PROFESSIONALISM
Learned Professions
Divinity, Law, Medicine
Examples of Moral and Physical Courage
Moral: refusing gratuities, participating in a cover-up
Physical: facing barricaded, armed suspect
What Police Legitimacy means
People have trust and confidence in the police, accept police authority and believe officers are fair
Policing in America has these roots
European methods
Referral to a private attorney or bail bondsman should never be made by this person and why
Officer, could result in a suit against an officer and be a conflict of interest that could create an ethical dilemma
The occupation which one professes to be skilled in and to follow
Profession
Pillars of Procedural Justice
-Fairness & Consistency
-Giving Voice to all Parties
-Transparency
-Impartiality
Federal statutes to investigate officers
USC 241 - Conspiracy against rights
USC 242 - Deprivation of rights under color of law
States that had "watch and ward" system
Northeastern - New York, Boston, Philadelphia
Define Community Policing
A new philosophy of policing, based on the concept that police officers and private citizens working together in creative ways can help solve contemporary community problems related to crime, fear of crime, social and physical disorder, and neighborhood decay
Professional
Description of the Ethical Role
Being objective, impartial, neutral, and ethical in personal behavior and in functioning as a representative of the criminal justice system
Penalties for sexual harassment and inappropriate officer conduct
Civil & Criminal
Define watch/ward in "watch & ward" system
Watch - nighttime
Ward - daytime
The statutory authority for the Commission to establish rules that law enforcement agencies and officers must follow
Occupations Code
The year "professionalism" was secularized
1675
Pillars of Character
-Trustworthiness
-Respect
-Responsibility
-Fairness
-Caring
-Citizenship
USC 241 Conspiracy Against Rights
Two or more persons conspire to injure, oppress, threaten, or intimidate any inhabitant of any State, Territory, or District in the free exercise or enjoyment of any right or privilege secured to him by the Constitution or laws of the United States, or because of his having so exercised the same
Militia group employed by Stephen F. Austin to protect settlers from Indian and bandit raids
Texas Rangers
An officer can call on the expertise of these professionals/service providers
-Legal Services: Local Lawyer Referral Service, County Bar Association, District or County Attorney, Small Claims Court, County/District Grad Jury
-Social Services: State Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation, alcoholic problems/mental illness/counseling services
-Texas Department of Health and Human Services: Child/Elderly Protection, Emergency Financial Assistance
-Local Crisis Centers: battered/abused women & children, local ministers or other religious figures, civil shelter, etc.
Characteristics of professionalism
-Service to others
-Assessment of needs to others
-Theoretical body of knowledge obtained through extended pre-service education
-Standards for entry, practice, and ethical conduct
-Professional association to maintain standards
-Continuing education and lifelong learning
Components of Consistent Ethical Behavior & definitions
-Moral Sensitivity: ability to recognize the presence and nature of ethical issues
-Moral Judgement: ability to make the right ethical decision
-Moral Motivation: desire to do the right thing and be a good and ethical person
-Moral Character: possessing the maturity, courage, and discipline to follow through and do what you know is right
USC 242 Deprivation of Rights Under Color of Law
Whoever, under color of any law, statute, ordinance, regulation, or custom, willfully subjects any inhabitant of any State, Territory, or District to the deprivation of any rights, privileges, or immunities secured or protected by the Constitution or laws of the United States, or to different punishments, pains, penalties, on account of such inhabitant being an alien, or by reason of his color, or race, than are prescribed for the punishment of the citizens
Mexican governors reigned over the territory that later became Texas. Policing was handled by this group and ended when Texas became a free and independent republic after this event/year
Spanish military, Battle of San Jacinto in 1836
Characteristics of Police Subculture
-Curiosity & suspiciousness
-Solidarity (taking care of one another)
-Secrecy (protection form hostile environment)
-Political and social conservatism
-Cynicism (Hobbesian view of social work)
-Social Isolation
-Authoritarian approach to control, conformity
-Support during difficult/stressful time