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Police culture, or "cop culture", as it is sometimes called by police officers, has resulted in a barrier against stopping corrupt officers. Police culture involves a set of values and rules that have evolved through the experiences of officers and which are affected by the environment in which they work.
Anti-Garda Síochána (Republic of Ireland police) sentiment is common among Irish Travellers, a social group with high levels of poverty, unemployment and crime.[3] [4] Gardaí were also accused of police brutality in the Shell to Sea protests of 2006–2011, and anti-brutality protests took place in 2007. [5]
Slang term for police originating in San Francisco, California in the mid- to late-1970s; used primarily by Grateful Dead followers, so use of the term seems to be dying out. Smeris Dutch slang for police. Slops "Back-slang" formation from "police" spelled backwards, "ecilop" = "slop". Common before World War II in the UK. Rare today. Smokey
If an officer with a record like D.C. Twiddy is not the perfect candidate to be fired and thrown out of the law enforcement community, I can’t imagine who is.” ... called on the police to ...
The outgoing chief inspector of constabulary said he expected there could be ‘pockets’ of similar issues in other parts of the country.
Police culture can also be quite racist, and shot through with assumptions about the criminal tendencies of certain minority groups, such as African Americans, or the competency of fellow officers from minority backgrounds, [19] which can lead officers to make corrupted choices for personal benefits or gains.
The Jensen Hughes police consulting firm was hired by the city to assess the police department after a mishandled internal investigation into text messages shared by members of the SWAT team.
First attested in English in the early 15th century, originally in a range of senses encompassing '(public) policy; state; public order', the word police comes from Middle French police ('public order, administration, government'), [10] in turn from Latin politia, [11] which is the romanization of the Ancient Greek πολιτεία (politeia) 'citizenship, administration, civil polity'. [12]