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Police Corruption Police corruption is a widespread problem ranging from drug wars to money laundering to even spousal abuse. It is very hard to know who exactly is involved with the incidents because of the lack of task forces to enforce integrity within the police officers. I will be focusing on a few highly publicized cases of police corruption where police officers were caught making deals, selling illegal drugs, and money laundering. Along with these, I will produce a theory about how to clean up the corruption, by utilizing citizens in the communities. There are many causes of police corruption. One cause of corruption is the power of police authority that is throughout the system. A way to prevent this is to limit the authority (Kane, 2002). Increasing the competitive bidding of the selection process could do this. Another cause is that police officers are offered wrong incentives for their work. The incentives need to be realigned to provide better living wages. Also, incentive...

Posted by: Tamara Moore

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