Within our policing system in America, there are gaps and loopholes that give leeway to police officers who abuse the authority given to them or fail to represent ethical standards that they should live up to. Due to the nature of police work, there is a risk of a deterioration of these ethical and moral standards through deviance, misconduct, corruption and favouritism. Although these standards are established, many police officers are not held accountable for their actions and can easily get away with mistreating others. While not all police officers abuse their power, the growing percentage who do represents a problem that must be recognized by the public and leaders of police departments across our country. Police officials are abusing their power and authority through three types of misconduct known as malfeasance, misfeasance and non-feasance and these types are overlooked by senior staff who rarely intervene even if they know what is happening. Misconduct is wrong because it violates rights and causes people to be wrongly accused of crimes or found not guilty and freed when they still pose a danger to other people. The public needs to be informed about what is happening in the police system in hopes that someone will speak out to protect citizens from violations by police officers. The article Police Integrity: Rankings of Scenarios on the Klockars Scale by “Management Cops,” conveys that the different scenarios for each definition and the nature of police work make it difficult to specifically define this corruption (Vito 153). Since it is so difficult to define correctly, the three broad categories of wrongdoing, misfeasance and non-feasance... middle of the paper... and punishment. An article in the Criminal Justice Review states that “controlling police corruption is difficult, if not impossible (Vito 153).” This is because typically the only people who know that these crimes are occurring are other police officers within a department. Police officers generally do not report their colleagues and therefore much of this deviance goes unnoticed. Works Cited O'Connor, T. R. "Police Deviance and Ethics." PoliceCrimes.com. November 11, 2005. Web. February 14, 2015. Vito, Gennaro F., Scott Wolfe, George E. Higgins, and William F. Walsh. “Police Integrity: Reprint Rankings of “Management Cops” Klockars Scale Scenarios.” EBSCO Publishing Service selection page. June 2011. Web. February 16, 2015. Weitzer, Ronald, and Steven A. Tuch. “Race and Perceptions of Police Misconduct.” JSTOR. August 2004. Web. 19 March. 19 2015.