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Police corruption
Herman Goldstein defines police corruption as “acts involving the misuse of authority by a police officer in a manner designed to produce personal gain for himself or for others.”5 The two key elements are (1) misuse of authority and (2) personal gain. -
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Corruption
For as long as there have been police,” Lawrence Sherman observes, “there has been police corruption.”1 Corruption is one of the oldest and most persistent problems in American policing. -
Types of corruption
Gratuities, Bribes, Theft and Burglary, Sexual Misconduct, Internal Corruption, Corruption and Brutality. -
First police in America
The first police department was established in 1838 in Boston -
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Robert Kane and Mike White
Kane and White analyzed police officers who were involuntarily separated from the New York City Police Department from 1975 through 1996. The findings show that only 2% of officers were involved in corruption. -
Joseph Miedzianowski
Joseph Miedzianowski was convicted of 10 counts, including drug conspiracy and racketeering, in 2001. He was given the title of the most corrupt cop in the city of Chicago. -
David Mack and Rafael Perez
David Mack and Rafael Perez worked together for the LAPD Rampart division,and also worked for Death Row Records and were members of the Bloods gang. Mack was later be convicted of robbing a bank and be implicated in the murder of rapper Notorious BIG. Perez shot and framed an unarmed gang member during his tenure and stole eight pounds of cocaine from an LAPD evidence locker. (walker & Katz, 2015). -
Robert Gisevius, Kenneth Bowen, and Anthony Villavaso
Robert Gisevius, Kenneth Bowen, and Anthony Villavaso were members of the New Orleans Police Department during Hurricane Katrina. They were charged with first-degree murder for killing 17-year-old James Brissette. Brisette was simply looking for shelter in the hurricane and cops pounced on him. Bowen, Gisevius, Villavaso, and another officer, Robert Faulcon, were found guilty of falsifying reports and false prosecution in the conspiracy to cover-up the shooting. (Walker & Katz, 2015) -
Louis Eppolito and Stephen Caracappa
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3MlAa7WcnW8
In 2006, Eppolito and Caracappa were convicted of racketeering, obstruction of justice, extortion, and eight counts of murder and conspiracy. -
An Analytical Look into Police Ethics
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Jon Burge
Jon Burge is a former Chicago Police Department detective who oversaw the torture of hundreds of black men, resulting in false confessions between 1972 and 1991. Burge would burn suspects with radiators and cigarettes and electrocute their testicles. Although Burge was protected by the statute of limitations for his crimes, he was convicted for lying about the torture in January 2012.(Walker & Katz,2015)
