Should Police Officers Accept Gratuities?

In my opinion police officer should not be allowed to accept gratuities for the simple reason mentioned by Peak (2016, p. 312) it is a very slippery slope. From my experience, there is always that one person willing to see how far he or she can push the envelope, which often led to a jester that was made by a presenter to instill a better relationship with the acceptor being abused by demanding more and more, hence the phrase slippery slope. However for me this is not a absolute “no” on my behalf, things other than monetary allowances may be acceptable but what is permitted should be outlined in the each police Departmental Organization Standard Operating Producers (SOP). For instance the night patrolmen should be allowed to accept coffee from local establishment since they are unable satisfy this need will confined to a patrol car. Moreover, the frequency to participating establishments will help to deter potential criminal activity. While in contrast police officers shouldn’t accept a reward from the owner of the establishment if they stopped a robbery.

If any monetary reward is distributed it should come from the department and be available to all members. Moreover accepting undocumented gratuities can be misconstrued as bribery. Therefore any benefits that are received by a police officer should be outlined in their SOP, documented by a creditable establishment on their invoice, and should be consumables with a value no greater than $5.00. Still anything that can be converter into a monetary system should not be allowed. For example, officer ‘Y’ cant acquire cigarettes from the local store and resale them to public. Collecting benefits for protection teeters on the line of mafia and mercenaries. Police officers are paid government