Capstone Project Assignment: Integrity Issues

Not only is the media a good tool for the police, but the police help the media as well. Crime is great for ratings and attracts more viewers because the public wants to know exactly what is going on. This gives the media more things to talk about during their news segments which will help fill in the amount of time their show is and inform those of anything to look out for that is associated with the crime that has happened.

Police officers are individuals who enforce the law upon their community to ensure that their citizens remain safe. In the past couple of years, officers of the law have been involved in acts of brutality that seem to go beyond the proper measurements of protection for their citizens. Policemen are supposed to protect their citizens from danger and from harm, not impose a threat on them. The fact that officers have a history of abusing their power indicates that their trust amongst the community has been corrupted. Those who have been affected of police brutality feel as though they have been deceived. They no longer feel that police officers will protect them, but rather abuse them, and that is a problem. We have began to live in a community in which an individual feels frightened when seeing a cop, rather than feeling protected. Some individuals may argue that police brutality is not a problem due to the fact that it is not consistent enough to catch the attention of needing a solution. However, that idea means little when the level of brutality has led to the death of several innocent victims in some cases. We must not wait for there to be a pattern of death at the hands of police officials to consider this a problem. One death indicates that preventive measures must be taken to ensure that these officers are no longer put in the position to abuse their power to begin with.

Ultimately this course provided me with new ideas on how to handle certain situations in several criminal justice occupations. This course relates very well to officer discretion, corruption and discrimination. In today’s society police officers are faced with problematic situation each day and although we cannot teach fight or flight in a classroom we can try to learn what not to do in a difficult situation. When observing the different controversial decisions that are being made, you learn that when police officers are faced with critical and life changing decisions officers do not have the convenience of time. The decisions are made while that person has adrenalin rushing through their bodies and time moving faster than any person can anticipate. This is the synopsis of ethical issues, the different controversial decisions that must be made as a police officer, judge or correctional officer. What is the correct decision being the topic for discussion? A discussion in which the professor allows all voices to be heard so that we all can learn from one another perspectives.

In today’s society the police are harassed for supposedly abusing their power against people who commit crimes and innocent bystanders however the general public usually mix those two categories of people with each other. Officers are blamed for whatever course of action they decide to take in order to prevent a serious threat from arising. Consequently, the public is having a growing fear of the police, their own definitions of excessive force are biased, the police abuse their powers, etc. The change in how a police officer may carry out every situation may be a change that we need to protect the people.

A concern that has plagued contemporary society lately is the use of police force and the sometimes racial injustices seemingly perpetrated by police forces. This issue has caused many citizens to become distrustful of law enforcement and to develop a disdain for police officers. Numerous test, survey, and data have been collected on the subject to gain a better understanding of the growing problem between the police and a weary public. With a increasingly socialized world connecting citizens through different mediums such as the internet, television, and radio comes the newfound problems of old issues coming to a head.

Integrity is when you do the right thing, even when nobody's watching. “You working with a group cutting bushes in the woods when two of the men started to argue Joe looked up and saw the guy slapping angrily toward each other both raising their axes, and without thinking Joe jumped between the men ‘you give me your axe’ he demanded of one, then he turned to the other ‘and you give me your axe’. Joe took the axes and the fight was over.” (131) Joe showed integrity in that situation because he did the right thing, even if it meant potentially putting himself in danger, even when no one was watching.

The media plays the role as entertaining and a source of information to its viewers, however, with the current crime trends, most viewers have the perceptions that our criminal justice system is lacking in areas of proper sentencing and protecting the viewers. All this is based upon what we see in the media is the information reliable or not? I say this because of hearing about news personality lying about their experience only to booster the networks rating. When the criminal justice system has contact with the media, most will withhold information or give misleading information to justify the capture or conviction of a criminal. So not only are we questioning the efficacy of the criminal justice system but the media as well.

In the 1960s the policeman were assigned to duty inorder to uphold law and not to get personally involved with individuals or neighbors (Hoover, L 2014). They were also assigned to uphold justice and not to show partiality. But as history proves a different approached was taken by the police. Instead of showing impartiality they did just the opposite. Based on our study the police were attacking peaceful protestors, because of the police actions riots broke out in almost every city in the Unites States which caused a lack of distrust in the law enforcement (Hoover, L 2014).

We live in a society where integrity has become a decaying business ethic. In the scenario for this unit we find Dalman and Lei facing an integrity check, when they are reported by one of their managers that a government inspector stated he would be willing to approve a violation of a new law, based on new local health codes, by one of Sandwich Blitz locations, in exchange for catering services to his department’s holiday party. In this particular situation, the first demonstration of integrity has already been displayed by the location’s manager with the mere fact of him reporting the incident to Dalman and Lei. But the integrity test does not end there, in fact, that is just the beginning. In Sherman’s article Rethinking Integrity, one

In Pasco, Washington, three police officers were being violated by Antonio Zambrano-Montes, a Mexican immigrant, who was supposedly throwing rocks at the officers. The officers eventually resulted in shooting the unarmed man and Zambrano ultimately died on the scene. The three officers involved in that case were eventually not charged but the state of Washington is planning to review the charging decisions of the officers. While the federal government is investigating Zambrano’s death, the county in which the incident happened is insisting on an inquest to restore the trust with the Pasco community. The governor of Washington said, “I want to ensure that people have confidence and trust in the decision that was made in this case” (The Associated Press). The account between Antonio Zambrano-Montes and the three police officers was caught on video through a cellphone and the video went viral. The video set off many protests in the city where the incident took place. But after the decision to not charge the officers, no protests took place. In Franklin county, where the shooting occurred, prosecutor Shawn Sant believes the three officers in the case acted “in good faith and without malice” and the people of the community are “not surprised by this decision, but are disgusted and disappointed” (The Associated Press). There are no statements give by the officers involved, Adrian Alaniz, Ryan

There are two demanding issues within the fields of policing, one is amassed inhabitant trust in the constabularies and fostering United States conglomerates amid constabularies and areas they serve. Civivillians in the United States in general to have sympathetic views of constabularies, conversely the less contact individuals have with constabularies, the more likely they are to have optimistic slants of the constabularies. Given the impression that run-ins with the constabularies interpose towards discouraging views of them and critiques of their services. On behalf of the constables procedural justice, which emphasis on the nature of the relations of constabularies and the communities, has caught the interest from scholars and specialists. “”The procedural justice approach holds that citizens’ perceived fairness in interactions with police is positive and related to favorable attitudes.”” (Gau, 2010; Harvell, 2008; Resig at al., 2007; Tyler, 2006 and Huo, 2002). Not amazed by how many numerous findings that show procedural justice influences civilians discernment about the constabularies but not only inclination to liaise with them. Its universally accepted that the irrefutable attitudes regarding disposition to help in the law-enforcement investigation and have a wide-range implications for the legitimacy of constabularies and communal control. “” According to Tyler (1997) the primary impact of experience on views about the overall legitimacy of authorities innovative judgements about how one is treated. People value a respectful treatment by authorities and view those authorities who treat them with respect as more entitled to be obeyed.”” (pp.

In recent years, society has heard cases of police brutality at an increasingly shocking rate, thus creating a sense of distrust among communities towards police officers and other authority figures. As the first line of defense against crimes such as home invasions or crimes against persons, police officers are expected to be an ally towards victims; however, it seems that society is now viewing officers as the perpetrators of crimes as opposed to the protectors. This has already posed an issue because community members are choosing not to seek police help when needed, and when they do decide to seek help, forgoing police assistance results in being uncertain of where else to go.

An example of integrity testing would consist of an uncover agent claiming they found a wallet that contains $350 but could not determine who the owner was. According to similar test conducted by Australian police departments, 30% of the officers that were tested failed to follow proper departmental regulations regarding lost property. Although people did fail the test, the results did not create the best atmosphere within the department based on lack of trust. In my opinion, I would think some officers may neglect to accept complaints thinking the complainant is an undercover agent testing their integrity and may

This paper will describe police power and police authority. I will also talk about police discretion as for as whom gets locked up and who is allowed to go free. This paper will discuss the different use of police force. In this paper I will also talk about police attitude, police misconduct, and physical abuse among police officers.

In today's society the police, play may roles. They are the peacekeepers, law enforcement and many other jobs. However, recently they have become the subject of a very heated and large debate. Many believe that the police should give up their brute type tactics for a more civilized and humanized approach, while others feel that the police should crack down on the most insignificant of offences to type and disparage crimes that are more serious. In this paper, we will be analyzing both sides of this issue, from the look of the police administration to the public's view of it. When we mention today's police force we will be using the New York City police force as are basis of comparison, because they seem to