Provide suggestions for necessary administrative changes to be made within all levels of police departments to create an ethical culture.
Use the case below for written assessment. Critically investigate and evaluate the case facts and justify your responses to the following:1. Identify conflicts between the formal law enforcement code of ethics and the cop subculture, which is referred to as the thin blue line. What ethical concerns might these conflicts create? Apply relevant theories of ethics and integrity in policing from course readings and your own research.2. Explain how these subcultures are perceived by the public concerning the role of law enforcement.3. Discuss the advantages offered by ethical pluralism over ethical absolutism and ethical relativism. Support your response with references from the literature.4. Determine which of the following theories apply to these officers misconduct, based on the literature and your research. Then explain why.
Rational choice theory
Social learning theory
Utilitarianism theory
Differential association theory
Differential reinforcement theoryProvide recommendations to police administrators for necessary changes designed to ensure ethical behavior of the officers and to create an ethical subculture. Case 1: Chicago cop under scrutiny for a police shooting
June 7, 2011: Flint Farmer was fatally shot three times in the back by Chicago police officer Gildardo Sierra. Sierra and a partner had responded to a domestic disturbance call allegedly involving Farmer. When confronted by the police, Farmer fled. Sierra shot at Farmer multiple times, hitting him in the leg and abdomen. Publicly available police video shows Sierra circle the prone Farmer as three bright flashes emit from approximately waist level. The coroner who performed the autopsy on Farmer reported that Farmer could have survived the shots to the leg and abdomen, but any of the three shots through the back would have been fatal. Although the Chicago Police Department ruled the shooting justified, by October 23, 2011, Sierra had been stripped of his police powers and the FBI had opened an investigation into the incident. Visit this link for information related to this case:
://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-met-police-involved-shootings-1023-20111022-story.html#page=1
