Police corruption refers to any criminal activity carried out by police officers or any law enforcement officials involving the use of their authority or their any kind of knowledge available to them by virtue of them being a member of their personal or professional gain (Syed, 1997). Therefore, police corruption does not refer to all inadequate conduct of law enforcement officers. For example, corruption would include officers that act "in a racist or prejudicial manner towards an alleged offender, perhaps by being discourteous or perhaps by other, more overt means (eg. using unnecessary force)" (ibid). Discriminatory practices or police brutality are not included as part of police corruption practices. Nevertheless, police corruption can affect very negatively communities all over the world. This paper will look at the effects of corruption among law enforcement officers, using as an example a case of police corruption that has took place in Mexico on January 2012.
Increased controversy rose in Mexico after the release of footage where a number of police officers took as prisoners three men in January 2012 (Stevenson, 2012). The five heavily armed law enforcement officers entered a hotel in the west of Mexico and later came out of the establishment's premises with three handcuffed individual wearing just their underwear. According to prosecutors; the police officers were taking orders from criminal gangs. Three hours after the footage was taken, the lifeless bodies of the three individuals taken by the officers were discovered. They had been "asphyxiated and beaten to death" (ibid).
[...] According to prosecutors; the police officers were taking orders from criminal gangs. Three hours after the footage was taken, the lifeless bodies of the three individuals taken by the officers were discovered. They had been “asphyxiated and beaten to death” (ibid). Cases of police collaboration and part taking in narcoterrorist activities have become increasingly common in Mexico during recent decades. Narco-terrorism was a term originally used to describe to describe the terrorist methods used by drug traffickers in various South American regions (Roberts and Escalante, 2009). [...]
[...] The Fuerza Civil unit recruited more than 11,000 officers to fight against corruption in Mexico's police. To conclude, as argued throughout this report, the effects of police corruption are much more significant than those of the officers involved. They can negatively affect a community in a number of different ways, including generating an increased fear of crime among the community, fuelled by the distrust on police and other law enforcement units. All the negative effects of police corruption “have an impact on community wellbeing and threaten the social order” (Office of Police Integrity, 2011). [...]
[...] Discriminatory practices or police brutality are not included as part of police corruption practices. Nevertheless, police corruption can affect very negatively communities all over the world. This paper will look at the effects of corruption among law enforcement officers, using as an example a case of police corruption that has took place in Mexico on January 2012. Increased controversy rose in Mexico after the release of footage where a number of police officers took as prisoners three men in January 2012 (Stevenson, 2012). [...]
[...] The implement of adequate measures to fight against corruption within the police force is necessary in Mexico. Good public cooperation with police exists when a community's citizens trust their police members and the system officers work within. Only then, they are ready and more willing to collaborate with police by providing information that can prevent crime, as well as reporting crime. people lose faith in the integrity of police officers, the amount of cooperation the police receive from the public also decreases” (Syed, 1997). [...]
[...] The case of police corruption in Mexico exemplifies the fact that corruption among law enforcement can generate distrust among the population and, to some extent, political and social turmoil. Training and other measures are needed to make sure that the effects of corruption are minimised as soon as possible and to the greatest possible extent, to ensure that the negative effects of corruption are minimised as much as possible. Bibliography Bjornehed, E. (2004) Narco-Terrorism: The Merger of the. War on Drugs and the War on Terror. Global Crime Routledge. [...]
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