Poice `vortex`

William Tafoya-THE VORTEX

October 29 , 2008

The Vortex

Over the years , the integrity of the police agency or of any other law enforcement agencies have been threatened by cases of officers misconduct , tampering of crime evidences , graft and corruption , use of excessive force , and other related cases . Many people have already accepted the concept that these officers who have sworn to protect and serve the community internally follows their own form of distorted culture within their group . Although not all , but for the minds of common people , anxieties constantly exist

when we talk about giving trust to these law enforcers . These officers always stick together and cover each other , especially with issues concerning legal matters . It has not ruined individual officer 's integrity , but the entire police agency as a whole . Does that kind of notion really exist in the police Well , it did

Many experts coined this with the term Code of Silence ' It exists within any group , even in circles of friends . Its purpose is founded mainly on the idea of hiding information for the welfare of any member or of the whole group itself . But when coined with cops , it has greater weigh as it does not only question its integrity but also the people 's trust . In the interview , there are two kinds of cops described : Stand-up Cops , and Hand-up Cops . The first group refers to those cops who cover up other cops to the extent where lies should be necessarily for whatever reason they found...