There are many policies made by the constitutional government that should be implemented by the police for the well-being of the public. However, some may turn their back on these policies and become brutal and excessive, which in turn is considered police misconduct and the abuse of civil rights. Law enforcement is not the only problem and major issues are being over-looked. Officers have their own personal vendettas which cause them to act out towards the public. Some police officers act superior to everyday citizens and abuse their power which often leads to police brutality. International situations aren’t any different when it comes to the treatment of certain groups by police officers. To relate this, for example, Holona has wrote in…show more content… Police must try to balance responsiveness to the law, responsiveness to electoral institutions, and responsiveness to the public with the demands of keeping the peace. The impact of “law and order” candidates on both the law and the executive direction of bureaucratic agencies, such as police departments, has been tremendously influential on the history of police brutality (Ochs 482).
Holona has also stated that the behavior of the police has been directed towards minorities. Police in some places dishonor minorities and discriminate against not only race but gender. In America, it can be concluded that police misbehavior will be seen mostly towards the black community. For example, Chaney and Robertson, stating and relating to Walker’s, Kane and White’s point, in their research study, has found that behavior of police officers now is depending on the diversity. They have written that:
Studies suggest that the NYPD has become better behaved due to greater race and gender diversity. Blacks are more likely to be the victims of police brutality. Scholarly research related to police brutality has revealed that Blacks are more likely than Whites to make complaints regarding police brutality. Blacks are more prone to be stopped while driving due to higher desirability factors (Ochs…show more content… The careless uses of power delegated to police officers are also major influences in the alienating the public. Because officers often are required to force people from doing or refraining from something, police action may be met with resistance, conflict, or confrontation. Persons are sometimes held in police custody. Experience has shown that the conditions under which suspects make confessions or admissions can be related to their treatment in custody before the confession or admission has been made. This may be because of the threat or direct use of violence (i.e., torture), because of other indirect intimidation or menacing behavior on the part of the interviewers, or because the experience is otherwise physically and mentally distressing.
There can be at least two motives driving the falsification or destruction of evidence. Firstly, an officer may wish to make the case against a suspect stronger than it already is. For example, the officer has forgotten to do something or has failed to find sufficient evidence to prove an important element (Gottschalk 502) of a case, or may be hiding something that appears to show the suspect is not guilty. Secondly, an officer may have been paid to ensure that the evidence is lost or tampered with in order to sabotage the prosecution
