Conspiracy is defined as “an agreement between two or more persons to commit an unlawful act, accompanied by an intention to achieve the objective of the agreement. » (Legal Information Institute, nd) The three officers worked together and planned the crime together. No individual did more than the other and they needed each other's help to commit the crime. Individuals sometimes have difficulty trusting law enforcement for reasons that someone may or may not understand. However, it is the officers mentioned in the case study who are ruining the department's reputation. Each of these agents acted in the same way with the same intentions. This could easily make the Kansas City Police Department seem corrupt and unreliable. Not only did their decision affect the case they were handling, but also their work and the reputation of the department. Each officer involved could easily have made the decision not to participate in the crime. However, they all agreed to steal and intimidate the