Character And Cops Ethics In PolicingEssay Preview: Character And Cops Ethics In PolicingReport this essayFinal EssaysFour Final Essay QuestionsZachary KarenchakCharacter and Cops Ethics in PolicingNoble Cause CorruptionAre police ever justified in committing illegal acts that violate others rights are they ever justified especially when there is no personal gain but for reasons that may seem to be about a higher purpose. This is the argument for noble cause corruption. This idea brings it to the end justifies the means thinking. If we start down this line where can it lead us? The idea that we can justify any action that would violate civil rights and other laws because we feel that our cause is noble and it is not being done for personal gain but the good of others can lead us into some dark places. The noble cause thinking is able to lead us to think any action or violation is fine because the end product will be worth it. I have to admit this thinking worries me greatly not just on a national level where I think we see quite a bit of this but may not always recognize it as such, but personally I have had this happen in my job. I was called out to meet with a young girl I believe she was 11 at the time and had reported her brother- in Ð- law for sexual abuse it had been going on for several years. The officer in charge could not get her to give him a statement beyond he did this and it was a lot of times and then she shut down on him. I explained that her sister kicked him out he left the area and he was gone from her life, she accomplished what she wanted to have happen the offender disappear. The officer asked me to secretly record her and turn the tape over to him and if I would not do it he would have someone else speak to her and the person he was asking was the mother of another one of his victims. I thought this was a good example of noble cause. I of course had to speak to his chief and let the parent of the girl know that someone else was going to talk to her and that is when I learned it was the mother of the other victim. The argument that it was not for personal gain is what I have thought about with this and I am not sure it is true, I know there is no money involved but there is a feeling I am sure of being the rescuer or savior and there is that case solved and conviction that may be just as motivating for many people. I sometimes have wondered if the feeling of power also contributes to this.
ReferenceDelattre, Edwin J. Character and Cops Ethics in Policing Fourth Edition 2002Pg. 185, 186, 201, 202, 247, 293 AEI pressTherapeutic ReductionThe thought behind therapeutic vision is that no one is responsible for what they do that they are sick and therefore cannot be held responsible. I find this an interesting notion and of course it in my opinion not valid. Having worked in the field with victims for 12 years now I know that they are held accountable for what happens to them. I do not mean to sound glib but this theory sounds as if it was developed by a group of sex offenders trying to get us to look away from them and it has been successful. This vision has most likely helped family members explain how their own family members have robbed, beat, raped and murdered themselves and other family members. This would fit in with a coping skill not that I think it is healthy but I could see how it would work. The person is sick so it is not their fault, defense attorneys love this vision.
Since the word therapeutic is closely associated with people with disabilities and since they are at higher risk than the general population of becoming a victim I am glad to see them move towards a life of empowerment. The movement inside the community is to take control and not be dependent on the system but will this notion go away of the therapeutic vision I do not think it will it is spouted by families trying to understand as well as corrupt police and other criminals.
I have not been able to think of examples of police who have used this excuse for themselves in fact most of the officers I know would not want others to think they had no control since their job requires them to be in control. I know of criminals and their families who do this but I was thinking that I have heard officers talk about not charging someone because they are sick and what can you expect from someone like that and this past week in court we had a local officer ask us to see if the papers would not print information about someone who plead guilty to a sexual offence since the guy had problems and we all needed to go easy on him so I guess others might not know he could be dangerous but it is that kind of thinking that actually harms others.
ReferencesDelattre, Edwin J. Character of Cops Ethics in Policing Fourth Edition 2002Pgs. 217, 226-34 AIE PressFatalism and the Microcosm ArgumentThis argument states that police like the rest of society will include all types of individuals just like the rest of society. This therefore will lead to having corrupt and unethical police since this is found in the rest of society. This argument is not a certainty though since not everyone wants or desires to be a police officer. The system of how police are vetted needs to be stringent so that this argument will not become fact. There are those that the persona of what an officer is and the power and status it could give to someone is the only reason it draws them. Psychological testing and close monitoring during training should be able to catch a large amount of these individuals. This has been a topic of conversation in our community with in the last several years because of all of the problems within
I have read online the fact that this is so. The other aspect of the problem is that it requires the assumption that most police are too young of a view to take action on that fact. The question that gets asked a lot of officers is, “Will they get over it, or would their actions be viewed as “wrong?”
I am not sure this is being covered all that well in police academy training but they do not look out for “corrections.”
When doing a psychology exam, there is no such thing as one-size-fits-all, typical-sized police academy training. The only way to find if something is right is with a psychologist who does the job you asked for and he tells you how to do it.
He will give you an answer and the process is thorough. When you are getting the question, you can ask yourself “What do people think of my training, the way I’m doing it?” Then, if he starts your job, follow through, and you are happy with the results
He will look at your answers and what you say.
Even though it may be a “mistake” to get a bad exam, if your questions are not well thought out correctly then his job might not be done. However, if your students tell you they have all the answers and think you are just trying to do a good job, then he will not have to keep you running.
You shouldn’t worry that the first exam will be the only decision any police academy should make, you should be a hero, and when you get to be a police officer the second day of classes you could probably learn your next move. As I write this,
I am not surprised that we still don’t get a full report on my training. While this may sound good to some you have seen this kind of training used by the same people to bully children in the 80’s. Why is this happening?
The reason behind this is not the training because it does not help students. After all, students know better what has brought themselves to do this and are learning more and more to do this from other people. It isn’t just a fear of the unknown. It is a fear of the unknown.
Now, if we want to look at other facets of that thinking we may want to look at what I also know about the system and how it works, but the truth is that I still don’t understand the whole point and why so many of these things are happening. That is because even the most sophisticated of psychological problems tend to be fairly easy to solve and can be handled by psychologists and others. What is “good”?
I would say nothing at all about understanding what makes a psychopath or an unethical cop a good cop. I can only conclude that the question I am seeking at this stage is not what is wrong with us?
What we do with our lives is not the same as when we leave our jobs or leave our parents’ homes. Even when we continue our job, I still feel insecure. We continue acting like we have a lot of hard work to do, but we are not. We also spend a lot of time talking about how we are different from our parents and how different we think we are.
The bottom line being that psychopaths and unethical cops are more concerned with the security and reputation of their targets than the safety of their own communities. I was wrong and I am glad I did. We have a problem for this community. It is in our community where these two problems were identified and they found ways to work things out.
I have read online the fact that this is so. The other aspect of the problem is that it requires the assumption that most police are too young of a view to take action on that fact. The question that gets asked a lot of officers is, “Will they get over it, or would their actions be viewed as “wrong?”
I am not sure this is being covered all that well in police academy training but they do not look out for “corrections.”
When doing a psychology exam, there is no such thing as one-size-fits-all, typical-sized police academy training. The only way to find if something is right is with a psychologist who does the job you asked for and he tells you how to do it.
He will give you an answer and the process is thorough. When you are getting the question, you can ask yourself “What do people think of my training, the way I’m doing it?” Then, if he starts your job, follow through, and you are happy with the results
He will look at your answers and what you say.
Even though it may be a “mistake” to get a bad exam, if your questions are not well thought out correctly then his job might not be done. However, if your students tell you they have all the answers and think you are just trying to do a good job, then he will not have to keep you running.
You shouldn’t worry that the first exam will be the only decision any police academy should make, you should be a hero, and when you get to be a police officer the second day of classes you could probably learn your next move. As I write this,
I am not surprised that we still don’t get a full report on my training. While this may sound good to some you have seen this kind of training used by the same people to bully children in the 80’s. Why is this happening?
The reason behind this is not the training because it does not help students. After all, students know better what has brought themselves to do this and are learning more and more to do this from other people. It isn’t just a fear of the unknown. It is a fear of the unknown.
Now, if we want to look at other facets of that thinking we may want to look at what I also know about the system and how it works, but the truth is that I still don’t understand the whole point and why so many of these things are happening. That is because even the most sophisticated of psychological problems tend to be fairly easy to solve and can be handled by psychologists and others. What is “good”?
I would say nothing at all about understanding what makes a psychopath or an unethical cop a good cop. I can only conclude that the question I am seeking at this stage is not what is wrong with us?
What we do with our lives is not the same as when we leave our jobs or leave our parents’ homes. Even when we continue our job, I still feel insecure. We continue acting like we have a lot of hard work to do, but we are not. We also spend a lot of time talking about how we are different from our parents and how different we think we are.
The bottom line being that psychopaths and unethical cops are more concerned with the security and reputation of their targets than the safety of their own communities. I was wrong and I am glad I did. We have a problem for this community. It is in our community where these two problems were identified and they found ways to work things out.