and those who don’t. It is my personal opinion that ninety-nine percent of people that become
police officers do it for the right reasons, and truly want to help the community. Although the
majority of police officers are good willed, and want to help the community there are still what is
known by many as the “bad apples”. A police officer can become a “bad apple” in many ways,
either by temptations to steal money from a drug dealer that he or she just busted or by what is
known as Nobel cause corruption.
According to Michael A. Caldero and John P. Crank (2000) Nobel cause corruption is a term
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Even today when a single officer
screws up, and ends up shooting a person who was not a threat to them or uses excessive force,
society doesn’t condemn that officer, but every single officer for the action of a single one. The
Nobel cause corruption turns the masses in society against all officers, because society groups all
officers as a single entity when an officer does something wrong.
When it comes to Nobel cause corruption, technology will have a great impact, whether it is
positive or negative is yet to be seen. It can either be good or bad depending on the
circumstances. For example, a police officer could be charged by the public of using brute force
against an individual, but if he or she has a body camera on the camera could show the opposite
of what the community is saying. In the other hand, every single person now has a camera in
their pocket, and because of this people will see more evidence of “bad apples” in policing using
excessive force, and unethical means to accomplish their goals of keeping the streets safe.