Police is a very important job. When a police officer does something like beating or just not treating a civilian with respect it make the community think if they are really save. Unethical police officer can affect how the ethical police officer is treated. Police corruption has always existed and most likely will always exist. As well as misconduct, police officers are not always perfect and sometime misbehave because of the stress of their jobs.
There are many ways that a person can define police corruptions. Herman Goldstein defined police corruptions as “acts involving the misuse of authority by a police officer in a manner designed to produce personal gain for himself or for others” (Washington DC: The Police Foundation, 1975, p. 3). Police corruptions has two key elements, one is the misuse of authority, the second to personal gain. A gratuity is a type of corruption that police are involved in. Gratuities are the type of corruption in which an officer will receive something free or a discount on purchases. Amazingly there are some police departments that prohibit gratuities and there are others that do not prohibit it. Another type of police corruption is police receiving bribes. An example of bribe is, when a police officer receives money for not giving a traffic ticket. Theft and burglary is yet another type of police corruption. Brutality and corruption is an important issue. An example of brutality and corruption is, when officers would beat and steal drugs from drug dealers and sell them to other drug dealers or even other officers.
Police brutality is a very severely issue. When a police officer commits brutality, that officer is not the only person who gets in trouble. The police department would go to court if the victim decides to press charges on the officer and the police department. There have been different cases in last ten year in which