The Absence of Ethical and Value Training in Police Education
“On my honor, I will never betray my badge, my integrity, my character, or the public trust” (IACP). This quote is a segment of the “Law Enforcement Oath of Honor” that is required of any police officer at the conclusion of his or her training. Police officers are allowed to start enforcing the law after only 19 weeks to 6 months of training. During this short amount of training how can all officers be expected to uphold the Law Enforcement Oath of Honor? During training cadets are required to take multiple in-class courses before moving on to field training. These courses typically include, criminal law, self-defense, and use of non-lethal weapons. Of the courses listed and the …show more content…
It effects how the people view the values of the department/ government. What does the government value more the publics view of them or doing what is right? Do they value their team and employees more than they value the people they signed up to protect? It also effects how the people will view the officer on a day-to-day basis. What does the everyday officer value; safety, order, law, family, loyalty? Finally, the absence of ethical and value training affect us as a people. We began to question our safety, our security, and our rights as a citizen. As a citizen if we feel that we are being treated unfairly or not being given complete transparency it can lead to a domino effect of issues that could simply be corrected with enhancing police training before an incident happens. Also, when the people feel as if their voice is not being heard in such an important matter, this too can lead to many problems that could have been prevented. There is nothing more the government would hate than a rise and revolt against the police and the government. Both police supporters and critics are always certain that what police need is more training (PORM). Being that this is the case the people should push for a more complete and developed police …show more content…
Rawls speaks on the ethical concept of “Justice as fairness”. He believes that justice should equal fairness. Yet, there are police officers being judge and jury when they practice the law because they have no ethical training. How is that giving the people a fair justice? It is not. When police officers are allowed free reign to do what they please under the pretense that they have not have the appropriate training it shines a poor light on the officer, the department, and the government as a whole. How can an American citizen expect the police officer to make the correct ethical, value, and fair driven decision on the job when they have had no training? Rawls states, “one feature of justice as fairness is to think of the parties in the initial situation as rational and mutually disinterested” (582). When there is no ethics training for police officers they will miss this very important concept they need while protecting and serving the people of America. They will not be able to stop, think, and separate rational and disinterest in the heat of the moment. If police officers were trained in this way there will be many incidents that can be prevented. Finally, Rawls states, “so a group of persons must decide once and for all what is to count among them as just and unjust” (581). When Rawls makes this statement, he declaring that the
“On my honor, I will never betray my badge, my integrity, my character, or the public trust” (IACP). This quote is a segment of the “Law Enforcement Oath of Honor” that is required of any police officer at the conclusion of his or her training. Police officers are allowed to start enforcing the law after only 19 weeks to 6 months of training. During this short amount of training how can all officers be expected to uphold the Law Enforcement Oath of Honor? During training cadets are required to take multiple in-class courses before moving on to field training. These courses typically include, criminal law, self-defense, and use of non-lethal weapons. Of the courses listed and the …show more content…
It effects how the people view the values of the department/ government. What does the government value more the publics view of them or doing what is right? Do they value their team and employees more than they value the people they signed up to protect? It also effects how the people will view the officer on a day-to-day basis. What does the everyday officer value; safety, order, law, family, loyalty? Finally, the absence of ethical and value training affect us as a people. We began to question our safety, our security, and our rights as a citizen. As a citizen if we feel that we are being treated unfairly or not being given complete transparency it can lead to a domino effect of issues that could simply be corrected with enhancing police training before an incident happens. Also, when the people feel as if their voice is not being heard in such an important matter, this too can lead to many problems that could have been prevented. There is nothing more the government would hate than a rise and revolt against the police and the government. Both police supporters and critics are always certain that what police need is more training (PORM). Being that this is the case the people should push for a more complete and developed police …show more content…
Rawls speaks on the ethical concept of “Justice as fairness”. He believes that justice should equal fairness. Yet, there are police officers being judge and jury when they practice the law because they have no ethical training. How is that giving the people a fair justice? It is not. When police officers are allowed free reign to do what they please under the pretense that they have not have the appropriate training it shines a poor light on the officer, the department, and the government as a whole. How can an American citizen expect the police officer to make the correct ethical, value, and fair driven decision on the job when they have had no training? Rawls states, “one feature of justice as fairness is to think of the parties in the initial situation as rational and mutually disinterested” (582). When there is no ethics training for police officers they will miss this very important concept they need while protecting and serving the people of America. They will not be able to stop, think, and separate rational and disinterest in the heat of the moment. If police officers were trained in this way there will be many incidents that can be prevented. Finally, Rawls states, “so a group of persons must decide once and for all what is to count among them as just and unjust” (581). When Rawls makes this statement, he declaring that the