Police corruption has become the topic of much public controversy in recent times mainly due to the heightened level of journalistic coverage afforded to the phenomenon. Documented cases of police corruption, however, have been around for over a century. These reports have extended the world over. In the United States, for example, police corruption has been tied in with illicit drug enterprises from as far back in history as 1890. The level of corruption varied from one jurisdiction or district to another, with criminal organisations implanting themselves in the more debauched precincts.…
