The Link between organizational deviance and police misconduct

Most surprisingly, even the management which is tasked with the function of enforcing the organizational policies and procedures, sometimes it is inspired to go against the very rules that it has initiated. It is imperative to note that, any lawbreaker has an exit strategy in case they are caught by the tough hand of the law. Therefore, the people involved in undercutting of the conventional processes collude with the police to ensure that they are not punished. The collusion promotes an organized and well-coordinated crime where the watchdog and the lawbreaker lie in the same camp. This paper is an argumentative research which seeks answer the research question; does organizational deviance exist within the police force? The research question is aimed at expounding the research topic which seeks to link organizational deviance and the misconduct with the police force.

Moreover, the case of police deviance is manifested by selective granting of justice where a criminal investigation is executed on a selective basis (Donner & Jennings 2014). Cases of police partnering in criminal activities such bank robbery are rampant in the world, majorly as accomplices or in distortion of evidence. The police have multiple ways of facilitating crimes. One major way is through collaboration in the execution of crimes by issuing firearms which gangsters use for criminal activities (Donner & Jennings 2014). Moreover, police use avoidance technique where they allow criminals to execute their activities by boycotting duty and staging malicious investigations afterward to blindfold the public. However, such cases occur because of poor professional ethics among the police force which instead of focusing on their professional mandate they deviate from their professional role of enforcing law and order.

Factors leading to police deviance There are various factors which promote organizational deviance among the police hence compromising their morals and abandoning their duty of care. Some of these factors include; pressure from influential people, poor working conditions, and poor remuneration. To begin with, the pressure from influential people is a key force which force police to compromise toward their interest (Lee et al. The police force is believed to be an arm of the government and sides with the government in most cases. The poor conditions of living mostly for police in poorly furnished government quarters particularly in most developed countries, lead to losing motivation for adhering to a moral code of operation (Lee et al. Therefore, when such officers are enticed with a good package even if it means at the cost of peace they are quick to acknowledge.

For this reason is it important to consider paying police officers reasonable remunerations which will enable them to live a better life hence creating confidence in their profession? Types of deviant behaviors The police organizational deviance is characterized by three major deviant behaviors which are exploited differently to facilitate organizational deviance. The three deviant behaviors include interpersonal deviance, organizational deviance, and silence as a means of deviance. The first behavior referred to as interpersonal deviance occurs within the police department but among the individual police officers (Lian et al. Different criminal activities have been conducted in different parts of the world in confusing circumstances and police always organize arbitrary investigation to blindfold the public while hiding the reality (Lian et al.

The comprehensive description of the types of organizational deviation alerts the public hence in case of any unexpected slow response by the police force may indicate an imminent planned crime. In such cases, the public can take the necessary precautionary measures to avoid falling victims (Lian et al. Moreover, the paper serves as a critic to the police hence instilling a sense of responsibility to the police force furthermore, the comprehensive revelation made by the paper serves as an eye-opener to the public and organizations at large to understand the underlying vices which are executed deliberately through the collusion of malicious leadership within the police force. In addition, the police force administration is notified about the possible criteria of organizational deviance manifested by the police officers.