Professional Ethics of Officers Responsible for Security and Public Order in the Light of Empirical Research

2019 ◽  
Vol Special Issue ◽  
pp. 77-91
Author(s):  
Marek Fałdowski
Keyword(s):  
Police Officers ◽  
Professional Ethics ◽  
Vocational Training ◽  
Problem Area ◽  
The State ◽  
Private Life ◽  
Police Academy ◽  
Scientific Exploration ◽  
State Police ◽  
Patterns Of Behavior

The values and patterns of behavior of officers of the pre-war State Police find their reference in today’s rules of professional ethics for both policemen and officers in charge of public security and order. It is not without significance for today’s Police that the duty of an officer of the State Police to take control, both in the service and in private life, with the commandments that confirmed him in need to help those in need. Appealing to the values that are the foundation of the service is combined with the knowledge of the basic terms used in ethics. Determining whether the values raised in today’s service are not alien to police officers justifies the scientific exploration of the problem area in the title of the study. The article presents partial results of a survey carried out at the Police Academy in Szczytno on a group of policemen studying or undertaking vocational training, which refer to the issue discussed. Their goal was to determine, among others knowledge of the principles of professional ethics in force in the Police and the sources of their knowledge about these principles. In addition, the article attempts to diagnose standards that Polish policemen are guided by, among others by indicating the state of their knowledge in terms of attitudes and values that they should follow in their daily service.

Professional ethics in the Police and safety in service. Theoretical and practical issues.

2019 ◽  
Vol Special Issue ◽  
pp. 45-59
Author(s):  
Marek Fałdowski
Keyword(s):  
Police Officers ◽  
Professional Ethics ◽  
Interpersonal Relations ◽  
Social Research ◽  
Internal Security ◽  
High Expectations ◽  
Scientific Exploration ◽  
Difficult Situations ◽  
Taking Care

The changes introduced in the system of internal security in Poland after 1990, especially the activities of the Polish Police, are aimed at perceiving the servant role of the whole formation in relation to the society. Progressive professionalisation is connected not only with continuous improvement and exchange of equipment resources, but above all with high expectations towards the officers themselves. In this sense, in order to carry out the statutory tasks well, the policeman should obviously have the latest technological achievements, but it is equally important that he or she has a high sense of morality. In difficult situations, he or she must have no doubts as to how he or she should behave, what is good and what is wrong - what is bad. Ethically deepened professionalism means not only taking care of the quality of their work and its effects, but also taking care of good interpersonal relations, effective protection against unnecessary tensions, observance of the rules of appropriate behaviour and the accompanying diligence and efficiency of their actions. Openness of the Police to society, including building public trust based on ethical principles and absolute respect for human rights, supported by social research, is a testimony to the growing professionalism. The indicated trend in the development of the Polish Police is a new challenge. It is characterized by a return to the ethos of the State Police, but as it should be believed, it will not always meet with full recognition and understanding of the police community. This justifies undertaking research on the relationship between the rules of professional ethics of the police officer and their impact on the safety in service. This article contains a scientific exploration of the issues raised, supported by empirical research on a group of 326 Polish Police officers.

Contribution of the Police Academy in Szczytno to Counter-terrorist Activities

2020 ◽  
Vol Special Issue ◽  
pp. 101-116
Author(s):  
Waldemar Zubrzycki
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Police Officers ◽  
Terrorist Attack ◽  
Education Institution ◽  
The State ◽  
Police Academy ◽  
Teaching Staff ◽  
Accurate Identification ◽  
Legal Personality ◽  
Different Levels

One of the state entities which have the task of preventing and combating terrorism is the Police, while the Police Academy in Szczytno is their intellectual base. It is not only an organisational unit of the Police, but also a higher education institution with legal personality. This status entitles it to teach at different levels of civilian higher education, as well as conduct in-service training for police officers. Education in the area of terrorist threats and counteracting them is aimed, on the one hand, at making the students aware of the scale of such threats and their accurate identification, as well as the ways of responding to them by the state and its institutions, and, on the other hand, at learning specific reflexes that will allow anyone who finds themselves in an area threatened by a terrorist attack to quickly assess the resulting threat and to react immediately. The goals set in this way are reflected in the employment structure of the academy, which includes specialist organisational units, and among the scientific and teaching staff are experts, including practitioners, who in the past carried out the tasks of the state at different levels of the system for counteracting terrorist threats. They systematically participate in scientific undertakings, including research projects, scientific conferences and publication work, participate in the work of expert teams, both national and international, and cooperate extensively with external entities. The result of their multidimensional activities is shaping and deepening social awareness of terrorist threats and desired attitudes towards them, as well as appropriate preparation of police officers, but also other services, to safely perform tasks related to the elimination of terrorist threats.

scholarly journals Implementing the Code of Ethics for Police Officers as Corruption Actors

2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 116
Author(s):  
Franciska Mifanyira Sutikno ◽  
Indah Dwi Miftachul Jannah
Keyword(s):  
Police Officers ◽  
Code Of Ethics ◽  
The State ◽  
Applicable Law ◽  
State Police ◽  
The Republic ◽  
Legal Consequences

Police is a profession requiring law and code of ethics as a benchmark for any actions and legal consequences. The code of ethics in the State Police of the Republic of Indonesia is applied in corruption along with the applicable law. This study aims to analyze and compare the implementation of the code of ethics of the Police in corruption in Indonesia and Singapore. This study applied a normative juridical approach. The results showed that the code of ethics is internal, administratively binding and implemented in Indonesia and Singapore following the legislations in a coordinated manner. The conclusion of the study is that the implementation of the code of ethics in corruption is carried out without violating the provisions of criminal acts processing by the authorities.Keywords: Indonesia, Police, Code of Ethics, Singapore, Corruption.�Pengimplementasian Kode Etik pada Polisi sebagai Pelaku Tindak Pidana Korupsi�AbstrakPolisi merupakan suatu profesi yang membutuhkan hukum dan kode etik sebagai menjadi tolak ukur tindakan dan akibat hukumnya. Kode Etik dalam Polri diterapkan dalam tindak pidana korupsi beriringan dengan hukum yang berlaku. Tujuan dari penelitian adalah untuk menganalisis dan membandingkan pengimplementasian kode etik polri dalam tindak pidana korupsi di Indonesia maupun Singapura. Metode penelitian yang digunakan dengan metode pendekatan yuridis normative yaitu peraturan perundang-undangan dan perbandingan. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa kode etik bersifat internal, mengikat secara administratif dan pengimplementasian di Indonesia dan Singapura mengikuti ketentuan peraturan perundang-undangan secara koordinatif. Simpulan penelitian adalah pengimplementasian kode etik dalam tindak pidana korupsi dilakukan dengan tidak melanggar ketentuan pemprosesan tindak pidana oleh otoritas.Kata Kunci: Indonesia, Kepolisian, Kode Etik, Singapura, Tindak Pidana Korupsi.

scholarly journals The ‘pure apples’: Moral bordering within the Kenyan police

2020 ◽  
Vol 38 (3) ◽  
pp. 490-509
Author(s):  
Tessa Diphoorn
Keyword(s):  
Police Officers ◽  
The State ◽  
Reform Initiatives ◽  
Urban Centre ◽  
Police Reform ◽  
Ethnographic Fieldwork ◽  
State Police

This article analyses various police reform initiatives in Kenya as a form of ‘moral bordering’. Drawing from ethnographic fieldwork conducted in Nairobi between 2017 and 2018, I analyse how police officers differentiate themselves from other police officers along (moral) ideas of reform and how this occurs in two divergent, yet interconnected, directions. The first is a process of bordering in: moral bordering occurs internally within the police and reform efforts aim to break down borders among police officers. The second is a process of bordering out: reform initiatives are designed in the urban centre and are aimed at spatially pushing the border externally, away from Nairobi. My approach to reform as moral bordering shows how borders can simultaneously take on disparate dimensions: with bordering in, borders are primarily social and symbolic, and with bordering out, borders take on a more spatial nature. This duality encapsulates the inherent friction that results from reform initiatives simultaneously moving in distinctive directions and differs from much of the (anthropological) work on the state police that analyses how the police themselves either enact borders or act as borders.

Löwentattoos auf Streife?

2019 ◽  
Vol 52 (1) ◽  
pp. 41-64
Author(s):  
Klaus Schönenbroicher
Keyword(s):  
Public Service ◽  
Police Officers ◽  
Constitutional Law ◽  
Civil Service ◽  
The State ◽  
Private Life ◽  
Public Image ◽  
The Public ◽  
Basic Law

Abstract Recently, there have been various conflicts with regard to extravagant or flashy body styling of applicants for police career, like conspicuous tattoos and piercings. The essay discusses the general requirements, which bear uponapplicants in the interest of public image cultivation, separation ofpowers in the light of basic rules. As Article 33 (5) of the Basic Law obligates the state to organize the public service according to traditional principles of German civil service, constitutional law offers a basis to justify interferences in private life, as far as the duties inherent in the servise as police officers require neutrality.

The face of sport in the Polish State Police in the interwar period

2019 ◽  
Vol Special Issue ◽  
pp. 93-104
Author(s):  
Marcin Nowak
Keyword(s):  
Interwar Period ◽  
Police Officers ◽  
The State ◽  
The Body ◽  
Great Effort ◽  
Sports Clubs ◽  
Sports Organizations ◽  
State Police ◽  
The Face ◽  
Sports Skills

Sport has accompanied mankind since ancient times. It is thanks to sport that we are healthier and can enjoy life. The smallest sporting effort causes the body to produce endorphins that make us feel happy. Not without significance is the fact that sport, but in its professional dimension, prepares people who practice it to a great effort. In the face of threats, unforeseen events, people who practice sports can find their way around the situation and take appropriate actions. Therefore, just as police officers face difficult service in the present day, police officers had to face up to the challenges posed in the interwar period. In 1918 Poland regained its independence, and the authorities were responsible for ensuring the security of the country. Therefore, on 24 July 1919, the State Police was established by law. Due to the nature of the tasks performed, the police officers were required to be physically fit. In order to meet this challenge, pro-sports organizations were established, which by their actions were to raise the level of sports skills of both the society and the officers. The factor which was to motivate uniformed officers to work on their physical fitness was the introduction of the National Police Sports Competitions, which were nationwide in scope. Undoubtedly, this form of competition, as well as mobilization, led to the fact that on the basis of Police Sports Clubs, physical culture in the State Police significantly developed. The article presents the face of sport in the interwar period in the Polish State Police, its development and influence on the officers themselves, as well as its further importance in the history of sport in Poland.

Ethical Traditions of the Polish Police

2019 ◽  
Vol Special Issue ◽  
pp. 93-103
Author(s):  
Edward Wiszowaty ◽  
Anna Zellma
Keyword(s):  
Police Officers ◽  
Human Life ◽  
The State ◽  
Basic Training ◽  
Basic Principles ◽  
State Police ◽  
Police Ethics ◽  
Service Oriented ◽  
History Of ◽  
Universal Values

Ethical traditions of the Polish police are directly related to the history of this uniformed service. Starting from the interwar period until the present day, with the exception of the communist times when the State Police was replaced by the Citizen’s Militia, ethics has played an important role in the work of law enforcers. It provides basic principles, resulting from universal moral values, without which it is impossible to serve society and the homeland responsibly. The specificity of the professional ethics of this uniformed agency is directly related to its service-oriented character, based on intensive and often difficult interpersonal contacts. The present times witness the emergence of new challenges in the area of good standards of police ethics. In order to better recognize the ethical standards and see their importance in the work of the Polish police, it is worth referring to the standards of the State Police. They were a kind of quintessence of police officers’ moral and professional duties. They were based on such values as: God, Homeland, honour, truth, conscientiousness, responsibility, justice, reticence in speech, friendliness and obedience to the orders of superiors. These values are timeless and still topical, even in our modern times. Resignation from the above mentioned values may result in police officers pretending to respect ethical principles in their work, which was evident in the activities of the Citizen’s Militia. Therefore, the above fully justifies police efforts undertaken after 1990, which are expressed not only as concern for reliably developed legal regulations and operational directives to be followed while performing official duties, but also as compliance with the principles of police ethics, which are based on universal values (including the protection of human life and health, respect for human dignity, truth, responsibility and patriotism). This goal is to be achieved both through education on basic training and specialist courses, as well as thanks to police priests’ work.

scholarly journals Valsts policijas darbinieka profesionālās ētikas pamatprincipi

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (18) ◽  
pp. 97-113 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ēriks Treļs
Keyword(s):  
Professional Ethics ◽  
Code Of Ethics ◽  
The State ◽  
Regulatory Framework ◽  
Basic Principles ◽  
Police Personnel ◽  
Potential Problems ◽  
State Police

2020. gada 5. februārī tika pieņemts jauns Valsts policijas ētikas kodekss. Rakstā tiks analizēti profesionālās ētikas pamatprincipi, kuri jāievēro Valsts policijas darbiniekiem, gan pildot dienesta pienākumus, gan arī ārpus dienesta pienākumu izpildes vietas un laika. Tiks analizēta arī normatīvā regulējuma, kas nosaka Valsts policijas darbinieka profesionālās ētikas pamatprincipus, vēsturiskā attīstība laika posmā no 2005. gada un līdz mūsdienām. On 5 February 2020, in Latvia, has adopted a Code of Ethics for the State police. This Code, on top of everything else, shall define the basic principles of the professional ethics to be observed by the State Police personnel performing their official duties, as well as beyond the place and time of service. The article aims to initiate a debate on potential problems related to the application of the new regulatory framework. The author offers his vision of the development a regulatory framework and how things have changed since 2005.

Twenty-Five Years after Sa-I-Gu: Multiracial Politics in Times of Crisis

2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeff Chang ◽  
Daniel Martinez HoSang ◽  
Soya Jung ◽  
Chandan Reddy ◽  
Alex Tom
Keyword(s):  
Los Angeles ◽  
Mass Culture ◽  
Police Officers ◽  
Critical Consciousness ◽  
Settler Colonialism ◽  
The State ◽  
Racial Capitalism

We chose to frame this conversation in terms of crisis: not only the state of permanent crisis created by racial capitalism and settler colonialism but also specific flashpoints like Sa-I-Gu [the Korean term for the April 1992 uprising in Los Angeles after the acquittal of the police officers involved in the Rodney King beating]. We want to look at the conditions surrounding these flashpoints and the responses to them that then shaped race consciousness and politics subsequently. Today we have no shortage of crisis, no shortage of flashpoints. And yet there is hope. Perhaps more than at any other time in my lifetime, there are opportunities to shift mass culture, at the very least to popularize and normalize a slightly more critical consciousness. So now I want to turn to my friends here to talk about crisis and multiracial politics. We’ll start with Sa-I-Gu and work forward to this moment and also to future possibilities.

The Constitutional Principle of Accountability: A Study of Contemporary South African Case Law

2018 ◽  
Vol 33 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Chuks Okpaluba
Keyword(s):  
Judicial Review ◽  
Police Officers ◽  
Public Procurement ◽  
Case Law ◽  
The State ◽  
Constitutional Principle ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
The Law ◽  
Constitutional Right ◽  
The Many

‘Accountability’ is one of the democratic values entrenched in the Constitution of South Africa, 1996. It is a value recognised throughout the Constitution and imposed upon the law-making organs of state, the Executive, the Judiciary and all public functionaries. This constitutional imperative is given pride of place among the other founding values: equality before the law, the rule of law and the supremacy of the Constitution. This study therefore sets out to investigate how the courts have grappled with the interpretation and application of the principle of accountability, the starting point being the relationship between accountability and judicial review. Therefore, in the exercise of its judicial review power, a court may enquire whether the failure of a public functionary to comply with a constitutional duty of accountability renders the decision made illegal, irrational or unreasonable. One of the many facets of the principle of accountability upon which this article dwells is to ascertain how the courts have deployed that expression in making the state and its agencies liable for the delictual wrongs committed against an individual in vindication of a breach of the individual’s constitutional right in the course of performing a public duty. Here, accountability and breach of public duty; the liability of the state for detaining illegal immigrants contrary to the prescripts of the law; the vicarious liability of the state for the criminal acts of the police and other law-enforcement officers (as in police rape cases and misuse of official firearms by police officers), and the liability of the state for delictual conduct in the context of public procurement are discussed. Having carefully analysed the available case law, this article concludes that no public functionary can brush aside the duty of accountability wherever it is imposed without being in breach of a vital constitutional mandate. Further, it is the constitutional duty of the courts, when called upon, to declare such act or conduct an infringement of the Constitution.

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