Corruption Essay
Assignment 2: Video Analyses
Noble cause corruption follows the teleological model of ethics. The approach emphasizes “good ends” and is a product of policeofficer “overinvestment” in their work. Police officers believe that in foregoing established legal procedures they will more effectively remove criminals from the street and protect the public from harm. Examples of cause corruption include falsifying reports, planting or the fabrication of evidence, and/or exceeding or abusing lawful authority. In doing so, police officers believe that a desirable ends in achieved (Martinelli, 2006).
Before starting this Assignment, be sure you have read the Martinelli article titled “Unconstitutional Policing.” View the following video segments regarding police practices.
Videos:
NYPD Frisk Program: Noble Cause Corruption
ABC News. (2013, May 1). NYPD’s Stop-and-Frisk: Racial Profiling or ‘Proactive Policing’? [Video file]. Retrieved fromhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8jqXeW5C324
Washington State Police Officers Speeding: Ethical Decision Making?
ABC News. (2014, October 10). Washington Police Caught Speeding Past State Troopers [Video file]. Retrieved fromhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nmVVZRtrY5g
Austin Police Officer Arrest
CBS News. (2016, July 22). Video shows white cop in violent confrontation with black motorist. Retrieved fromhttp://www.cbsnews.com/news/video-shows-white-cop-in-violent-confrontation-with-black-motorist/
Compose a 3–5-page essay that examines the merit of the police action. In your essay, please examine and apply concepts from the course that are relevant to the actions demonstrated by the police officers depicted.
Your essay should accomplish the following:
- Identify whether the behavior is ethical or unethical
- If ethical, what greater purpose or law enforcement responsibility does it serve to accomplish and why?
- If the action is unethical, why is unethical and why does it not serve a law enforcement responsibility or tasking?
- What theory or theories could be applied to either the ethical or unethical action or approach adopted by the police officer(s)?
The completed essay should be a minimum of 3 but no more than 5 pages in length. The essay should examine the action depicted, its merits, and effectively integrate ethical concepts and theory to your analysis. Outside research and APA style are necessary components of the essay.
Submitting Your Assignment
Compose your paper in Word and save your document in the following format: Last name First name Assignment. (Example: SmithJohn Unit 10 Assignment 2). Submit your Assignment by selecting the “Unit 10: Assignment 2” Dropbox by the end of Unit 10.
Answer preview
The police officers have often blamed for excessive force, they claim this to be a necessary force in which they stop crime from happening. These allegations continuously generate headlines and have been doing so for more than two decades. There is no definite definition of the use of force, however, it has in prior cases been referred to as the amount of effort that is required by the police to force a compliance by an unwilling subject. There is a lot of community disturbances which are normally as a result of excessive use of force by the police or deadly force…
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