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The Politics of Blue Power
Cray, Ed | April 21, 1969 issue

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This article focuses on the question of controlling the U.S. police force, either by police themselves or by the community. Driving for autonomy, police have co-opted this civilian head, have deliberately ignored it or have struggled against it, covertly or otherwise. If the conflict breaks into the open, the police rely then upon a pair of arguments, no civilian can understand the arcana of police work and law enforcement must be free of political influence, the inference being that politics is the essence of corruption.

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LAW enforcement; CRIMINAL justice, Administration of; LAW -- Political aspects; POLITICAL corruption; POLICE; UNITED States
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