The traditional stereotype of a policeman engaged in unlawful activity is usually that of an isolated deviation by an individtal officer-morally weak, intellectually dull, and personally corrupt. The study reported in this paper deals with police group deviation and the informal "code" whereby it is perpetuated. The author explores the process of recruit socialization into unlawful "code" practices, preservation of "code" secrecy; and group acceptance for practitioners is clearly documented. Difficulties in breaking the "code" without destroying police professionalism are discussed.

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