Police and Corruption

Police Corruption

Introduction

Corruption is the term the is conjured up to several imagery and stereotype in whatever context it is applied with the media notably being met in referenced encounters to businesses as well as professions in addition to politics as well as several other areas in the life of society. Each of the specific approaches provides a contribution to the citizens in an ordinary perception of individuals as well as organizations referring to reports and possible contributions to perceptions that have changed. However, in most aspects corruption reports in the police service or with the involvement of police officers is normally provided prominence and attention that is particular this in addition to the varied reasons with the police holding the mandate for service towards society as well as being provided the powers by the society that is not availed to others. Such power involves stopping, detaining as well as arrest of citizens that are ordinary as being alone in society they hold no power to apply deadly force as they perform their duties.

This in part is a consequence to their responsibilities as well as powers in corruption reporting of services of the police more the particular distribution of several as it is normally linked in close relation to the abuse of power as well as privilege. In this regard the police are held accountable to the society for actions and reporting of cases or corruption that raises crucial questions of the relation and the oversight. In this regard citizens and the communities are normally left with no questions such as how to uphold their trust in the police or if there is any action on police corruption instances as well as questioning the linkage between police, politics a...

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