Police Corruption Report

Police corruption is the lack of police integrity. It also constitutes one of the most significant obstacles to positive police-public relations in today’s society (Grant, 2002). Thirty-six countries out of one hundred and seven, professed that law enforcement institutions are one of the institutions considered to be most corrupted in the world in 2013 ("Global Corruption Barometer 2013 - Results", n.d.). Corruption can be defined as the abuse of power entrusted to individuals who use it for personal gain ("Transparency International - What is Corruption?". n.d.). Therefore, police corruption is defined as the abuse of power entrusted to the police officer of the state, who use it or personal gain. There are many factors that contribute to the inability of controlling the said corruption as pointed out by Klockars and associates (Lyman, …show more content…
It is also referred to as “the code” which simply means one officer does not report another officer. Another factor is that administrators just turn a blind eye to the corruption that is taking place right under their nose. Police corruption is when an officer receives some sort of reward for many types of behavior like preforming duties as order to, performing duties as order not to, employing legal caution for no good reason and performing illegal acts to achieve goals (Lyman, 2010). This paper looks to analyze police corruption and its impacts on law enforcement such as distrust, organized crime and an increase in crime. There are many ways a police officer can abuse his authority for personal gain, whether legal or illegal. One way is gratuities, which is defined as any benefits received by an individual because of their occupational status. There are policies against gratuities, however many officers rarely take them seriously (Petrocelli, 2006). It was also pointed out if an officer becomes comfortable in accepting the smallest of gratuities, eventually it would become easier for him/her to accept larger ones. It also