Ethics Training and Policing

As an employee of the police department, your actions are guided by the following principles: justice, excellence, humility, and harm reduction. The department's goals focus on preventing and fighting crime, community policing, and harm reduction. The goals are pursued via time-tested tactics, available research, innovation, training, and partnering with the community.

As a police employee entrusted by the community to protect the entire community (police department employees and community members alike), officers strive to display the values outlined in the illustration below: 

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Common Police Department Values (Seattle Police Manual) 

References

The Seattle Police Manual. (n.d.). The Seattle Police Department’s Code of Ethics. Seattle Government. 

Weekly Resources and Assignments

Review the resources from the Course Resources link, located in the top navigation bar, to prepare for this week’s assignments. The resources may include textbook reading assignments, journal articles, websites, links to tools or software, videos, handouts, rubrics, etc.

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This week, you will develop a position paper based on the following prompt:

Police officers receive enough training to achieve the higher standard of morale and ethics.

To develop your paper, please choose a police department in the United States. For the department, please discuss the following:

· Demographics of the Department

· Demographics of the community served

· Ethics training within the department

Length: 5-7 pages, excluding the title and reference pages

References: Include a minimum of 5 scholarly references.

The completed assignment should address all the assignment requirements, exhibit evidence of concept knowledge, and demonstrate thoughtful consideration of the content presented in the course. The writing should integrate scholarly resources, reflect academic expectations, and current APA standards, and adhere to the Northcentral University’s Academic Integrity Policy.