JSB284 Lecture Notes - Pepper Spray, Western Australia Police, South Australia Police
Document Summary
The absence of ethics police corruption. Ethics is concerned with what is right", fair", just" or good" (as opposed to what is just the easiest). Ethics are part of every day life: When you decide not to steal from your employer. When you decide to follow the law. When you decide to take credit for another employee"s work. Police are not a special breed, though they have more power than the average citizen. Opportunities to exploit that power and engage in unethical behaviour for person gain. Examples of this occur across australia and internationally. The absence of ethics: cases of police unethical behaviour. The joke" (pre-fitzgerald inquiry, 1987 1989) The barbecue set" (pre-wood royal commission, 1994 1997) Police involved in burglaries, assaults, procedural abuses (including fabrication of evidence), and dealing in narcotics (pre-kennedy commission 2002 2004) The absence of ethics: major inquiries into police corruption. Investigated organised crime in nsw clubs, but also uncovered police/government involvement in organised crime syndicates.
