Police Corruption In The Seven Five

Police corruption has been the largest ongoing problem in the United States criminal justice system. In the documentary, “The Seven Five” directed by Tiller Russell, he sheds light onto the story of former NYPD officer Michael Dowd and how he and his prescient were involved in committing numerous crimes, including running their own cocaine ring while on the job in the 1980’s, early 90’s. Per the Criminal Law- Lawyer Source, police corruption is defined as “the abuse of police authority for personal gain or to gain advantage for the police organization. Police corruption can take the form of a variety of criminal activities ranging from actual commission of serious criminal (i.e. drug trafficking and money laundering) to the instances where

During the process, he stressed the importance of brotherhood within a unit, and how “rats” are shunned by the station as a whole. The examples of police misconduct during the documentary were dishonesty, abuse of power, and police brutality. Dishonesty was a consistent topic throughout the duration of the documentary due to the double-life Michael was living. While serving his country as a police officer, Michael was in control of a cocaine ring. He used his uniform and his partner, to play vital roles in his quest for wealth. Michael was ultimately dishonest to everyone he encountered due to the double-life he was living. The abuse of authority came into play as soon as he started receiving bribes and looking in the other direction of crime that was occurring. The “hidden honor code” among police officers’ ties hand in hand with abuse of power, because they have each other’s back even if an individual officer is not doing their job correctly. During the documentary, he kept reciting how many times he would avoid issuing tickets in exchange for money, he estimated hundreds of occasions. Police brutality is one of the major issues in the corruption of police stations and the criminal justice system. In some of Michaels heists, he admitted to robbing criminals of their stolen or drug money and forcing them by beating them into

The main example throughout the documentary was the “rotten pocket” example that is used to describe a corruption in the prescient where more than one officer is corrupt, and are cooperating to fulfill this illegal act. In the documentary, Michaels partner described how everyone, even up to the captain was corrupt and in on their ring. This is a big problem within police departments since other officers will lie to protect their own, instead of doing what is in the best interest of the station, and the criminal justice system. Many programs like the early intervention systems and the mixed approach to police accountability The main goal of these programs being implemented, is to protect the agency from double-crossing officers and protect the