Ethical and professional practices of officers in the criminal justice system viewed by most are the highest standards in the country. On daily basis officers, confront ethical and professional challenges that required sound judgment, fortitude and integrity to overcome temptation. The only way to combat ethical issues faced by officers is to be ahead ethical problems. For example, accept only the most qualified recruits in academy’s, make ethics training incessant and deliberate for officer throughout their careers and provide real life training that puts officers in situations to make ethical decisions they may encounter in actual circumstances on the street (Papenfuhs, 2011). Ethical and professional issues can ranging from large too
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The deli owner, Ari, tells the officer his sandwich is on the house and that he does not need to pay. In this scenario, the police officer would be wrong and would violate ethics and professionalism if he accepted the free sandwich. Furthermore, if the police officer accepts gratuity the probability of presenting future problems exist. Each police department has a code of ethics and professional conduct police officer follow, and not excepting gratuity is a part of that ethics code. In some police departments, ethics and professionalism is synonymous in definition. Accepting benefits from citizens, the officer is in a situation where the person offering the gratuity may want something in return later. To illustrate, several officers received free meals at a local restaurant and the owner takes down names, dates and prices of meals tendered in a journal. The owner does this because months earlier his son was charged for driving while under the influence and was attempting to get his son out of the charge (Grossi, D, 2009). As minor as a free cup of coffee can put an officer in an ethical and professional dilemma and for that reason, each department must have a code of ethics and training should be routine and …show more content…
The United States Navy shares these same core values with law enforcement agencies throughout the America. Based on my discoveries of professionalism and ethics in the criminal justice system law enforcement officers are best in line with my moral beliefs. I would chose a career field in law enforcement because of the high degree of integrity and professionalism officers display under adversity. My experience in the military with hardship and my ability to handle high stress situation calm and collectively, leads me to believe I would make an excellent Police
The deli owner, Ari, tells the officer his sandwich is on the house and that he does not need to pay. In this scenario, the police officer would be wrong and would violate ethics and professionalism if he accepted the free sandwich. Furthermore, if the police officer accepts gratuity the probability of presenting future problems exist. Each police department has a code of ethics and professional conduct police officer follow, and not excepting gratuity is a part of that ethics code. In some police departments, ethics and professionalism is synonymous in definition. Accepting benefits from citizens, the officer is in a situation where the person offering the gratuity may want something in return later. To illustrate, several officers received free meals at a local restaurant and the owner takes down names, dates and prices of meals tendered in a journal. The owner does this because months earlier his son was charged for driving while under the influence and was attempting to get his son out of the charge (Grossi, D, 2009). As minor as a free cup of coffee can put an officer in an ethical and professional dilemma and for that reason, each department must have a code of ethics and training should be routine and …show more content…
The United States Navy shares these same core values with law enforcement agencies throughout the America. Based on my discoveries of professionalism and ethics in the criminal justice system law enforcement officers are best in line with my moral beliefs. I would chose a career field in law enforcement because of the high degree of integrity and professionalism officers display under adversity. My experience in the military with hardship and my ability to handle high stress situation calm and collectively, leads me to believe I would make an excellent Police