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Abstract
New York City, known as 'the city that never sleeps', was taken by surprise by the total lockdown, imposed on its residents in March 2020 as a result of the ongoing COVID pandemic. To say that nobody was prepared for this type of extreme lockdown is an understatement. The enforcement of the requirements to wear masks in public and the prohibition of outside gathering was placed on the New York City Police Department (NYPD). The NYPD appeared to be as unprepared for this new monitoring and enforcement role much as any other governmental institution. In addition to the pandemic, a wave of anti-police sentiments swept the USA, including New York City, leaving the NYPD exposed to violent demonstrations and lootings.

1. The pressing need to study the code of silence -- 2. Code of silence and the theory of police integrity -- 3. Code of silence and police self-legitimacy -- 4. Code of silence and the police organization -- 5. Code of silence and the society at large -- 6. Lessons learned.

This book explores the contours of the code of silence and provides policy recommendations geared toward creating an environment less conducive for police misconduct. It responds to the recent calls for police reform, in the wake of the perceived illegitimacy of police actions and the protection that the code of silence seems to provide to the police officers who violate the official rules. Using a case study of a medium-sized U.S. police agency, this book employs the lens of police integrity theory to provide empirically grounded explanations of the code of silence. It examines the potential effects of organizational factors and the attitudes of individual police officers on their willingness to adhere to the code of silence in cases of police corruption, the use of excessive force, interpersonal deviance, and organizational deviance. The book focuses on the following factors that could influence the police code of silence in the times of change: The impact of organizational rule dissemination, discipline, and disciplinary fairness on the scope of the code of silence The role organizational justice plays in shaping police officer willingness to report misconduct The effect that police officers' self-legitimacy has on their decisions to adhere to the code The influence of peer culture on individual police officer amenability to maintain the code The relationship between officers' views of themselves, the organization, and the community on their willingness to report misconduct