Waubonsee Community College

Character and cops, ethics in policing, Edwin J. Delattre

eng

Includes bibliographical references and index

index present

non fiction

Character and cops

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Edwin J. Delattre

ethics in policing

Delattre implicitly promoting the "bad apple" theory of police corruption and brutality, discusses how to promote good values in individual police officers through training and discusses how those values should lead officers to act in a variety of situations. This new edition adds a chapter on terrorism and policing, complaining that police lack the tools to effectively prosecute the "War on Terrorism" and examining issues of racial profiling

Introduction -- Excellence of character -- The mission of police -- The public trust and probity -- Discretion -- Public corruption for profit -- Authority and reform in controlling corruption -- Leadership and the character of a department -- Illegal narcotics: moral issues and public policy -- The fundamentals of character and training -- Deliberation and moral problems in training -- Tragedy and "noble cause" corruption -- Death and bereavement, deadly force and guilt -- Taking our lives seriously -- Fatalism, microcosms, and therapeutic reductions -- Ethical ideals, youth violence, and gang enforcement -- Police, the O.J. Simpson trial, and race -- The spirit of public service and individual conscience -- Ethics in the future of policing -- Terrorism and policing -- Ethics in action: case studies of professional excellence in policing -- From war veterans to peace officers