Corrupt Law Enforcement
Has our law enforcement system become corrupt?
Background Information
Law Enforcers Tear Down a Poppy Field
Causes of police corruption
- Police lose integrity or honesty
- stories of police doing something wrong become prominent and draw a lot of attention
- they are given the power to stop, arrest and detain ordinary people and these powers can get out of hand
- some starts with relationships and relations to "bad" people
Effects of police corruption
- sometimes this results in criminals thinking they have a lesser chance of getting caught
- many times people question the police in their area
- makes people think that all police are bad
- can limit the amount of things people will do that the police say to do
- can differ other police's viewing of any law
- changes the public viewing of police
Police in Los Angeles
Police training in South Africa
Conclusion
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