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 standards ethics that should live up to society. 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 because of their job title. 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 the hope 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 big ca... in the center of the card......colleagues and thus much of this deviance goes unnoticed. Works CitedHodgson, Jacqueline. “Adding Injury to Injustice: The Suspect at the Police Station.” Journal of Law and Society March 1994: 85-101. Academic OneFile. Network. February 15, 2015. Martin, rich. “Police Corruption: An Analytical Look at Police Ethics.” The FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin May 2011: 11+. Academic OneFile. Network. February 9, 2015. O'Connor, T. R. "Deviance and Police 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. 2015.