History of Criminal Justice Ethics and Gratuities

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While at the police academy many years ago, you were trained that it is against department policy to accept gratuities—discounts, half-priced meals, even a free cup of coffee—on the grounds that "except for your paycheck, there's no such thing as an honest buck." In practice, however, things are less clear-cut.

For example, it is common among uniformed patrol officers and sergeants to accept free coffee and snacks at a donut shop in one of the high-crime areas in your city. Nearly all of the uniformed officers accept the coffee, sodas, cookies, and doughnuts offered freely by the store owner, and the department seems, in truth, to know but not care that officers are accepting this free hospitality.

As deputy chief, you find yourself developing a good personal relationship with a certain store owner. You respect his willingness to work hard and truly appreciate his generosity in supplying you and your colleagues with a much-needed cup of coffee, some food, and a warm welcome on your long, sometimes tedious and lonely tours of duty. Correspondingly, he seems genuinely happy to see you, and he appreciates your willingness to spend your breaks at his establishment. He has been held up at gun point twice in the past, and it makes him feel safer with you there.

Around 3:30 a.m., while riding with one of your patrol officers, he pulls over a car that has just gone through a red light. When the officer approaches the vehicle, he recognizes the operator as the store owner on his way home from a night's work. He gets out of the vehicle and notices you standing alongside of his vehicle. He addresses you by name and reaches out to shake your hand. He tells you he is sorry about the traffic light and says, "Hey, you are not going to let this young policeman give your old buddy here a ticket for a little thing like that, are you?"

Write 500-750 words that respond to the following questions. Use at least one reference. :

  • First, identify the ethical and legal issues presented in this scenario.
    • When did criminal justice professionals begin to seriously examine ethics and police officer misconduct? Explain.
    • How do you think this situation would have been handled 50 years ago? 25 years ago? 10 years ago? Explain.
      • What factors do you think contributed to the evolution of criminal justice ethics throughout recent history?
    • Which of these ethical and legal issues do you feel are the most important? Why?
    • What would you do in this situation? Why?
      • Remember to place yourself in the deputy chief's shoes when determining how you would handle this situation.
    • If you were to ticket the store owner, how do you think the other officers might respond to your actions? Why?
    • How would you address their responses? Explain.

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HISTORY OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE ETHICS AND GRATUITIES

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HISTORY OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE ETHICS AND GRATUITIES
The social contract theory provides that the citizens of a country secede certain liberties so as to
be afforded protection under their respective governments. In this situation, the Government acts
as the principal and its agents being the Criminal Justice professionals. As a requirement, these
professional are supposed to be individuals of high moral standards. In the course of their duties,
these professionals are faced with the choice of exercising their discretion when faced with specific
ethical dilemmas (Pollock 2007). Ethics can be employed while making discretionary decisions so
as to have a just and fair decision (Souryal, 2006).
In the scenario given, when the police officers receive the gratuities, the store owners perceive that
he/she will eventually benefit from the association with the said police officers later on. In most
instances, the said association with the police officers acts as a deterrent ...


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