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Ethical Issues In Policing

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Ben-Porat, G. (2008). Policing multicultural states: Lessons from the Canadian model. Policing & Society, 18(4), 411-425. Ben-Porat focuses on the issues addressed in policing. The article expresses the importance on protecting and serving all civilians when it comes to communicating. It is noted that some civilians endure difficulties when addressing concerns to police officers. Enforcing discriminatory practices when a civilian endures a language barrier with the officer is what has resulted to prevent minority groups from receiving the services they need by police officers. In this study, research was conducted on a series of interviews from Canadian police officers. The issues at hand focus on police adaptation to a multicultural setting: …show more content…

In addition, disciplinary actions are also attempted to be implemented while reducing police corruption. Anti-corruption units have been designed in metropolitan police departments. However, these units have been seen to be reactive as opposed to proactive. Therefore, a proactive unit was constructed by the Johannesburg Metropolitan Police Department. Investigators in this unit are assigned to audit offices and officers to conduct spot firearm, ticket book, process adherence and other systems checks Faull (2008). This research study will help identify policy recommendations to reforming professional ethical behavior in law enforcement and determine if the policy recommendations in this study were successful or not. The Metropolitan Police Departments do not structure any guidelines for correcting corruption from colleague to colleague when being witnessed. The Johannesburg Metropolitan Police Department is the only Metropolitan Police Department that runs a campaign addressing corruption. Therefore, the Metropolitan Police Departments will lack less resources in implementing policy …show more content…

Police officers in this study have been found to not arrest these individuals due to the amount of time it gets for the individual to comply with the police officer. Although some police officers have been trained for these particular scenarios when dealing with the mentally ill, not all officers come into contact with these individuals. Some police officers are seen to believe that it is a waste of time trying to arrest a mentally ill individual. The reason behind this is because most individuals who endure these issues, are almost always released from jail and are sent to mental health

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In the article, “Feds fault San Francisco police for violence against minorities and recommend 272 reforms”, James Queally and Joe Mozingo addresses the abusive mentality police have with their authority. They imply the behavior of police in some cases isn’t appropriate for someone who is suppose to serve and protect. They include LAPD incidents where Investigation of police are said to use racial slurs through communication of text amongst themselves when referring to Blacks, Latinos and people of middle eastern descent. Ultimately what Queally and Mozingo are trying to get at is that law enforcement abuse their power and degrade their reputation, and should be civil and not be dishonorable by being racially

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James Queally and Joe Mozingo on the article “Feds fault San Francisco police for violence against minorities and recommend 272 reforms” explains how law enforcement is racially biased towards minorities. Queally and Mozingo support their claim by mentioning the rise of police brutality against Blacks and Latinos and describing the type slurs used when law enforcement are referring to minorities amongst their fellow colleague. The authors’ purpose is to show the reader the type of way law enforcement is unfair to people of color and different cultures. The authors write in a serious tone to those seeking to end police brutality.

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As defined by Bob Harrison in Noble Cause Corruption and the Police Ethic, “Noble Cause Corruption is the concept of officers acting illegally,not for personal gain, but to fulfill moral obligations, stands as a testimony to the difficulties encouraged by those entrusted with the public's safety”. It is “a mindset or sub-culture which fosters a belief that the end sjustify the means, law enforcement is engaged in a mission to make our streets and communities safe and if that requires suspending the constitution or violating laws ourselves in order to accomplish our mission then for the greater good of society,so be it” (Steve Rothlien). Officers as well as other law enforcement officials are faced with ehtical dilemmas nearly everyday and have

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Law and racism are two subjects that are historically entwined and this relationship continues to cause conflict and controversy in modern society. One practice of Canadian law enforcement is carding. Carding is the collection of intelligence by law enforcement by stopping and searching members of the population in public. In current Canadian society, high controversy is associated with certain law enforcement practices, specifically carding, because there is frequent debate over whether such practices reflect racial

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The issue of race within the police force dates back to the 1967 President’s Commission on Law Enforcement and the Administration of Justice, which considered the lack of minority officers one of the central problems in policing at that time. Almost 50 years later and

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For example, descriptions of black citizens ' mistreatment by the police are abundant in some African-American communities. Regardless of their accuracy, the dissemination of these narratives increases the likelihood that neighborhood residents will come to view local policing strategies as racially biased (Weitzer, 2002). Feagin 's (1991) examination of racial discrimination highlights the importance of understanding the impact of accumulated discriminatory experiences. One of the most reliable findings in research on attitudes toward police is that citizen distrust is more widespread among African-Americans than whites. Residents of disadvantaged communities have a considerable risk of experiencing direct and indirect contact with police

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It is easy to learn about a subject from a book, but it is an entirely different matter to learn about a subject through real life experience. I hope to learn how to serve and protect while implementing the law correctly, especially in today’s world when the level of support for police officers is very low and the level of misconduct cases concerning the police are very high. It is not easy to know what to do in every situation, especially when some reactions are needed with very little or no time to think about. It is one thing to hear about a crime happening and the response that would be best to give, and another thing to need

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‘’Most officers enter law enforcement with minimal experience in the field or in handling the moral dilemmas that officers typically encounter. They learn how to perform their jobs, as well as recognize the organizational norms, values, and culture, from their peers and supervisors. While supervisors provide direct, formal reinforcement, officers’ peers offer friendship and informal rewards that, in many cases, hold greater influence than official recognition from the agency’’ (Fitch, 2011). Officers who come across situations where they are unsure what is morally and ethically best to do often turn to their peers for assurance and guidance. Good ethical behavior can easily be influenced by officers and those in law enforcement.

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