Annotated Bibliography

Barnwell, B. (2005) Lew rockwell. Retrieved April 10, 2008, From http://www.lewrockwell.com/barnwell/barnwell47.html

This website describes the kinds of violations that the crooked cops commit. "The problem is the law enforcement culture itself which does basically whatever it wants without any accountability from above. " Law enforcements are abusing their power of authority too often for the wrong reasons and confiscating evidence only to use it for themselves or sell it back on the streets. They give you speeding tickets just for going a little over the limit and when you try to defend yourself you get written up for disorderly conduct. A lot of times they'll falsify reports and even PLANT evidence at the scene of the crime to fake a reason to arrest someone. This site summarizes the entire story about crooked cops, but gives no solution to the problem.

Gray, M. (1998) Common sense for drug policy. Retrieved April 10, 2008, From http://www.csdp.org/publicservice/crooked.htm

This site is an ad (sort of) about police departments and the cops that lie and falsify reports for their own advantage and describes why a crooked cop would feel obligated to want to steal and sell for themselves. "Put yourself in the cop’s shoes. It’s tough to legally find evidence of a drug deal between a willing buyer and seller. To make it stick you’re going to have to lie about it on the witness stand." As much as this site is helpful, It would be better if it was a little more specific but I like it because it's short and sweet -to the point.

Muhlahausen, D. (2002) The heritage foundation. Retrieved April 14, 2008, From http://www.heritage.org/press/commentary/ed100302.cfm

This site talks about a "money crunch" that the police department in Albuquerque went through because they failed to use the cities money wisely and instead of using the money to hire more police men on the force, they used it to give the already employed officers more benefits. It goes on to say that the police department actually decreased in size and the towns are not safe with so little men on force. The police officers completely went against what their orders were and because of it there are not enough men on force. As interesting as it is to hear about the variations of police corruption, it isn't the main point of the drug abuse going on in the precincts that I want to point out.

Krajicek, D. (2008) NY daily news. Retrieved April 14, 2008, From http://www.nydailynews.com/news/ny_crime/2008/03/30/2008-03-30_chicagos_crooked_cop.html

This site shows one of the examples that go on all over this country, a notorious mob man was shot and killed, execution style, but the most shocking piece of evidence that showed up was the mob man's little black book. The book was filled with dozens of names and numbers from many of the mob man's "associates" and also the name and number of the chief of the Chicago Police Department. A huge controversy surrounding this incident blew up because of the shock that everyone was in. Chicago citizens were outraged. It's extremely interesting and fills you in on a lot of details of one of the many cases that go on with crooked cops and gives you a little insight as to how deep the problem has become in order for the chief of the police department to be involved with a mob man.

No author (2008) Kestenbaum, eisner & gorin. Retrieved April 14, 2008, From http://keglawyers.com/blog/?p=77

This site is about reports that come in, day in and day out, from citizens that have become victims to some of the crooked cops in their area, and how the reports are not being investigated like they should from the police departments. A law group has taken notice and they are dumbfounded by the low percentage of investigations that should've been made. When a report is filed, the investigators in the precinct excuse what had happened and not interview all the witnesses thoroughly so that the complaint could be passed off as just nothing and the crooked officers can continue harassing more people. You learn that it's not just the cops who are corrupted but their higher authorities are too; it gives a bit of a solution as to how to resolve the issue as well.