The terrorist act that occurred on September 11, 2001 impacted the police mission in the United States. The main missions of policing in the United States are to: “enforce and support the laws of the society of which the police are a part, investigate crimes and apprehend offenders, prevent crime, help ensure domestic peace and tranquility, and provide the community with needed enforcement-related services” (Schmalleger, 2011, p. 178).
Police departments throughout the United States are prepared to deploy heavily armed police officers, who has specialized training in antiterrorism tactics, to provide security for a targeted region or section (Schmalleger, 2011). Although the focal points of the mission of police departments in the United …show more content…
Social stigma plays a vital role in police ethics. Social stigma is crucial to the advanced moral development and lawful behavior of police officers (Delattre, 2011). Stigma is the mark on an individual that symbolizes shame, dishonor, discredit, and disgrace (Delattre, 2011). A specific example from my reading, where social stigma played a role in furthering police corruption was in 1996 when Los Angeles police officers in the Rampart station’s Community resources against Street Hoodlums unit committed several physical crimes against citizens to include torture and murder, falsified reports, planted evidence on innocent citizens, while taking on the “thug code”. Police officers in the Rampart CRASH unit were not held accountable to departmental policies, regulations, or the law (Delattre, 2011). According to the reading, their supervisors either tolerated the wrongdoings of the officers or encouraged them to lie (Delattre, 2011). As a result of these heinous acts committed by the members of the CRASH units, social stigma played a role in reducing corruption because; Chief Bernard Parks of the Los Angeles Police Department demobilized all of the CRASH units (Delattre, 2011). Police officers are known to accept minor “perks” such as free coffee or meals and begin to slide toward accepting gratuities for which illegal favors are expected in return (Delattre, 2011). As a way to reduce the role of social stigma and police corruption many law enforcement agencies have implemented policies that prohibit officers from accepting gratuities (Delattre,
Police departments throughout the United States are prepared to deploy heavily armed police officers, who has specialized training in antiterrorism tactics, to provide security for a targeted region or section (Schmalleger, 2011). Although the focal points of the mission of police departments in the United …show more content…
Social stigma plays a vital role in police ethics. Social stigma is crucial to the advanced moral development and lawful behavior of police officers (Delattre, 2011). Stigma is the mark on an individual that symbolizes shame, dishonor, discredit, and disgrace (Delattre, 2011). A specific example from my reading, where social stigma played a role in furthering police corruption was in 1996 when Los Angeles police officers in the Rampart station’s Community resources against Street Hoodlums unit committed several physical crimes against citizens to include torture and murder, falsified reports, planted evidence on innocent citizens, while taking on the “thug code”. Police officers in the Rampart CRASH unit were not held accountable to departmental policies, regulations, or the law (Delattre, 2011). According to the reading, their supervisors either tolerated the wrongdoings of the officers or encouraged them to lie (Delattre, 2011). As a result of these heinous acts committed by the members of the CRASH units, social stigma played a role in reducing corruption because; Chief Bernard Parks of the Los Angeles Police Department demobilized all of the CRASH units (Delattre, 2011). Police officers are known to accept minor “perks” such as free coffee or meals and begin to slide toward accepting gratuities for which illegal favors are expected in return (Delattre, 2011). As a way to reduce the role of social stigma and police corruption many law enforcement agencies have implemented policies that prohibit officers from accepting gratuities (Delattre,