Police Corruption

Police corruption is a widespread problem ranging from drug wars to money laundering to even spousal abuse. It is very hard to know who exactly is involved with the incidents because of the lack of task forces to enforce integrity within the police officers. I will be focusing on a few highly publicized cases of police corruption where police officers were caught making deals, selling illegal drugs, and money laundering. Along with these, I will produce a theory about how to clean up the corruption, by utilizing citizens in the communities.
There are many causes of police corruption. One cause of corruption is the power of police authority that is throughout the system. A way to prevent this is to limit the authority (Kane, 2002). Increasing the competitive bidding of the selection process could do this. Another cause is that police officers are offered wrong incentives for their work. The incentives need to be realigned to provide better living wages. Also, incentives should be provided based on performance (Ades, 1996). Another major cause of police corruption is the anti-system attitudes police have toward their departments. They are worried too much about personal loyalties instead of rul

Police corruption is bad for society in many ways. It takes the integrity away from the officials we are supposed to trust. Because of this, whom are we supposed to trust when we are in times of need by these very individuals? I believe if we can go to the root of this problem, which is mainly the opportunity for the officers to be in the position to make corrupt decisions, then we can stop the problem. The community policing is a very good idea, and I think its imperative we start these types of programs in cities in which there are many corrupt police officers.

f rule of law and public sarcasm. The best way to help combat against this is to raise the awareness about the costs of corruption (Trojanowicz, 1996).

(http://library.trinity.wa.edu.au/subjects/sose/polaw/polcorr.htm).

There are many ways that one can look at controlling police corruption. As we all know, there will always be the occasional bad cop. From this we find that there is reason to hope that adopting community policing may enhance a department's ability to prevent corruption. This his where community members for groups that monitor police activity and behavior over a period of time and make sure everything is done legally and there is no foul play. This can only be done if the approach itself remains uncorrupted. Community policing has now become so popular that everyone is ready to jump on the bandwagon, but this has also meant that the term is knowingly or unknowingly applied to efforts that violate the principles or the spirit of community policing or both. It will take careful research to prove whether or not community policing would be an effective way to help with corruption (Trojanowicz, 1996). Will community policing accurately provide police departments with a new way to boost their immunity to corruption?

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(http://www.drugwarfacts.org/corrupt.htm).