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There are multiple typologies of police corruption that have been asserted by academics. However, common corrupt acts that have been committed by police officers can be classified as follows:<ref>Newburn, 1999, p. 4</ref>
*'''[[Death in custody]]''': Murder of an accused or convicted person in custody by way of a beating.<ref>https://apnews.com/article/tyre-nichols-beating-memphis-officers-trial-</ref> [[Prison officer|Corrections Officers]] who engage in this behavior are known as a “beat up squad.”<ref> https://www.poughkeepsiejournal.com/story/news/local/central-dutchess/2015/08/28/protestors-call-dutchess-prosecute-prison-beat-squad</ref> Officers disabling [[Police body camera|Bodycam]]s (visual, sound, or both) are often involved.<ref> https://www.cnn.com/2024/12/28/us/video/robert-brooks-officers-fatal-beating-bodycam-standby-digvid</ref>
*'''Corruption of authority''': When police officers receive free drinks, meals, and other gratuities, because they are police officers, whether intentionally or unintentionally, they convey an image of corruption.<ref name="Chambliss">"Preferential treatment to businesses that offer gratuities may lead to an environment conducive to police corruption." {{cite book| last =Chambliss| first =William J| title =Police and Law Enforcement| publisher =SAGE| series =Key Issues in Crime & Punishment Series| date =2011| page =130| url =https://books.google.com/books?id=wpA-FI_MIB4C&q=law+enforcement+bribes+gratuity+corruption| isbn =9781412978590| access-date =5 October 2020| archive-date =26 February 2022| archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20220226150029/https://books.google.com/books?id=wpA-FI_MIB4C&q=law+enforcement+bribes+gratuity+corruption| url-status =live}}</ref><ref name="IACP">"...the acceptance of gratuities and the like presents a bad image of the officers and the agency to the public. Citizens who witness or learn of officers receiving special treatment or gratuities can understandably feel a degree of resentment toward not only the officers involved but the police agency as a whole." {{citation| title = IACP Model Policy on Standards of Conduct| publisher = International Association of Chiefs of Police| date = 1998| location = Alexandria, VA| url = http://www.theiacp.org/Model-Policy-on-Standards-of-Conduct| access-date = 19 April 2015| archive-date = 30 April 2015| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150430005136/http://www.theiacp.org/Model-Policy-on-Standards-of-Conduct| url-status = live}}</ref><ref name="Free Coffee">"Most police officers draw the line between accepting gratuities without 'strings' and taking bribes to compromise their policing duties, but gratuities can influence police to spend their time unequally among establishments that do and do not offer them gratuities." {{citation| last = Feldberg| first = M| author-link = National Criminal Justice Reference Service| title = Gratuities, Corruption, and the Democratic Ethos of Policing The Case of the Free Cup of Coffee| journal = Moral Issues in Police Work| pages = 267–268| date = 1985| url = https://www.ncjrs.gov/App/Publications/abstract.aspx?ID=99041| access-date = 19 April 2015| archive-date = 14 July 2015| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150714150323/https://www.ncjrs.gov/App/Publications/abstract.aspx?ID=99041| url-status = live}}</ref><ref name="Delattre">Gratuities and the Slippery Slope {{cite book| last =Delattre| first =Edwin J| title =Character and Cops: Ethics in Policing| publisher =Rowman & Littlefield| date =2011| pages =87–| url =https://books.google.com/books?id=jrj7dtRU0_YC&q=Gratuities,+Corruption,+and+the+Democratic+Ethos+of+Policing+The+Case+of+the+Free+Cup+of+Coffee| isbn =9780844772240| access-date =5 October 2020| archive-date =26 February 2022| archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20220226150034/https://books.google.com/books?id=jrj7dtRU0_YC&q=Gratuities%2C+Corruption%2C+and+the+Democratic+Ethos+of+Policing+The+Case+of+the+Free+Cup+of+Coffee| url-status =live}}</ref>
*'''Extortion/[[bribery]]''': Demanding or receiving payment for criminal offenses, to overlook a crime or a possible future crime. Types of bribery are protection for illegal activities, ticket fixing, altering testimony, destroying evidence, and selling criminal information. Bribery is one of the most common acts of corruption.
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