In an article dated March 11, 1997 in The Boston Herald, detective's Kenneth Acerra and Walter F. Robinson Jr., were labeled common criminals by Police Commissioner Evans. Evans goes on to say that, "Based on the indictments, they were nothing more than common criminals who took advantage of their police badges. " Evans is referring to a 27-count indictment against the detectives. Some of those indictments alleged that the detectives "stole five guns, 17 pounds of marijuana and more than $250,000 in cash, jewelry and other property during raids of homes and businesses. " The detectives were very clever about how they obtained apparently valid warrants to raid the homes and businesses, they made them up. What they did was draw up search warrants that seemed believable and then they presented them to a judge, the judge would read it over and find it believable, he would then sign it and then they were off on a raid that shouldn't even be happening. All totaled, the detectives drew up 30 "bogus" search warrants. The U.S. Attorney at the time, Donald K. Stern summed it up best when he said "Their goal was not to fight crime, their goal was to profit from crime. ".
The one thing I have always wondered about police corruption is, did they catch everyone involved or just a few. I find it hard to believe that something such as this instance of police corruption only involved two people so I called my dad and asked him if he knew anything about it or these two detectives. My dad told me that Walter Robinson was the original bad apple and that the rest of the force knew it. Kenneth Acerra was the first Puerto Rican appointed to a detective because of his ability to speak Spanish as well as English. My dad also told me that if he had to guess, he would speculate that Robinson led Acerra into the wave of corruption. I was also told that Robinson has another partner who my dad is sure was also involved in the corruption.
Final Paper: Police Corruption Police corruption is a widespread problem ranging from drug wars to money laundering to even spousal abuse. ... There are many causes of police corruption. ... Police corruption is bad for society in many ways. ... "Police Corruption." ... Police Ethics: The Corruption of Noble Cause. ...
Paragraph 3: Police Corruption in Toronto Topic Sentence: Canada's police corruption has occurred mostly on the streets of Toronto... - RCMP PROBES TORONTO POLICE CORRUPTION Paragraph 4: Police Corruption in New York Topic Sentence: The most well known city for police corruption in the United States is New York City... - Michael Dowd Case Paragraph 5: Containing Police Corruption Despite police departments' attempts to control corruption, it still occurs. Regardless of the fact, police corruption cannot simply be over looked. Controlling corruption is the only way that...
Police Corruption Introduction: What is Corruption, Corruption can be defined as the misuse of public power for private or personal profit. ... There are many causes of police corruption. ... Examples of Police Corruption, Police corruption occurs over many different areas of the law. Police corruption occurs most often when dealing with drugs. ... Another type of police corruption is improper policing. ...
Corruption within police departments falls into two basic categories, external corruption and internal corruption. ... Police agencies, in an attempt to eliminate corruption have tried everything from increasing salaries, requiring more training and education, and developing polices which are intended to focus directly on factors leading to corruption. ... Despite police departments' attempts to control corruption, it still occurs. Controlling corruption is the only way that we can really limit corruption, because corruption is the by-product of the individual police officer, societal ...
Corruption has taken many forms and has continued to effect the police departments in major cities and small towns. ... Police corruption today has become more aggressive in which it is more serious in the crimes committed. ... The Mollen Commission is a committee that investigates police corruption. ... New York is not the only city to experience drug-related police corruption scandals. ... Some examples of police corruption in major cities are: in 1994, as many as 29 New Orleans police officers protected a cocaine supply warehouse containing 286 pounds of cocaine. ...
Police corruption falls into two major categories-- external corruption, which concerns police contacts with the public; and internal corruption, which involves the relationships among policemen within the works of the police department. External corruption is explained more in-depth because it is the larger center of attention. ... Politicians, as well as the media, started asking what had happened to the system of rooting out police corruption that was established 21 years ago. ... Is there a solution to the police corruption problem? Probably not, because since its beginnings, many aspect...
This type of "sleeping with politics" policing can only invite and encourage corruption. ... The reformers idea was to get rid of such problems as police brutality, corruption, and political interference by instilling a sense of professionalism about policing. ... "Concern about corruption and brutality in local police forces resulted in State takeovers of some city departments and let to the creation of new State police organizations removed from the corrupting influences of local ward politics" (Patterson, 2). ... The idea of removing politics from policing was shared by both the urban e...
Police Accountability This paper will focus on the issues of police accountability in modern society, and in particular why their accountability is more important than other profession. ... Unlike other professions, police officers are constantly faced with opportunities for corruption, which is acting illegally for personal gain while working. Corruption can take many forms such as mooching for free food, coffee or discounts, taking bribes, stealing from crime scenes or committing perjury to convict a suspect. ... Nevertheless there are extensive methods in place for ensuring p...
