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Police should use discretion in balancing the goal in maintaining order and security with the
goal of law enforcement. ✔Correct Answer-True
Opponents of gratuities contend that it is an attempt to corrupt the officer in return for future
favors. ✔Correct Answer-True
In the Ethics and Professionalism class, the acronym A.C.T. represents: ✔Correct Answer-
Identify all alternatives, Project the consequences, Tell your defense
Which commission on police corruption did Frank Serpico testify in front of? ✔Correct
Answer-The Knapp Commission 1972
As discussed in class, most police officers find ethics training as valuable to their career survival
as tactical training. ✔Correct Answer-False: (Seen as nothing more than a knee jerk reaction
to the media attention that surrounds high profile cases.)
As discussed in class, police corruption is often seen as a local problem. ✔Correct Answer-
There can be corruption in all departments. (Peculiar to city cops.)
If officers are going to survive an ethical dilemmas they need to be as mentally prepared as they
would be for tactical encounters. ✔Correct Answer-True
As discussed in class, over-identification and over-investment can do what to a person?
✔Correct Answer-It can cause people to link their sense of self to their police role, a role they
do not control. It can lead to camaraderie, but can also cause officers to hate and resent the job.
Which one is NOT one of the roles that are played in your police career as discussed in class?
✔Correct Answer-Department rules, policy, and procedures, equipment, budget
As discussed in class, many of our other day-to-day and long term activities are controlled by:
✔Correct Answer-Chiefs, commanders, supervisors, prosecuting attorneys, the criminal justice
system, laws, and courts.
Acts of omission occur when officers rationalize and justify not doing things they are responsible
for doing. ✔Correct Answer-True (Ex. Omitting paperwork / lack of follow up.)
, The ideas of "We deserve special treatment" or "We stick together" are examples of what type
of mindset? ✔Correct Answer-Entitlement
Chip Huth defined "courage" in his book: Unleashing the Power of Conditional Respect as: the
action toward what is right if the actor's perceived social grouping agrees with him/her.
✔Correct Answer-False, integrity
As discussed in class, the term "unconditional respect" as it applies to police ethics can be best
defined as: considered as a realization of another's intrinsic value as a human being and the
accompanying degree of unpredictability, and thus danger comes with being human.
✔Correct Answer-True
An ethical decision requires more than a belief in the importance of ethics. ✔Correct Answer-
True (Also requires ethical sensitivity to the implications of those choices, the ability to evaluate
complex, ambiguous, and incomplete facts and the skill to implement ethical decisions
effectively.
An ethical person normally chooses to do more than the law requires and less than the law
allows. ✔Correct Answer-True
As discussed in class, how many reasons were there to be ethical? ✔Correct Answer-Five
1.) Inner Benefit
2.) Personal Advantage
3.) Approval
4.) Religion
5.) Habit
Ethics of self-restraint and career advancement were the two obstacles of being ethical.
✔Correct Answer-False
Friendship is one of the six pillars of character. ✔Correct Answer-False
As discussed in class, with the enemy of integrity, Self-interest is best described as: ✔Correct
Answer-Things we won't
As discussed in class, Limitations to loyalty and avoiding conflicting interests are two of the
responsibilities of loyalty. ✔Correct Answer-False
Of the notions of the Golden Rule, dignity and respect are the most important of the three.
✔Correct Answer-(No answer given.)
Pursuit of excellence would be one of the ways to show responsibility. ✔Correct Answer-True
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Police should use discretion in balancing the goal in maintaining order and security with the
goal of law enforcement. ✔Correct Answer-True
Opponents of gratuities contend that it is an attempt to corrupt the officer in return for future
favors. ✔Correct Answer-True
In the Ethics and Professionalism class, the acronym A.C.T. represents: ✔Correct Answer-
Identify all alternatives, Project the consequences, Tell your defense
Which commission on police corruption did Frank Serpico testify in front of? ✔Correct
Answer-The Knapp Commission 1972
As discussed in class, most police officers find ethics training as valuable to their career survival
as tactical training. ✔Correct Answer-False: (Seen as nothing more than a knee jerk reaction
to the media attention that surrounds high profile cases.)
As discussed in class, police corruption is often seen as a local problem. ✔Correct Answer-
There can be corruption in all departments. (Peculiar to city cops.)
If officers are going to survive an ethical dilemmas they need to be as mentally prepared as they
would be for tactical encounters. ✔Correct Answer-True
As discussed in class, over-identification and over-investment can do what to a person?
✔Correct Answer-It can cause people to link their sense of self to their police role, a role they
do not control. It can lead to camaraderie, but can also cause officers to hate and resent the job.
Which one is NOT one of the roles that are played in your police career as discussed in class?
✔Correct Answer-Department rules, policy, and procedures, equipment, budget
As discussed in class, many of our other day-to-day and long term activities are controlled by:
✔Correct Answer-Chiefs, commanders, supervisors, prosecuting attorneys, the criminal justice
system, laws, and courts.
Acts of omission occur when officers rationalize and justify not doing things they are responsible
for doing. ✔Correct Answer-True (Ex. Omitting paperwork / lack of follow up.)
, The ideas of "We deserve special treatment" or "We stick together" are examples of what type
of mindset? ✔Correct Answer-Entitlement
Chip Huth defined "courage" in his book: Unleashing the Power of Conditional Respect as: the
action toward what is right if the actor's perceived social grouping agrees with him/her.
✔Correct Answer-False, integrity
As discussed in class, the term "unconditional respect" as it applies to police ethics can be best
defined as: considered as a realization of another's intrinsic value as a human being and the
accompanying degree of unpredictability, and thus danger comes with being human.
✔Correct Answer-True
An ethical decision requires more than a belief in the importance of ethics. ✔Correct Answer-
True (Also requires ethical sensitivity to the implications of those choices, the ability to evaluate
complex, ambiguous, and incomplete facts and the skill to implement ethical decisions
effectively.
An ethical person normally chooses to do more than the law requires and less than the law
allows. ✔Correct Answer-True
As discussed in class, how many reasons were there to be ethical? ✔Correct Answer-Five
1.) Inner Benefit
2.) Personal Advantage
3.) Approval
4.) Religion
5.) Habit
Ethics of self-restraint and career advancement were the two obstacles of being ethical.
✔Correct Answer-False
Friendship is one of the six pillars of character. ✔Correct Answer-False
As discussed in class, with the enemy of integrity, Self-interest is best described as: ✔Correct
Answer-Things we won't
As discussed in class, Limitations to loyalty and avoiding conflicting interests are two of the
responsibilities of loyalty. ✔Correct Answer-False
Of the notions of the Golden Rule, dignity and respect are the most important of the three.
✔Correct Answer-(No answer given.)
Pursuit of excellence would be one of the ways to show responsibility. ✔Correct Answer-True
