Exam 8: Accountability: Ethics, use of Force, corruption, and Discipline

Describe the U.S.Supreme Court's rulings on drug testing for law enforcement personnel.

Police departments are not permitted to place restrictions on officer moonlighting.

The ______________ perspective argues that accepting minor gratuities may subvert the officer's integrity.

Review the scenario presented on page 205,in which a sheriff's deputy is given a discount at a local mall by the manager,in appreciation for his activities.How should the deputy respond? What guidance should be given to this deputy by his supervisor?

Detective Smith is certain that Joe Green is a child molester but does not have sufficient evidence to arrest him.Smith bribes one of his informants to provide a false tip,which he uses to obtain a search warrant that allows him to search Green's house.During the search,Smith locates evidence that eventually leads to Green's conviction for multiple counts of child sexual abuse.This is an example of the:

________ drug corruption occurs when officers try to use their position for personal gain.

Explain the process that a police agency should have in place for receiving and investigating citizen complaints.

Define ethics,including the two types of police ethics.

Explain what is meant by noble cause corruption and the Dirty Harry problem,and relate them to Packer's due process and crime control models of law enforcement.

After investigating a complaint against a police officer,the Internal Affairs Unit determines the complaint is "not sustained." This means that the Unit has determined that:

Officers' activities on ______________ sites may be restricted by departmental policy.

In 2007 the U.S.Supreme Court held that an officer's attempt to end a high-speed car chase that threatens the lives of innocent bystanders:

Internal corruption is not covered by the 1970 Hobbs Act.

The most important factor influencing how much graft police officers receive is:

Union protections contributed to a reduction in police corruption,probably because the union does not condone corruption among members.

African Americans are arrested more often than whites relative to their numbers in the population.

The environmental theory explains police corruption by suggesting it is the result of a small number of corrupt officers who probably had character defects prior to being hired.

Under Brady,an officer's prior misconduct must be disclosed to the accused if it is favorable to the accused,even if the misconduct did not occur during the officer's involvement with the accused.

Police brutality is a racial matter that primarily involves white police officers and black victims.