Lies And Deception Essay

Lying and deception is one of the most common sins that we see in law enforcement according to our ethic book. This is one of the sins that can easily be made, and most would see as not a very big sin depending on what an officer is lying about. A person of the law should never lie but some examples can be when a civilian reports an officer doing something they shouldn’t of done like speeding or turning their lights on to get through a light just so they don’t have to wait. Now when this gets reported an officer could easily lie and say he or she didn’t do this because there is most likely no evidence of this being done and it’s the officers word against the civilians. Now that is just a simple example of how an officer could lie to a leader or their department. It doesn’t matter how big or small the lie is a lie is a lie an If an officer lies about something small like that, then there’s no saying they aren’t lying about other things. With law enforcement it is very important to be honest and trust worthily. No other officer wants to go on calls where they feel like they can’t trust the other officer. Prejudice and racial discrimination has been a problem for law enforcement for a very long time. With media having for influence now …show more content…
This is when an officer thinks that having a badge means they can treat others in anyway they wish. They feel like they have more power than others, which this can be the case, officers of the law can do things that some civilians can but there is a limit to these powers. An officer can slam you on the ground because they wanted to or arrest you because they felt like it. Every action an officer takes has to have a good reason behind them taking that action. If an officer takes some sort of action that has no reasonable reason behind it they did it just because they felt like it then this is abuse of