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Police Corruption and Citizens Complaints Relative to Ethnicity:
Corruption activities by people in power have contributed to widespread loss of public faith in the government, especially the police. Public faith in law enforcement personnel has been acute because of corruption given that the police are the most visible arm of government with the mandate to uphold the law, help in times of need, and safeguard the community. When a police officer is involved in corruption, he not only dishonors himself but also disgraces the criminal justice system he represents. In the modern criminal justice system, there are some organizational cultures that encourage the police to carry out acts of corruption (Williams, 2002, p.85). Some of the most common acts of corruption by police officers include abuse of power, taking financial bribes, and covering criminal gangs and/or activities.
In the past few years, police corruption has evolved to include violation of human rights as well as ethnic or racial discrimination. An example of corruption acts by police officers is centered on police-initiated stops, which have generated concerns regarding the constitutionality of the practice. The main concern in this practice is whether police...
The involvement of some police officers in ethnic discrimination across their practices has contributed to increased lack of public faith in law enforcement agencies.
Generally, police officers have been engaged in unethical events that have made the society to lose their trust in them. Some of these events will never be forgotten since they involved ethnic discrimination through abuse of power and infringement of human rights. As a result, there has been an increase in citizens' complaints about police corruption relative to ethnicity. These complaints have actually been more in several minority communities who have the worst impression of police officers because of the brutality and corruption that comes from these law enforcement personnel when patrolling the areas. In essence, people from different ethnic backgrounds have different opinions regarding police officers because of various reasons. The two main reasons for the varying opinions of police officers across different ethnic groups are the tendency by these personnel to commit crimes or violate the law without being punished and the ever-increasing…
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Medina, J. (2012, June 17). Rodney King Dies at 47; Police Beating Victim Who Asked 'Can
We All Get Along?' The New York Times. Retrieved November 4, 2013, from http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/18/us/rodney-king-whose-beating-led-to-la-riots-dead-at-47.html?_r=0
White, M.D. (2002). Controlling Police Officer Behavior in the Field: What We Know to Regulate Police-Initiated Stops and Prevent Racially Biased Policing. Retrieved from John Jay College of Criminal Justice website: http://www.jjay.cuny.edu/US_White_organisational_change.pdf
Williams, H. (2002, December). Core Factors of Police Corruption Across the World. Forum on Crime and Society, 2(1), 85-99. Retrieved from http://www.u4.no/recommended-reading/core-factors-of-police-corruption-across-the-world/downloadasset/825
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