Police_Corruption

Police Corruption Police corruption has always been a problem since police forces were put in place in response to riots. Police corruption is a problem that affects all of us, not just other police officers. It has become so bad that on any given day you can flip through a newspaper and find some article that deals with some aspect of police corruption whether it was stealing drugs and selling them, abuse of a suspected criminal, accepting gratuities, or just overall abuse of their authoritarian position. In my paper I am going to discuss an instance of police corruption that happened in March of 1997 in Boston, Massachusetts that involved two veteran detectives. Along with discussing the newspaper article, I will also discuss some theories that may help to explain how and why corruption occurs and what can be done about it. I believe that being a police officer is a privilege and not just a job. Maybe I feel this way because my grandfather and my father were both Boston cops and that is how they conveyed it to me. It is implied that a police officer will defend the law the best that he or she can. In doing this, it police, detectives, corruption, theory, work, officers, because, robinson, two, officer, just, acerra, about, sure, maybe, going, dad, being, warrants, told, put, people, partner, money, make, involved, even, criminals, cops, boston, through, thought, things, theories, says