Police Ethics Outline

Police Ethics Outline

Kevin Royce

1. Introduction
2. Law Enforcement demand high levels of ethical standards
3. Adherence to ethical standards has a high influence on policing perfection
4. The police department is being affected by lack of ethics among police officers

Thesis Statement: Eradication of police corruption and adoption of higher ethical standards in law enforcement require the cooperation of policing organizations, community, and the police officers.

1. Background
2. Lack of proper implementation of ethical standards in law enforcement has been a historical problem.
3. The poor policing culture is one of the major obstacles to achieving social changes.
4. Law enforcement agencies must be at the forefront of embracing ethics
5. Different strategies have been put in place to deal with police ethics

III. Major Point 1: Reform techniques to deal with the individual officers have never been effective.

1. there has been inadequate internal processes, training, and external integrity organs to deal with the issue.
2. law enforcement agencies have not utilized the right organizational and transformational theories to promote ethics in policing
3. Major Point 2: Understanding the nature of police ethics.
4. The police must not solve dispute when under conflict of interest
5. The police have the endowment of social authority to oversee moral actions in the public
6. Police have complex and broad mandate of ensuring that the public receives protection. Violation of civil rights on the part of police automatically amounts to corruption.
7. Police are often exposed to temptation in issues such as investigation of illicit drugs
8. Major Point 3: The essence of ethics training and professionalism in law enforcement.
9. In the past, police as based on political loyalty while derailing professionalism in the service
10. responsibilities of police officers are outlined in the Law Enforcement Code of Ethics.
11. Police trainings have failed to instill professionalism
12. Ethics has always been ignored in the police curriculum
13. Major Point 4: The need for ethics reforms
14. Officers should learn ethical standards from their training
15. There is the need to encourage professionalism in police practice using stricter measures
16. The police should avoid bureaucratic structures that tend to protect them

VII. Conclusion

1. Restatement of Thesis: Eradication of police corruption and adoption of higher ethical standards in law enforcement require the cooperation of policing organizations, community, and the police officers.

1. Next Steps: Promote professionalism in law enforcement