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Aug 27, 2020 · One of the key issues addressed in the College of Policing’s Code of Ethics is the requirement for individual officers to report a colleague who breaks a rule, law or regulation. The question of why officers may fail to speak up when they see other officers misbehaving or breaking the law is a long-running conundrum.
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Mar 27, 2022 · The ethics of policing currently neglects to provide a framework for analysing the morality of deliberate inactions to prevent harm, even though these are often adopted tactically by police as a means of preventing greater harms. In this paper we argue (a) that police have special moral obligations to prevent harm, grounded both in a contractarian account of police legitimacy and in the ...
Apr 1, 2014 · Perceived legitimacy was measured in two ways: 1) “perceived obligation to obey the law” (e.g., “a person should obey the law even if it goes against what they think is right”), and 2) “support for legal authorities” (“I have a great deal of respect for the Chicago police”) (Tyler 1990, 45–48).
Oct 1, 2011 · Law enforcement leaders must accept the possibility of pervasive unethical conduct and quickly address such incidents. Finally, law enforcement agencies should frequently discuss ethics in the workplace. 14 Like physical fitness, ethical fitness requires constant practice. Case studies provide an effective tool for this continual reinforcement ...
A possible explanation for this result can be found in an examination of the primary studies. The definition and measurement of legitimacy varied widely between primary studies, making the studies so heterogeneous that it is impossible to separate the within-study effects of the intervention from the effects of the between-study variation.
Some of the legitimacy failures in law enforcement today stem from inadequate attention to adjusting police practices in response to new evidence. Using the medical profession as a comparison, this chapter argues that law enforcement organizations have ethical obligations to evaluate themselves in light of the latest research, as well as to support ongoing research into best practices.
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Nov 8, 2015 · The IACP Code of Ethics states: “As a law enforcement officer, my fundamental duty is to serve the community; to safeguard lives and property; to protect the innocent against deception, the weak against oppression or intimidation and the peaceful against violence or disorder; and to respect the constitutional rights of all to liberty, equality and justice.”
