Costs of Corruption:Criminal actUsually protects other criminal activityUndermines the effectiveness of the CJSUndermines professionalismSheriff gets caught taking bribes by officer under himSheriff tries to write up officer for something – officer uses the leverage against himNow there is no disciplinary system because the sheriff doesn’t want to get in trouble for corruptionFurther corruption may followSecret “taxes” on citizensUndermines confidence in policePolice misconductFerguson, MissouriRampart Corruption Scandal:Community Resources Against Street Hoodlums (CRASH) of LAPDGang unitSequence of eventsLyga kills Gaines March 1997Mack bank robbery November 1997Mack’s girlfriend was the bank managerHe serves 14 years and 3 months in federal prisonNever found the money1998 evidence of 6 lbs. of cocaine goes missing worth $800,000 from a police locker room.This evidence was logged into evidence by Lyga.Think it was Perez for because of Gaines getting killed.Task force createdBring in Perez, gets arrested for stealing the cocaineHe knew about Mack’s involvement in the bank robbery1999 unloads testimony on everything and it implicated over 70 officers in misconductPerez arrested and talksWas interviewed 50 times, and 40,000 pages of testimonyThe entire unit was corrupt up the sergeants and head officersOver 70 officers implicated in misconductCRASH cultureExamples of misconductUnprovoked shootings and beatingsPlanting of evidence and framing of suspectsStealing and dealing narcoticsBank robbery, perjuryDeath Row Records and Notorious B.I.G.End result:Officers24 out of 70 were found guilty in wrong doingsIncarcerated$125 million in settlementsUnit eliminatedConvictions overturned106 convictions overturned because of these corrupt copscivil law suitsPopular cultureTraining Day, Grand Theft Auto, The Shield…etc.Theories of Police Corruption:Individual Officer Explanations:Rotten-apple theory = individual officers causing the problem and if we get rid of them, the problem will stop.Fire the guilty; preferred explanationSocial Structural Explanations:Political environmentConflict of valuesNeighborhood Explanations:Bad environment causes crime and corruptionNature of Police Work:Opportunities, low visibility, the worst of the worldEspecially Richland county, because cops ride alone and are free to do what they want because no one is checking in on themPolice Organization:Flourishes where it’s toleratedManagers, and officers inside an organization where they will let it happenPolice Subculture:Blue curtain – what happens with cops stays with copsPeer pressureCRJU 101 1st Edition Lecture 11 Outline of Last Lecture I. Policing – Issues and Challenges chapter 6 Outline of Current Lecture II. Courts of CorruptionIII. Rampart Corruption scandalIV. Theories of Police CorruptionCurrent LectureCosts of Corruption:- Criminal act- Usually protects other criminal activity- Undermines the effectiveness of the CJS- Undermines professionalism o Sheriff gets caught taking bribes by officer under himo Sheriff tries to write up officer for something – officer uses the leverage against himo Now there is no disciplinary system because the sheriff doesn’t want to get in trouble for corruptiono Further corruption may follow- Secret “taxes” on citizens - Undermines confidence in policeo Police misconduct o Ferguson, Missouri  Rampart Corruption Scandal:- Community Resources Against Street Hoodlums (CRASH) of LAPDo Gang unitThese notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor’s lecture. GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes, not as a substitute.- Sequence of eventso Lyga kills Gaines March 1997o Mack bank robbery November 1997 Mack’s girlfriend was the bank manager  He serves 14 years and 3 months in federal prison  Never found the money  1998 evidence of 6 lbs. of cocaine goes missing worth $800,000 from a police locker room.  This evidence was logged into evidence by Lyga.  Think it was Perez for because of Gaines getting killed. o Task force created Bring in Perez, gets arrested for stealing the cocaine  He knew about Mack’s involvement in the bank robbery 1999 unloads testimony on everything and it implicated over 70 officers in misconduct o Perez arrested and talks Was interviewed 50 times, and 40,000 pages of testimony The entire unit was corrupt up the sergeants and head officers- Over 70 officers implicated in misconduct- CRASH culture- Examples of misconducto Unprovoked shootings and beatingso Planting of evidence and framing of suspectso Stealing and dealing narcoticso Bank robbery, perjury- Death Row Records and Notorious B.I.G.- End result:o Officerso 24 out of 70 were found guilty in wrong doings o Incarceratedo $125 million in settlementso Unit eliminatedo Convictions overturned 106 convictions overturned because of these corrupt cops civil law suits o Popular culture  Training Day, Grand Theft Auto, The Shield…etc. Theories of Police Corruption:- Individual Officer Explanations:o Rotten-apple theory = individual officers causing the problem and if we get rid of them, the problem will stop.o Fire the guilty; preferred explanation- Social Structural Explanations:o Political environmento Conflict of values - Neighborhood Explanations:o Bad environment causes crime and corruption - Nature of Police Work:o Opportunities, low visibility, the worst of the world  Especially Richland county, because cops ride alone and are free to do what they want because no one is checking in on them - Police Organization:o Flourishes where it’s tolerated Managers, and officers inside an organization where they will let it happen- Police Subculture:o Blue curtain – what happens with cops stays with copso Peer