Role Models and Ethical Decision Making
Role Models an Ethical Decision Making
Professional Ethics and Legal Liabilities
Suzanna Taylor
Task 1
When taking on a career where you are considered a public servant you also take on the responsibility of being held to a higher standard. I think that it is fair that a law enforcement officer is held to a higher standard than the other citizens. In public servant jobs you always have to be on your toes. I do think that police officers should be allowed to go to the bars and drink. But that comes back to the responsibility issue, you are held to a higher standard in the public eye, so yes it will make you look bad it you go to the bar and get drunk. People have that image in their heads of you in a uniform 24/7 so even if they see you out they associate you with the public servant view. So with that image of you at a bar, they are going to think hypocritical about you.
Are police officers ever off duty? Technically, you are “off duty” when you punch in your time clock. But no, you are never truly “off duty”. For example, if I know you are a law enforcement officer and we are at the mall and a fight breaks out and shots are fired, I’m expecting you to handle the situation because you are trained to do so. You still have your eye out for danger even when you are off duty. You can step in and defuse situations even when you are off duty. You can save a life while “off duty” and assist the situation until an officer gets there. There are so many scenarios that I can mention. But no, there are so many things that you can do to protect the community off duty.
When reading the scenario about, “you are a police officer assigned to a Crash Reduction Unit”, your job is to issue citations for traffic violations in order to reduce the number of vehicle accidents. Today, you have been specifically assigned to monitor traffic at a busy intersection, which is controlled by a red light. This particular intersection is notorious for
Professional Ethics and Legal Liabilities
Suzanna Taylor
Task 1
When taking on a career where you are considered a public servant you also take on the responsibility of being held to a higher standard. I think that it is fair that a law enforcement officer is held to a higher standard than the other citizens. In public servant jobs you always have to be on your toes. I do think that police officers should be allowed to go to the bars and drink. But that comes back to the responsibility issue, you are held to a higher standard in the public eye, so yes it will make you look bad it you go to the bar and get drunk. People have that image in their heads of you in a uniform 24/7 so even if they see you out they associate you with the public servant view. So with that image of you at a bar, they are going to think hypocritical about you.
Are police officers ever off duty? Technically, you are “off duty” when you punch in your time clock. But no, you are never truly “off duty”. For example, if I know you are a law enforcement officer and we are at the mall and a fight breaks out and shots are fired, I’m expecting you to handle the situation because you are trained to do so. You still have your eye out for danger even when you are off duty. You can step in and defuse situations even when you are off duty. You can save a life while “off duty” and assist the situation until an officer gets there. There are so many scenarios that I can mention. But no, there are so many things that you can do to protect the community off duty.
When reading the scenario about, “you are a police officer assigned to a Crash Reduction Unit”, your job is to issue citations for traffic violations in order to reduce the number of vehicle accidents. Today, you have been specifically assigned to monitor traffic at a busy intersection, which is controlled by a red light. This particular intersection is notorious for