Systemic corruption means not
only that a department or agency has an organizational culture that allows for
and may even laud corruption, but also that a city hall, as well as larger
jurisdictions such as member-states and even federal agencies may be enabling
the corruption by looking the other way and even lying to cover-up the lower-level
corruption. A study at Florida Atlantic University published in the Journal
of Criminal Justice identifies 24 categories of police misconduct in Florida
from 2012 to 2023. Even though it is tempting to highlight violent illegal acts
by police employees, lying regarding criminal law and refusing to take reports
of criminal activity may be more detrimental because such misconduct is probably
more common than is the violent sort. If so, the extent of corruption and the
underlying false sense of entitlement by police patrol-employees and even their
supervisors may be vastly understated in the United States.
The full essay is at "Local Police Enabled in Florida."
