It basically means that police officers become a product of their environment. They are surrounded by corruption on a daily basis, so they themselves become corrupt. The agency itself accepts this type of negative behavior and actually encourages it. When the public brings misconduct to the attention of the supervisor or agencies, nothing is done about it. This gives the officer an abuse of power mentality where the misconduct continues to escalate. Example: According to the Associate Press, Bob Menendez was accused of using his office to improperly favor a Florida eye doctor. The federal grand jury indicted the New Jersey Democrat on charges of conspiracy to commit bribery and wire fraud. These corruption allegations demonstrated the state of the broken political system. His family and eye clinic employees have made more than $1 million in federal political contributions since 1993. Most have gone to outside groups and some have gone to campaigns, all Democratic. My opinion on the legalization of marijuana is that it should be legalized and implemented into law enforcement policy, the reason being, from my research, law enforcement has made more arrests for illegal drugs than any other crime. It should also be legalized because according to research there are so many benefits that can benefit a sick individual. However