Abstract
During the 1990s a number of high-profile corruption cases, involving police officers engaging in serious criminal activity, merged with wider debates on police integrity. This article examines the anti-corruption strategies employed by the Metropolitan Police and Merseyside Police. Some current risk areas of corruption are examined and then the roles of dedicated anti-corruption units, preventive measures and other techniques are discussed. What appears qualitatively different about the current approach of these two services is the internal commitment which is reflected in the operations of a dedicated anti-corruption unit, the development of preventive measures and the recognition that a successful anti-corruption unit should operate in a developing system of overall ‘professional standards’. The latter includes the development of a series of managerial, organisational and procedural systems extending throughout the organisation.
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