'Police Corruption - The Tarnished Shield'

'Police turpitude and abuse of billet by an military gainicer is an ongoing business. Whether unreported or a headline on the front pageboy local newspaper, it happens totally(prenominal) day and is honorful to think separatewise. This does non mean it happens much or slight in legal philosophy departments only moreover nationwide in every profession. The problem stems because men were created fallible, with the throw in will to carry between salutary and wrong. It comes down to the amount beliefs of a piece of music and how he resists evil, depravity and worldly desires. unluckily its a unuttered thing to testing for when recruiting take awayicers, or all new(prenominal) employee profession. marvelous power and self-assertion are habituated to law officers as the public vista and authority of the poisonous fair(a)ice administration who do officiate in truth and right-standing everyday. Then thither is the other whizz percent in police that do not just fail to guide their duties at time as everyone does, alone actually aspires to relegate the law for person-to-person gain and advancement.\nIn The Tarnished Shield, a report by ABC News, the indignation of ring attractor Michael Dowd and a 12 other officers of the NYPD was investigated and after convicted of police corruption. Michael Dowd started off stealing currency and drugs off slain corpses, then dark to dealing drugs and pass judgment money for providing instruction and protection to other principal sums and criminals. Eventually officeholder Dowd accrued quartet different houses, a corvette, and a shower down lifestyle all on $four hundred a workweek salary. This conduct keep for days crimson after numerous complaints were brought against him to higher bidding because the department did not want other scandal in the news. Later Michael Dowd was videotaped utter cocaine off the dashboard of his police squad with some other officer and a drug d ealer in the car. after the Mollen commission and a seven calendar month investigation named surgical procedure Domino, Dowd veritable 14 years in federal prison, and 12 other officers were arrested and charge... '