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The Police Code of Silence

Running head : THE POLICE CODE OF SILENCE

The Police Code of Silence

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The Police Code of Silence

Introduction

Police code of silence is a normative admonition but an unwritten and unspoken act embedded within the police culture . On a positive light such injunction induces the feelings of loyalty and brotherhood promoting a high facilitating policing and the protection of police officers against the danger they encounter during operations (Kleinig 2000 cited in Sarre Das , 2005 . Yet , the same code of

silence formed within the officers ' loyalty and brotherhood also establishes and sustains an oppositional criminal subculture that more often than not protects the interests of police officers who violate the criminal law allowing them to escape due punishment (Sarre Das , 2005

For the new officers admitted to the job , such perspective is an underlying difficulty that they have to deal with in to become a part of the brotherhood while fighting off their desire to act on their own autonomy , most especially if they witnessed misconduct . If this is the case , police code of silence as a form of injunction challenges the ethical responsibilities police officers took oath . As such , it is an imperative to analyze the role of police code of silence and the challenges it posit for newly recruited police officers (rookies

In relation to the given issue , identifying the police responsibilities and culture are significant points that will provide depth to further understanding the values that police officers adhere...

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