Police Ethics- Chapter 2, Police Professionalism Flashcards
organizational system wherein odrers are developed at upper levels and handed down the hierarchy to be followed by lower-level functionaries
chains of commands
collegial problem solving
professional mode of solving problems wherein peers come together and find solutions in an equitable and democratic fashion
experience officers who train and mentor rookie officers out on street
FTO- field training officers
understanding that it is morally acceptable to use coercion in the name of accomplishing good ends
integrated passion
internal affairs
police internal sub-organization in charge of investigating allegations of misconduct
first uniformed and organized police department in the western world
metropolitan police of london
state-level commission that develops professional standards for police officer education and certification
Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST)
Prime minister of England who sponsored the legislation creating the Metropolitan Police in 1829
Sir Robert Peel
The first ear of American policing, wherein the police were controlled directly by machine politics
political era
Time frame when the American police were reorganized and paramilitarism was exhcanged for the older, politically controlled was organization
reform era
Refers to professionals having power to sanction the misconduct of their own peers
self-discipline
Occupation-specific information gleaned by professionals in their academic experience
systematized body of knowledge
Muir’s ideal for the professional police officer, includes the ideas of unitary experience of humankind, complex causal patterns and necessity of human interdependence
tragic perspective
English Parliament created the first English police force in 1829, Metropolitan Police of London.
Sir Robert Peel
Metropolitan Police of London replaced what?
a semi-voluntary system of night watchmen and constables
Historical Eras of American Policing
Political era: 1837-1910-tied to machine politics. Hired due to their loyalty to local politicos, corruption rampant, no training
Reform era: 1910-1980- paramilitaristic policing developed, civil service created, academies established, accountability
Professional era:present- COP drives ,
first era in the Anglo-American history of policing, begun by
Peels London police, usually referred to as the political era, later replaced by the reform era.
To begin, there is certainly a ______________________ that must be obtained from high school, college, the police academy and service training exp, to operate as a modern-day police officer
systematized body of knowledge
What is a professional? Professionals possess
knowledge Education Regulation Discipline Problem solving Ethics
In self regulation, police to become genuine professionals, they must themselves, as a group, take seriously the disciplining of peers who are guilty of
misconduct
One of the most important books ever written about the police, Police: Streetcorner Politicians,
by professor
William k Muir.
Muirs Professional officer: the professional officer possesses
- Passion- resorting to violence or threats can be morally acceptable
- Perspective- an inner understanding of the motives of people, senses of lifes causes and effects, knowledge of the tragedy of life- that all people suffer sometimes, that everyone yearns for dignity and no individual is worthless
integrated passion
to use coercive power, officer has to be comfortable using what amounts to extortion to achieve good, desirable end.
an important tool in the police officers arsenal is
intimidation, when used in the best interest of justice.
tragic perspective
a certain perspective of life, the capacity to understand how tragedy explains a great deal about deviant human behavior
cynical perspective
officers should not divide people into camps, into thegood people and the bad people, into us and them.
For a cynical perspective to be applied on the streets by police
making citizens into the enemy i a real sense is to create a situation under which people and police are mutally suspicious of each other
steps left to take toward professionalism
besides the critically important devel of COP
extension of academic experience
expansion of collegial problem solving
development of self discipling with the subculture
acceptance of tragic perspective
internalization of a professional ethic
Muir tells us that a professioanl officer needs to have integrated into his personal character both
passion to use coercive power
tragic perspective on life that mitigates against cynicism and jadedness
The absence of ________ is also a problem that stands in the way of the development of professionalism.
collegial problem solving
