public trust the behavior and motives of an officer (CJ Interactive, 2013). Corruption in the police department can start of very small with no knowledge of negative factors. Accepting any kind of gift, reward, or favor is against the police code of ethics. Police corruption ranges in severity levels. For instance gratuities, acceptance of small gifts, to violent crimes that are at the top of the police corruption pyramid (CJ Interactive, 2013). There appears to be no anyway to…
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