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Twelve sources are reviewed in this 11 page paper. In compiling literature on the topic, several variables seem relevant in a discussion on police corruption and brutality. These are loyalty, cynicism, contributory factors of 'police culture' as well as the handling of complaints by officials. Recommendations are made in several of the articles.
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the police officer and the general public.Goldsmith suggests that the personnel handling the investigations, through start to finish, should develop a greater tolerance for complexity of the situations and persons
investigated (36). This would imply that officers use more empathy with their complainant (36). Goldsmith points out that the police and public become so preoccupied with identifying wrongdoing and taking
disciplinary action against errant officers that they lose sight of the primary objective of the policemans role which is to achieve maximum conformity with legal requirements, establish policies, and uphold
prevailing standards of propriety (36).Social and cultural backgrounds should also be considered and processes need to show evidence of greater tolerance for differences (36).It was also noted that the cleaning
up of offensive language is a first step to the introduction of greater sensitivity in the official language used to characterize different types of complaints. Offensive language here does not
refer to profanity but rather, office jargon. Goldsmith continues, suggesting that there is something inconsistent between an institutional commitment to help the complainants on one hand and, on
the other, use words such as "trivial" to classify some of the less serious complaints. The common use of this term as well as the use of the word "vexatious"
by responsible officials to describe complaints is difficult to align with a genuine commitment to greater openness to diversity (36). While the degree of seriousness of a complaint varies it
is important to employ terminology in such a way as to minimize the occasions upon which designations of these kinds are used to dismiss cases (36).Goldsmith goes on to say
that his article has sought to make the case for a reorientation due to significant public mistrust of current procedures, and then proceeded to sketch out some possible scenarios to
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