Research Topic: The affects of corruption and misconduct
Research Thesis Statement: Misconduct within in the police department contributes to how police officers operate on the frontline which causes corruption within the community.
Research Reasons Based on: “Police Quotas, Reclassification of Police Reports, and Stop and Frisk” (five videos)
Sometimes as a society we tend to only look at the small picture, when in all actuality we need to take a look at the bigger picture. In the media police officers are portrayed as the cause for police brutality and corruption in the community. Yet that may be true, but these is more to it than just that. Did anyone stop and think how our officers became this way, even with the extensive training …show more content…
These several types of police misconduct lead to police corruption in the community. In order to fix the corruption between police officers and the community, it first needs to begin with the authority in the police departments. In The hunted and the hated: An inside look at the NYPD’s stop-and-frisk policy, police departments were being forced to conduct stop and frisks or they would be penalized. The way the media portrays officers and their work on the line, paints them out to be the source of why there is so much corruption in certain communities. There needs to be more light shined on the management cop culture and how it is deteriorating officer’s works and morals on the line of duty. An important fact that needs to be addressed is, “the repercussions of police misconduct are many and include the fact that police criminal behavior undermines the legitimacy of policing and hampers public confidence in the police” (Burns …show more content…
These officers are known to the police community as whistleblowers. Ironically the police promotes the saying “if you see something say something”, but when an officers sees something and decides to speak up they are penalized for their actions. It’s a loose, loose situation for officers. Researchers came up with two hypotheses surrounding this situation. One concluded that “frontline police officers are more likely to perceive corruption seriously when their supervisors apply more severe discipline for corrupt behavior” and the second stated “frontline police officers are less likely to perceive corruption seriously when their departments have a stronger ‘Code of Silence’” (Lee 390). Hoon Lee and his associates concentrate on “line officers’ attitudes toward corruption are highly influenced by their supervisors in the chain of command and deviant subculture” (Lee
Research Thesis Statement: Misconduct within in the police department contributes to how police officers operate on the frontline which causes corruption within the community.
Research Reasons Based on: “Police Quotas, Reclassification of Police Reports, and Stop and Frisk” (five videos)
Sometimes as a society we tend to only look at the small picture, when in all actuality we need to take a look at the bigger picture. In the media police officers are portrayed as the cause for police brutality and corruption in the community. Yet that may be true, but these is more to it than just that. Did anyone stop and think how our officers became this way, even with the extensive training …show more content…
These several types of police misconduct lead to police corruption in the community. In order to fix the corruption between police officers and the community, it first needs to begin with the authority in the police departments. In The hunted and the hated: An inside look at the NYPD’s stop-and-frisk policy, police departments were being forced to conduct stop and frisks or they would be penalized. The way the media portrays officers and their work on the line, paints them out to be the source of why there is so much corruption in certain communities. There needs to be more light shined on the management cop culture and how it is deteriorating officer’s works and morals on the line of duty. An important fact that needs to be addressed is, “the repercussions of police misconduct are many and include the fact that police criminal behavior undermines the legitimacy of policing and hampers public confidence in the police” (Burns …show more content…
These officers are known to the police community as whistleblowers. Ironically the police promotes the saying “if you see something say something”, but when an officers sees something and decides to speak up they are penalized for their actions. It’s a loose, loose situation for officers. Researchers came up with two hypotheses surrounding this situation. One concluded that “frontline police officers are more likely to perceive corruption seriously when their supervisors apply more severe discipline for corrupt behavior” and the second stated “frontline police officers are less likely to perceive corruption seriously when their departments have a stronger ‘Code of Silence’” (Lee 390). Hoon Lee and his associates concentrate on “line officers’ attitudes toward corruption are highly influenced by their supervisors in the chain of command and deviant subculture” (Lee