Police Corruption - The Tarnished Shield

guard corruption and abuse of means by an moroseicer is an on-going problem. Whether unreported or a headline on the apparent motion page local newspaper, it happens all(prenominal)(prenominal) day and is naive to speak out differentwisewise. This does non mean it happens more than or less in police departments only tho nationwide in every profession. The problem stems because men were created fallible, with the bare will to choose amidst right and wrong. It comes down to the incumbrance beliefs of a man and how he resists evil, corruption and worldly desires. unfortunately its a hard liaison to test for when recruiting mutilateicers, or any(prenominal) early(a) employee profession. Extraordinary business office and trust are addicted to police officers as the normal face and authority of the sad justice system who do operate in honor and right-standing everyday. Then there is the other one percent in police that do not just fail to arrange their duties at times as everyone does, but actually aspires to snuff it the law for personal kick upstairs and advancement.\nIn The Tarnished Shield, a report by first rudiment News, the dirt of ring drawing card Michael Dowd and a dozen other officers of the NYPD was investigated and later convicted of police corruption. Michael Dowd started off stealing cash and do drugss off dead corpses, then morose to dealing drugs and accepting money for providing information and protection to other dealers and criminals. Eventually Officer Dowd accumulated four different houses, a corvette, and a lavish modus vivendi all on $four hundred a week salary. This need continued for years still after numerous complaints were brought against him to high command because the department did not want another(prenominal) scandal in the news. Later Michael Dowd was videotaped huffing cocaine off the washboard of his police squad with another officer and a drug dealer in the car. subsequently the Mollen comm ission and a septette month investigation named effect Domino, Dowd received 14 years in national prison, and 12 other officers were arrested and charge...