TY - JOUR
T1 - Police gifts and benefits scandals : addressing deficits in policy, leadership and enforcement
AU - Prenzler, Tim
AU - Beckley, Alan
AU - Bronitt, Simon
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - This paper examines three recent high-profile cases involving gifts and benefits to police. The cases, two from Australia and one from England, involved both frontline officers and senior managers. The analyses track the unfolding scandals, and how they were investigated and evaluated by official inquiries. In two of the cases, gifts and hospitality were enmeshed with wider forms of corruption. The official inquiries identified how gratuities undermined public confidence in the impartiality of police, and how inappropriate gifts and benefits were facilitated by liberal policies and deficient leadership. The paper concludes by arguing that police need to adopt a highly restrictive policy on gratuities, and follow through with effective forms of compliance management.
AB - This paper examines three recent high-profile cases involving gifts and benefits to police. The cases, two from Australia and one from England, involved both frontline officers and senior managers. The analyses track the unfolding scandals, and how they were investigated and evaluated by official inquiries. In two of the cases, gifts and hospitality were enmeshed with wider forms of corruption. The official inquiries identified how gratuities undermined public confidence in the impartiality of police, and how inappropriate gifts and benefits were facilitated by liberal policies and deficient leadership. The paper concludes by arguing that police need to adopt a highly restrictive policy on gratuities, and follow through with effective forms of compliance management.
UR - http://handle.uws.edu.au:8081/1959.7/537883
U2 - 10.1350/ijps2013.15.4.319
DO - 10.1350/ijps2013.15.4.319
M3 - Article
SN - 1461-3557
VL - 15
SP - 294
EP - 304
JO - International Journal of Police Science & Management
JF - International Journal of Police Science & Management
IS - 4
ER -