On a daily bases we, as human beings, are faced with making decisions that deal with right and wrong. We are taught at a young age about morals, ethics, values and our laws in society. We carry the lessons we learn when we are young throughout our life and even into our careers of choice. The career you choose to go into will have policies and procedures that are to be managed and followed. With the uprising in technology we are faced with more ethical decisions that are more challenging than before. Police face an ethical decision every time they take on a new case. When is it okay for a police Officer to obtain information that may save your life or the life of another? Recently in Gloucestershire, their police department faced what could have been a death due to overdose if certain actions were not taken (Guardian). Supt Richard Cooper has the job of deciding whether the police department should pull telephone and the internet companies for customer records. With very little to go on to find the girl other than a text message sent to a friend Cooper decided to request for Spoc. Spoc is known as the Single Point of Contact, which is a small team located at headquarts. When Spoc has agreed there is need for interference with personal privacy they are …show more content…
The most current Ripa is from 2000, this covers England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland along with more geographical locations. A few reasons that are stated for pulling coms are in interst of national security, for the purpose of preventing or detecting crime or of preventing disorder, protecting public health, along with various other reasons. Ripa states reasons why the police department can pull comm but does not give strict guidance on the matter (Ripa 2000). The comm that can be obtained includes details of where, when and how long a phone or computer was on but not the