Introduction
The Boston police scandal is to analyze a case of a woman from Oakland, who pressed charges against several Francisco bay area police departments for having had sexual relationship with almost twenty officers while working as a prostitute in the area. This paper will give a summary of the case which will entail the effects of the scandal on the law enforcement, how police discretion influenced the scandal, and charges made among others.
Analysis
The case in discussion involves a woman who filed sex scandal charges against several san Fransciso Bay area police department officers. In her charges, the teen claimed to have had sexual relations with more than two dozen police officers. Although she lied about her age, the teen was only seventeen at the time of the incidence. The major players in this case were the woman (accuser) and the police departments in Oakland, Richmond, Contra Costa, Livermore, as we. l as the sheriff’s offices of Alameda and San Francisco counties (the accused). However, the woman later dropped the charges against the Richmond police department. John Burris, who acted as her attorney at the time of the case, stated that the woman dropped the lawsuit because she got tired of testifying. As a result, the judge went ahead and dismissed the charges that had been initially laid against the police officers.
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In every community, the police often not only a crucial in protecting the community but also set a good example in leadership (Hagan, 2010). The woman was paid almost $1 million to help settle her abuse allegations by the accused parties. After the occurrence of this scandal, the police officers at the Richmond police department gave the law a different meaning when it applied to them (Smaal, 2013). The scandal was not only hurtful to the community struggling to get justice and protection but further deepened the county’s leadership crisis (Lewis, 2018: Miller, 2012). Unfortunately, there were changes that were made in the department as a result (Laura, 2016).
Conclusion
The unfortunate saga at the Richmond police Department has a put a permanent scar on the police officers working at the department. The accusations make it a failed police department from maintaining the highest professional standards as expected from those who are expected to maintain law and order.
References
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Laura, L. F. (2016). Crime and Punishment in America: An Encyclopedia of Trends and Controversies in the Justice System. Santa Barbara, California: ABC-CLIO.
Lewis, T. T. (2018). Great events from history.
Miller, W. R. (2012). The social history of crime and punishment in America: An encyclopedia. Thousand Oaks, Calif: SAGE.
Smaal, Y. (2013). Historical Perspectives on Child Sexual Abuse, Part 1. History Compass, 11, 9, 702-714.
