The role of Policing

The role of Policing

the Law Enforcement Code of Ethics

The ethical violation in which the police officer engages is that the officer fails to safeguard human life. The police officer also fails to protect innocent individuals in society. According to the law enforcement code of ethics, it is the role of the police officers to ensure that they safeguard human life. Through this, the code of ethics does not specify if the police are supposed to protect the human life of the Americans only; rather, it suggests that the police are supposed to protect life in general.

Following the violation of the code of ethics, the possible consequences include that the police officer could face legal implications through the court of law. The article elaborates that the primary legal outcome that the police officer faced include the threat of the filling of a lawsuit by the parents of the shot boy. I view this consequence as not being adequate. The article elaborates that a majority of the American judges who sat in through the case sought to prevent the occurrence of the lawsuit. Through this, the officer does not get punished for the crime. Also, there is the

possibility of more officers engaging in a similar crime.

Through the article, the federal agency has taken up the measures that prevent the cross-border shooting from avoiding the occurrence of a similar incident. In my view, the set strategies are not enough and useful in the prevention of cross border shooting. In the case that there are no elaborate laws to that detail consequences to be administered under similar circumstances, cross-border shooting would still be prevalent as the perpetrators are likely to escape the results of the law. The alternative measures to be considered in dealing with the issue would entail the creation of a system where both countries deploy security agencies and personnel in the respective sides of the borders. Through this, the agencies on both sides would be responsible for ensuring that the effective code of conduct is maintained to prevent possible cases where the use of excessive force could be required. The law enforcement agencies could further engage in less brutal ways of dealing with the delinquents, including the conduct of arrests, rather than the use of excessive forces that include police shooting on unprosecuted suspects.

Following the sightings of the young boys who crossed over the border from the Mexican side, the best action that the police officer could have undertaken would include the arrest and detention of the boys to determine the motive that pushed them to unlawfully cross the border. Following the interrogation of the young boys to determine the reason that prompted them to cross the border, the officer would then determine the best course of action to undertake. In case that the boys had a valid reason for crossing the border, the officers wound hand then over to the necessary agency that would provide the required assistance. In the case that the reason was not valid and justifiable,  the police would hand them over to the required authorities to deport them back to Mexico. In the case that the boys made the escape without the police officer being able to make the arrest, the best cause of action would be to inform the necessary authorities from the Mexican to either facilitate the arrest or make efficient follow up on the boys.