncompliant with an officers orders. Citizens had very little recourse to file a complaint. Police supervisors and courts would normally side with the Officer.