A Law Enforcement Officer For The Past 19 Years

When the public looks at us as public servants they expect officers to be of the highest ethical, and moral standard. When the police deal with the public, unfortunately it is usually when something is wrong. To be able to fix things that are wrong in society you have to be a person of integrity with moral values. The public would never trust someone who does not have integrity to fix there problems. In order for officers of the Las Vegas metropolitan police to perform their duties the community needs to be able to trust them. When a officer is trustworthy, he or she can be relied upon to be honest, reliable, and loyal, which to me means they have integrity. But its also equally important to be respectful, responsible, fair, caring, and demonstrate good citizenship. An officer with integrity does exactly what he says, and says exactly what he means. There is no conflict or doubt between his thoughts and actions. His actions are consistent with the values he claims to

The building of trust within the community is the cornerstone of a successful police department. A great amount of effort is needed in order to maintain the communities trust. Establishing a trusting relationship between law enforcement and the community has the ability to assist in police officers doing their job more effectively, makes the job safer and helps to decrease litigation issues that have often been an issue for local departments. Unfortunately, decades of mistrust make it difficult to establish trust. This combined with the lack of positive police presence within the community has built a hostile relationship between law enforcement and the community (Skogan, 2005). A large amount of citizens’ interaction with law enforcement is

Police officers are given a lot of power because it is needed to help protect citizens and the community. However, police often abuse their power by the over use of force, corruption, sexual misconduct, bias based policing, and failure to maintain police ethics. (Peak, 2011)

Although the economic environment and social relationships have changed, police officers remain the centerpiece and foundation of civil law enforcement — but without community support and trust, they will never be capable of doing their job effectively. Public trust is the cornerstone of successful policing, the currency by which they are allowed to operate. One act of misconduct, perceived or otherwise, reflects wholly on the department and is one of the most substantial hurdles to overcome as an active stakeholder within the community, not an enemy of it. Strong leadership can steer the department through adverse periods of municipal distrust by fostering a culture from within that promotes openness, fairness, and high ethical standards. Creating buy-in from internal stakeholders establishes a strong foundation and promotes esprit de corps, upon which a very successful strategic communication and outreach campaign to external stakeholders (latent, expectant, and definitive) will thrive and ensure widespread support.

Loving, K. (2014). 3 Ways For Law Enforcement To Improve Public Relations and Trust. Retrieved September 12, 2017, from

Most police officers are just trying to protect and serve — they would never consider discriminating against another person due to their race, and they try to responsibly deescalate situations whenever possible instead of resorting to violence. However, there are problems endemic to law enforcement culture, and many institutionalized problems that affect the work police do. No matter how good a police officer tries to be, it’s hard to make the world a better place while working from within an imperfect system. Law enforcement is something society will always need, and we are grateful to those who protect and serve, but the current system has issues it needs to address.

Police officers all take the same line of oath when they enter onto the force. Unfortunately, there are some that don’t respect their oath enough to stay out of trouble. If anyone takes a moment to google the term “police officer busted”, a million articles come up just within the past year. It’s sad to say that a few bad apples of mix are giving the force a bad name. Other officers take their jobs with pride and integrity. For some, it’s too much not to give into the criminal life while trying to protect others. The article I chose this week discusses an officer in Fairview Township who has been on the force for 17 years.

In today’s world, many people dispute over the corruption and lack of respect citizens receive from police officers on a day-to-day basis. People claim that police officers mistreat them with an unnecessary use of force just because of the power they posses over them. Whether its police corruption or not, people need to first understand what an officer deals with from when he puts on his uniform to when he takes it off at the end of the night. The four basic responsibilities of the police are to enforce laws, provide services, prevent crime, and preserve the peace of the people in their community. It is a police officers job to use his power in protecting the civilians of wherever he or she is located to serve. At times yes, a police officer

The relationship between a police department and the community is an ideal that has become very prominent in recent years. Cultivating trust between the two sides is not something that comes easily, and its something that can be broken in one negative interaction. For police to effectively and adequately do their job, the public must believe that they will police in a respectful and fair manner.

What is trust? Trust is a firm belief in reliability, truth, ability, or strength of someone or something. When you trust someone you feel like you can tell them anything and know that they wont say anything to anybody.

The roles of police in the community play a critical role in public trust. Police agencies must rely on the role of them community and when the community does not trust the police it effects individual morale. Police morale has been more effective in the wake of incidents involving police officers using force. As a result many cities

Conversely, when trust is conceived as an uncertain expectation, it is the lack of concrete information which defines residents’ expectations (for example, in the cases where residents have limited information of police performance and simply have ‘faith’ that police will fulfill their job). Four quotes provided by the interviewees will illustrate these two conceptions of trust as rational or ‘faithful’. The first two quotes (one portrays trust as more rational, the other rather more as ‘faithful’), the third and the fourth quotes (again, one portrays trust as more rational, the other rather

At some point in the history of the United States, citizens had a fearful yet healthy respect for law enforcement officers. That respect is a vital part of the responsibility that comes from living in a free society. It is part of the social contract, to follow the laws and respect authority, which makes us a civilized nation. Regrettably, our current society has changed and the level of respect and appreciation for authority has diminished. Officers can be thanked for risking their lives on a

The lack of moral courage within our law enforcement departments threatens our reliability in the members of the law enforcement community. In a society where we rely on law and order to protect our rights and liberties, we depend heavily on those appointed to enforce the law in a just manner. The unwillingness of a person in uniform to intervene in the name of justice undermines the expectations of its community members. It will also diminish the progress of an ever-developing and ever-changing society. It is an unjust act to allow an injustice to perpetuate when an officer is in the position to prevent it in the first place. This continued lack of moral courage only leads to distrust and civil disobedience.

With such statements of promise and commitment, that are generalizable to other police departments throughout the United States, why is it today, that we have this growing “problem” with law enforcement that includes a lack of trust between the public and police. This past year, we have seen a rise in the number of news reports on police shootings, abuse of authority, and corruption. While the loudest voice of all, is that of the Black Lives Matter group, there have been complaints throughout the country from a growing number of communities.