Chapter 11: Internal Discipline Flashcards
What are the categories of occupational deviance?
Nonfeasance. Failure to take appropriate action as required by law or department policy.
Misfeasance. Performing a required and lawful task in an unacceptable, inappropriate or unprofessional
manner.
Malfeasance. Wrongdoing or illegal conduct dependent on or related to the misuse of legitimate
authority.
What are the 5 institutional pre-conditions for crime?
- Wide Discretion
- Low managerial visibility
- Low public visibility.
- Peer group secrecy.
- Managerial secrecy.
What is the most effective way to fight deviance and corruption within the department?
Build a strong supervisory structure
The control of ______ is absolutely essential
Discretion
Policy created to control discretion for 5 reasons:
1 . Protect individual citizens from police misconduct.
2. Build community confidence in the police department.
3. Protect the integrity and reputation of the entire police force.
4. Protect the accused employee from unfounded or malicious allegations of occupational deviance.
5. Guarantee equal protection of the law and administrative due process to those accused of
misbehavior.
Supervisors must be proactive or reactive in investigating misconduct complaints?
Proactive
The departments personnel complaint investigation policy ____________________ be written to cover every possible contingency.
cannot and indeed, should not
More than ____ of municipal police agencies have fewer than _____ officers
80% ; 20
What are the 7 basis steps for investigation into serious personnel complaints?
- Determine nature and extent
- Internal investigation conducted to determine merit
- Logical conclusions drawn from evidence
- Alternative courses of action evaluated for possible disposition
- If corrective measures needed, they will be impartial, firm, fair and timely
- Precautions for admin due process and equal protection under laws
- Supervisors conduct a follow-up
What did the IACP say about social media?
should be mindful that their speech becomes part of the worldwide electronic domain
What are the 5 purposes of IAD?
- It ensures a professional image.
- It fosters confidence and trust between the public and its police department.
- It provides a mechanism for the public to seek redress for alleged acts of police misconduct.
- It ensures that policies exist to provide guidelines for internal affairs investigations.
- It ensures that members of the police agency know that a code of conduct exists and is
enforced.
What should a supervisor be aware of regarding anonymous complaints?
The impact they have on the employees involved. Need to judge the complaint on its merits. Also the most serious and bizarre cases of misconduct have come from anonymous complaints
What is the antidote to suspicion and distrust?
Openess
How long should internal investigations take?
30 days
How can an investigator assess the validity of a complaints internal complaint?
Develop a complainant profile.
a thorough records check,
the profile should indicate
whether the complainant has had previous encounters with the police,
the nature of those incidents,
and that individual’s proclivity to file misconduct complaints
