Those two movies “The Seven
Those two movies “The Seven
The Miami River Cops The River cops scandal took place in the mid 1980’s in Miami Florida. On July 1985 its mysterious homicide right from the start. There were three bodies floating on the Miami River. The two bodies belonging to drug dealers and one to a Columbian officer.…
The Film “Serpico” starring Al Pacino, Follows the career of a fresh face rookie cop from his graduation at the academy to the unfortunate end of his career. Based on a true story, Serpcio discovers that he is one of the very few officers within the New York City Police Department who has no interest in accepting under the table money or participating in unethical and illegal behavior. This film highlights many errors of the NYPD in the 1960’s. It shows that at this time the police were not held to a high standard of integrity or accountability. That laziness and greediness were the 2 words best used to describe many officers at the time.…
The Knapp Commission was a committee of five citizens established and impanelled by then-New York City Mayor John Lindsay in 1972 that endeavored to investigate corrupt activities of police officers, detectives, and supervisors working in the New York Police Department (NYPD). Mayor Lindsay was pressured to investigate corruption in the NYPD after a series of articles that appeared in local newspapers detailed a wide breadth of corrupt activities of officers throughout the NYPD. The first article in the series was written by a reporter named David Burnham and the article appeared in the New York Times. The impetus and primary sources of information for Burnham’s article were two NYPD police officers, Frank Serpico and David Durk.…
Later that year in November of 1997 a bank in Los Angeles was robbed. The bank manager was suspicious and during her interview confessed saying that her boyfriend who was an officer was in charge of it. He never said where the money was after he was convicted and while in prison was associating himself with a gang by the name of Mob Piru Bloods. This gang was to be associated with Death Row Records. Currently it seems like the officers who were a part of this unit began to associate themselves with the gang life.…
Not all officers are ‘clean’. Furthermore, the laws that are passed by the government are part of the backstage. “In 1994, the Department of Defense and the Department of Justice signed an agreement enabling the military to transfer wartime technology to local police departments (Franklin, 2008, p.17)”. Police forces that gain this kind of equipment have to be prepared and trained to use it. The officers that are meant to keep the peace are now being trained to operate and use military equipment in America against American citizens.…
The book “Blue Blood” by Edward Conlon was a very well written book expressing his experiences as being a cop. I really liked this book although at times it was a little hard to follow because of its stories within stories, however it was very enjoyable. I loved how Edward was writing of his experiences while he was still working, for example a lot of people would just recollect their experiences but Edward was writing while it was happening. Which is much better for accuracy and detail of events.…
Here in the United States, there have been many scandals involving police corruption. Jinhua (2009) described the widespread corruption within the NYPD in 1970 that was exposed by former NYPD officer Frank Serpico. Serpico and several other colleagues accused the NYPD of allowing corruption to spread throughout the department. Their accusation was publicized in a New York Times article and eventually led to the creation of the Knapp Commission, named after its chairman Whitman Knapp. After over 2 years of investigations and public hearings, the Knapp Commission released a report indicating that corruption was rampant throughout the NYPD.…
Polanco broke the “blue code” and said everything in an interview with ABC News, what cost him his job (Graham Kates, 2012). Police officers who come forward and decided not to be part of this “blue code” are the second victims here. As I said before in the Polanco case, when they decide to report the crime or misconduct of their fellow partner, they’ve to say good bye to their careers. Once they report something they start to be reject and bully by their partners, they treat them like…
Bell California is known as the worst corruption scandal in California history. (Mcgrath, 2013). In this community the officials manipulated the local charter and subverted the electoral process to give themselves hefty salaries and other forms of payment. These corrupt officials were using provision of their home rule charter without the knowledge of voters. By using a system of patronage, they were able to corner and manipulate member of high society and the government.…
Some police officers will do anything for extra cash and some of them fall in love with the idea of being in charge and having wealth. Police corruption is one of the many things that is keeping drug dealers and criminals on the streets. According to the Los Angeles Times Newspaper “there are 100 Police corruption cases in LA a year and most Police officers get away with it. A police officer can make up to hundred thousand on just drug money and stealing from the people they arrest” (Lait and Glover). That is extremely high for people who are trained and get paid to do the right thing and not over used their power.…
Walter Nagle Chapter 13. Ethics & Corruption While doing research on a few articles on corruption, I have come across police corruption and decided to talk about this specific article I have pulled up. First, I want to explain what Police Corruption is. Police corruption is a form of police misconduct in which law enforcement officers break their social contract and abuse their power for personal or department gain. This type of corruption can involve only one officer, or it can involve a group of officers in a coordinated effort.…
Jack Abramoff was the top lobbyist in D.C. from 1994 to 2001 and was involved in arguably one of the largest scandals in American history. This scandal involved many other people and some main players were Michael Scanlon, Adam Kidan, Ralph Reed, Tom Delay, and Bob Ney. All of these people either received bribes, gave out bribes, or were involved in some other type of illegal activity. Abramoff’s scandal was based mainly around his lobbying work with the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians and their interests in owning casinos and gambling. His first job in 1995 was to eliminate the bill that was charging an unrelated sales tax to the Native Americans casinos.…
When an officer behaves unreasonably it taints their reputable image and the departments. The public trusts that an officer will behave properly and…
(LAPD) As a police officer, maintaining public trust is a huge factor in their job, but what about maintaining the trust of the Department? If an officer loses the trust within his or her Department, not only do they lose the trust of their fellow officers, they are excommunicated from the Department, and at times, are severely punished by the Department; in even more serious cases they are apart of a cover up scheme. In today’s society, the whistleblower walks a fine line between Patriot and Traitor, but ultimately they are a severe symptom of a very serious problem with our government and…
Police corruption is a form of police misconduct in which law enforcement officers, such as police, break their social contract and abuse their power for personal or department gain. "For a corrupt act to occur, three distinct elements of police corruption must be present simultaneously: 1) misuse of authority, 2) misuse of official capacity, and 3) misuse of personal attainment" (PoliceCrimes.com, 2004). Police corruption is one of oldest and most persistent problem in American policing. Although it has a broad definition, it can mean any major form of police wrongdoing and improper behavior. There are several factors that can contribute to police corruption including rapid hiring of personnel, civil service and union protections that make…