Deck 5: Ethical Issues in Police Administration

Question 1

Provide three examples of an administrative investigation.Explain how the Garrity Rule protects law enforcement agents?
• Accountability in law enforcement starts with the judicious use of administrative investigations,with a full awareness of Garrity.
• Administrative investigations are fact-finding inquiries conducted by an agency or government regarding its own management and performance.Examples include employee background;promotions and pay raises;employee safety;officer-involved shootings,etc.
• Garrity Rule refers to the U.S.Supreme Court's decision in Garrity v.New Jersey (1967)).It provides that during an administrative investigation,a police officer or other public employee may be compelled to provide statements under threat of discipline or discharge,but those statements may not be used to prosecute him/her criminally.

Answer 1

Accountability in law enforcement starts with the judicious use of administrative investigations,with a full awareness of Garrity.Administrative investigations are fact-finding inquiries conducted by an agency or government regarding its own management and performance.Examples include employee background;promotions and pay raises;employee safety;officer-involved shootin g s,etc.Garrity Rule refers to the U.S.Supreme Court's decision in Garrity v.New Jersey ( 1967 )).It provides that during an administrative investigation,a police officer or other public employee may be compelled to provide statements under threat of discipline or discharge,but those statements may not be used to prosecute him / her criminally.

Question 2

Which of the following is not a model of policing discussed in this chapter?

A)Intelligence-oriented policing
B)Restorative-oriented policing
C)Peacekeeping-oriented policing
D)Enforcement-oriented policing

Answer 2

B

Question 3

__________ is the Supreme Court ruling requiring the timely disclosure of potentially exculpatory evidence to the defense by the prosecution.

A)Garrity v.New Jersey (1967))
B)Brady v.Maryland (1963))
C)All of the above
D)None of the above

Answer 3

B

Question 4

Police administration is the branch of the criminal justice system that is legally commissioned to respond to crime.

Question 5

Which of the following is not a role of law enforcement?

A)Facilitate the prevention of crime
B)Investigate unsolved crime
C)Recover stolen property
D)All of the above are roles of law enforcement.

Question 6

__________ are fact-finding inquiries conducted by an agency or government regarding its own management and performance.

A)Employment investigations
B)Workplace investigations
C)Administrative investigations
D)Internal investigations

Question 7

An anonymous radio run is an example of an integrity test.

Question 8

Restorative-oriented policing is an approach to policing in which officers are often integrated with the community they serve,viewing themselves as an important part of it.

Question 9

The press is a powerful tool for ensuring law enforcement transparency.

Question 10

The professional ethics and overall integrity of a law enforcement community must be built from the bottom up.

Question 11

Professional law enforcement agencies have a zero tolerance policy for lying in any form.

Question 12

Integrity tests are used in response to which of the following circumstances?

A)An officer has received a pattern of complaints that were unfounded.
B)An officer is approaching the date of his/her retirement.
C)An officer has fallen out of favor with his/her department.
D)All of the above

Question 13

Professional law enforcement agencies maintain a division or unit that is tasked with the investigation of its own members for suspected crimes and misconduct.

Question 14

In law enforcement,good leadership requires which of the following?

A)The ability to inspire pride and loyalty among subordinates
B)The ability to set effective agency policy
C)Good and trustworthy character
D)All of the above

Question 15

Negative outcomes for a chief of police are typically related to which of the following?

A)Political discord
B)Abuse of power offenses
C)Sexual misconduct
D)All of the above

Question 16

Which of the following is true regarding peacekeeper-oriented policing?

A)Officers generally refer to themselves as peace officers in urban areas.
B)It is considered a more liberal approach.
C)There is a clear separation between members of an agency and the citizens they police.
D)It involves gathering intelligence and analyzing it for crime patterns and trends.

Question 17

Everyone is capable of learning to become an effective leader.

Question 18

This chapter discusses which perspectives of police administration?

A)Command
B)Human resources
C)All of the above
D)None of the above

Question 19

Police administration refers to the control and operation of law enforcement agencies,and the subsequent discharge of policies that

A)Keep the peace
B)Increase public safety
C)Prevent crime
D)All of the above

Question 20

Most major metropolitan police departments are under significant pressure to keep crime statistics low and provide the community with a sense of security,even if it means manipulating their crime data.

Question 21

Explain why law enforcement agencies employ screening tools to assess officer integrity.Provide three examples of integrity testing.
• Professional law enforcement agencies employ a variety of screening tools to assess officer integrity.
• These integrity tests are intended to provide officers with the opportunity to spontaneously demonstrate their character to the department,without any ability to plan ahead or change their normal routine.
• Examples include the following:
Anonymous radio runs
Conspicuous placements of drugs,cash,or pornography in a crime scene
String operation
Personal use of department issue cell phone
Arrest and debrief of prostitutes