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Audio Resources

• For Cash, Murderer Leads Police To Victims’ Remains  (4:00)
• Op Ed: ‘Sympathy’ for Pepper-Spraying Policeman  (12:51) 
• Faith in Seattle Police ‘Shaken’ By DOJ Investigation
  Police departments have come under increased scrutiny from the Obama administration as the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division steps up investigations of corruption, bias and excessive force.  Some of the targeted law enforcement agencies have had ethical clouds hanging over them for years — the New Orleans Police Department being the prime example — but others, like the Seattle Police Department, aren't exactly usual suspects.
   
• Ethics of criminal Investigations
  The recent anthrax investigation has brought to light the aggressive tactics of the FBI. It brought on questions about how far investigations should go and whether hardball tactics should remain legal.
   
• DOJ Report Reveals Patterns of Racial Discrimination by Ferguson Police
  The Justice Department says it has formally closed its investigation into the death of Michael Brown without bringing any federal charges against the police officer who killed him. But the department did find evidence of both indirect and direct discrimination by the Ferguson Police Department and courts.

Video Resources

• The Highest Ideal of Law Enforcement
  This 2:56 clip discusses the ideal law enforcement officer and the development of ethical behavior.
   
• Citizen Complaints
  This 3:36 clip discusses how the law enforcement officer who is operating out from under authority will often lead the police department in citizen complaints. Whereas an officer that maintains his or her composure under pressure, on the other hand, demonstrates the type of character that builds public trust in our relationship with the citizens.
   
• Ethics, Value, and Conduct
  This 11:49 clip takes viewers through a series of dramatic scenarios, and presents several situations regarding ethics, values and conduct that are relevant to all law enforcement officers. The questions that these situations raise are designed to stimulate classroom discussions.

Web Resources

• Bureau of Justice Statistics, U.S. Department of Justice
• Community Centered Policing: A Force for Change. PolicyLink
• Focus on Ethics, IACP.
• International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP)
• Model Policy, IACP
• National Organization of Black Enforcement Executives (NOBLE)
• Organized for Change: An Activist Guide to Police Reform
• Police Executive Research Forum
• Racial Profiling Data Collection Resource Center, Northeastern University
• Vera Institute of Justice