Examples Of Ethical Dilemmas In Detective-Reed

The ethical dilemma I chose to do involve a detective in a moderate size city. Detective Malloy and his partner Detective Reed just completed a drug bust involving a large amount of stolen cash. Earlier in the day Detective Reed was discussing how is daughter had stage 2 cancer and that he was struggling financially to pay the hospital bills. This private hospital will only keep her as a patient if the bills are paid, otherwise she will be sent to a public hospital with a lower chance of success. As both Detective Malloy and Detective Reed are counting the money Detective Malloy steps out of the room to call his supervisor and tell him about the good news. When he comes back Detective Malloy spots Detective Reed slipping some of the drug money into his pocket. Detective Malloy must decide whether to lie to his supervisor about what occurred.
In this case Detective Malloy considers lying to his supervisor about the sum of money found at the scene and neglecting to bring up Detective Reeds pockets full of cash. One of Defective Malloy’s options is to turn Detective Reed in. However, by doing so Detective Reed will be suspended from duty and lose out on more money resulting in a missed payment to the hospital and a termination of her stay. This action will most likely result in his termination and his daughters health to decline dramatically. The next option to consider is to tell Detective Malloy to put the money back where he found it and forget the situation ever took place. This results in no termination, but the possibility of a missed payment and the decline of the daughter’s