Police and Ethics on-the-job
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Define and discuss individual conscience and police assignments using specific examples. Explain how training can prepare would-be police officers for the ethical dilemmas they will face.
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This solution provides students with information on scenarios wherein officers on-the-police-force may encounter that could cause them to use personal bias instead of policy decision-making skills.
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Individual conscience does not serve as a barrier to unethical police behavior because the conscience is not always right or morally guided. Officers who believe that African American males are mostly criminals will approach their job with a good conscience if they stop 10 Blacks and find drugs on 2 out of these 10. Their conscience will be validated by the two arrests while ignoring the bias and underlying racism that allowed 8 other Blacks to be harassed and targeted because of a belief. This is because officers can be confused and adhere to certain beliefs within their ...
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