Former Atlanta Police Officer Sentenced to Prison for Accepting Bribes

Running head: ETHICAL VIOLATION
ETHICAL VIOLATION

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ETHICAL VIOLATION
Case Study: Former Atlanta Police Officer Sentenced to Prison for Accepting Bribes
A former officer of Atlanta police department named as Elton Augustin was given punishment of
two years imprisonment for various unethical activities like accepting bribes and misleading the
agents of FBI. The duty of the police officer to support the rules and regulation of that particular
country and protect the society they were serving. However, the accused police officer supported
an illegal business and engaged in black money exchange and also provided false information to
the investigator of federal unit. The Attorney Sally of United States made the above statement
and named as Quillian Yates. As opined by Shalvi et al., (2015), the action of the police officer
betrayed the society and the officer who work honestly and serve the country in a dedicated way.
The career of the police officer was ruined when that individual was convicted of the above-
mentioned accusation. It is necessary to keep a note about the maximum number of honest
officer that serve the society and have a proper understanding about their oaths in context of the
police badge and maintains the trust of the civilians towards the legal system of that particular
country. The police officials want everyone to contact the nearest police station in case of any
kind of activities that involves corruption (Baykara, Demir & Yaman 2015).
The charges that were put on the officer of Atlanta police department named as Elton Augustin
from June to August 2007 were presented in the court. It was found that the officer while serving
as a police was engaged with an illegal form of nightclub in Georgia. Not only Augustin were
engaged in this illegal issue but also two other officers were also indulged in this. They used to
get $10000 cash to give security to that illegal nightclub. Moreover, they used to create
hindrance for the other officer to investigate the illegal activities in the nightclub (Hassan,
Wright & Yukl 2014). The illegal activities in the nightclub comprised of prostitution, selling
drugs, gambling and many more.
Other officers and Augustin gives duty outside the nightclub at the parking lot. It is perform with
an intention so that they could interfere in the activities of the honest police officer, who want to
take action against the illegal activities of the nightclub (U.S Attorney’s Office, 2013). They
don’t allow other officer to know about the illegal activities that were going inside the nightclub.
Hence, the nightclub continued the activities without any barriers for various months.