Ethics and Police Brutality
Police Brutality and Political Conflict in Communities
- Apply decision-making and leadership skills in a police administration environment.
- Analyze the culture of police organizations from a leadership perspective.
- Implement appropriate human resource management skills.
- Explain what you, as a police administrator, would do in the case mentioned in the article you chose, and why.
- Analyze how you would apply the parameters of police personnel standards, using your selected case as support for your position.
- Explore the impact of the police’s behaviors detailed in your selected case on the culture of police organizations and law enforcement from a police administrator’s perspective.
- Apply decision-making and leadership skills in a police administration environment.
- Explain what a police administrator would do in the case mentioned in the article you chose.
- Analyze the culture of police organizations from a leadership perspective.
- Explore the impact of police behaviors on the culture of police organizations and law enforcement from a police administrator’s perspective.
- Implement appropriate human resource management skills.
- Analyze application of the parameters of police personnel standards.
- What similarities and differences exist between how you and others would apply the parameters of police personnel standards, based on selected cases?
- Did you agree or disagree with other learners about the impact of the police’s behaviors detailed in your selected case on the culture of police organizations and law enforcement from a police administrator’s perspective? Why or why not?
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Competencies Addressed in This Discussion
Ethics and Police Brutality Introduction
Law enforcement continues to be plagued by the historical problems of brutality and scandal. Police officers have been accused of lying in court, falsifying or withholding of evidence, gross mishandling of case investigations, corruption, racism, physical abuse and violence, and even murder. Sever major cases highlighting police misconduct occurred in rapid succession, which has had political fallout across the nation.
Highlighted cases of police brutality, scandal, and corruption, such as the Rodney King, Abner Louima, and Amadou Diallo cases, not only mar the reputation of specific police agencies involved, but also raise serious questions as to police accountability, autonomy, and ethics. As a result, many communities have experienced renewed tensions between the police and minority groups, especially in inner-city, low-income areas.
Police departments have responded by attempting to be more receptive to minority concerns, revamping their training and supervision to make abuses less likely, requiring violence reduction training and police ethics training, and moving to a community policing philosophy that emphasizes dispute resolution, mediation, and service orientation rather than order maintenance and arrest.
Ethics and Police Brutality Instructions
Use the following link/article to answer the listed questions:
Website: https://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/21/nyregion/nypd-a…
In your main post:
Discussion Objectives
The competencies addressed in this discussion are supported by discussion objectives, as follows:
Response Guidelines
Respond to the posts of two peers. Interact with other learners about what they would do the same as or different from the courts in the cases mentioned in the chosen articles.
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