Police ETHICAL DILEMMAS Situation 1 As a patrol officer, you are only doing your
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Police ETHICAL DILEMMAS Situation 1 As a patrol officer, you are only doing your job when you stop a car for running a red light. Unfortunately, the driver of the car happens to be the mayor. You ticket her anyway, but the next morning you get called into the captain's office and told in no uncertain terms that you screwed up, because of an informal policy extending "courtesy" to city politicians. Several nights later you observe the mayor's car weaving erratically across lanes and speeding. What would you do? What if the driver were a fellow police officer? What if the driver were a high school friend? Situation 2Explanation / Answer
As a patrol officer my job should be to stay loyal and true to the work I am doing. In this case even if the driver of the car is a mayor then there needs to be adequate action taken against it. Law doesn't look at the position of a person but judges the person based on the action. Even though it might be a huge ethical dilemma pertaining to the pressure experienced at workplace to be easy on the city politicians ; it does not follow the important policy of staying true to the job. Even if the driver were a fellow police driver and he/she would be driving in a rash manner and break any laws that needs to be paid attention to then the position of the job demands action to be taken.
Even if the driver were a high school friend action needs to be taken. At that point it is only the duty of the patrol officer and not of a friend.