Test 6 220 11 and 13 Flashcards
police corruption involves all of the following except for
familiar cooperation
Reforms in the early and middle 1900s emphasized the importance of _____ as a means of reducing corruption of all kinds
professionalism
According to the 1998 Government Accountability Office(GAO) report, police officers who are ____ are more susceptible to corrupt practices
young
____ is the most widespread form of police misconduct; it includes a wide variety of unauthorized material inducements or gratuities, ranging from discounted clothing and meals to free alcoholic beverages and commercial sex
corruption of authority
According to the text, all of the following seem to be favorite targets of shakedowns except for ____
arsonists
Officers in a major metropolitan area often have to stand by while other officers use the radio airtime to transmit priority information, which impedes immediate response to emergencies. Which new technology helps to prevent this problem?
mobile digital computers(MDCs)
Which of the following technologies is still used by law enforcement but is not admissible in court?
psychophysiological detector of deception
Which of the following established strict procedures for conduction interception of wire, oral, and electronic communications?
Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act
Which of the following acts protects email, pagers, and cell phone calls?
Electronic Communications Privacy Acts
Which of the following acts gave federal authorities much wider latitude in monitoring Internet usage and expanded the way such date are shared among different agencies?
USA PATRIOT Act
ethics
the moral obligation of humans to act in ways that are good and proper
acts of misconduct
committed by a minority of police, creating suspicion and mistrust
corruption
when a police officer’s act places his personal gain ahead of duty
corrupt acts
forbidden by law, rule, regulation, or ethical standard
grass eaters
condoning corruption by not speaking out against it
meat eaters
actively engaging in corrupt activities
Knapp Commission
reported corruption was systematic and pervasive
Mollen Commission
recommended external panel to monitor corruption
Miami in the mid 1980s
they’d kill drug dealers and sell the drugs
80s
Philly saw over 30 officers convicted of taking part in a scheme to extort drug dealers
CPD
caught violating the 4th amendment
nonfeasance
reluctance to report wrongdoings of peers
misfeasance
lying for others
malfeasance
actively doing the wrongdoing
Who is more susceptible to practices of corruption
young, inexperienced officers
perjury
uniformed officers were twice as likely as detectives to commit perjury
“othering”
Us versus them mentality, goes hand in hand with symbolic assailants
gratuities
does not violate criminal law expectations; expectations of favors can be unethical and compromise public trust - know the department policy
kickbacks
local case involving VCSD and Vigo County School Corporation
shakedowns
accepting money or other valuables and personal services from offenders
bribery
not taking action in exchange for money
opportunistic theft
example: taking a watch from a dead body
excessive use of force
used to affect an arrest, coerce information from, or simply bully ppl
rotten apple theory
holds that while there are a few corrupt officers in policing, most officers are unaffected by corruption
Foreign intelligence act
foreign powers and individuals connected to international terrorist groups (established procedures for electronic surveillance
National Security Letters
written demands from the FBI that compel internet service providers, credit card companies, etc. to be hand over confidential records about the customers
