Corruption In City Police Departments

Introduction

Corruption by the police is seen as the illegal act that is carried out by police officers so that they can get what ever they require from the people . The police are kept so that they can ensure maintenance of rules and regulations and in such cases they take this advantage to get gains from people where by a person like a driver can be forced to bribe this police due to an action done and thus the government finds it hard to fight it thus it will continue to affect people

and remain for a long time . The activities that result to corruption includes : drugs and other activities that are against the law . Corruption been a hard task to undertake and know its roots thus the government has to face all the challenges that are concerned with this activity . Corruption is divided into two that is the internal and the external . In the internal the illegal acts agreements have the involvement of more than one officers in the department in that the act is not taken outside their department but it takes place in the department and the external corruption will involve more than one officers and it is done in the public . This external corruption involves activities like : the payment to police where by such a person has violation of traffic laws therefore people like a driver and other road users are liable to this corruption . There is the payment based on those people who go against the rules and regulations that are set by the country . It can be based on the payment that is aid to police services in to be safe in dealing with police . There is the misuse of official capacity where by the police will take every opportunity that will lead to benefiting themselves (Douglas , 1992

The police will have the misuse of personal attainment where by the person undertaking this act will see it right to do such an illegal act so that the benefit can be attained in expense of other people . The cases of corruption is widely used and can no longer be curbed in the right manner this is due to the fact that most of the corrupt people are those in authority therefore it becomes hard to know exactly where to begin for a solution to be reached . The corruption that is done by police is due to the fact that the person does not want to be arrested and therefore only way out is to bribe through giving certain amount to the police . This money that is given will account for the mistake that one has done and will not be guilty . Money that is collected from people by police depends on the mistake that such person has done this is because they have different charges for different mistakes and therefore such a person will find the cost differing in different dimensions like for example the actual crimes that is the charges based on drug...