Investigating the Effects of Public Experiences of Police Corruption on Public Trust in the Police in Ghana

Abstract

The trend of police corruption is actually a worldwide concern. In times gone by, the problem of police misconduct continues to be a significant element in the improvement of police institutions globally, though it's actually a larger problem in developing countries such as Ghana where police abuse as well as crisis have grown to be endemic leading to public mistrust of the police. For the real operationalization of the criminal justice system, people need to keep a specific amount of loyalty of the method. The police institution actually being one of the foundations of the criminal justice system should keep higher public trust in order to confirm sleek justice shipping. Nevertheless, public trust may solely occur once the police are actually seen to perform the tasks of theirs with fairness, professionalism as well as equity. In lighting of the deteriorated connection between the police and also the Ghanaian general public in phrases of loyalty, this particular analysis set out to look at the public encounters of police corruption and just how this impacts the degree of loyalty in the police in the Sekondi Takoradi Metropolis in the Western Region of Ghana. The empirical research evidenced that although numerous individuals in the Metropolis see the police as being corrupt, couple of respondents had immediate encounters of police corruption. Nevertheless, a lot of the respondents had vicarious or indirect happenings of police corruption which in turn are likely to affect the amount of theirs of loyalty of the police. Research suggests that, loyalty in the police is quite important as it improves the degree of public cooperation with the police as well as compliance with the law. With respect to decreasing the incidence of police corruption, the analysis suggests that, a specific oversight with the police must be made with target on the places of police recruitment as well as education, integrity and having both senior officers as well as the subordinates of theirs accountable in phrases of misconduct. Above many, there must be highly effective interaction between the public and the police to help you boost the connection as well as have confidence in amounts in between the police and the public.