Ethics
The Oath of Honor
Policing Code of Ethics
Policy Center Resources
See AllEyewitness Identification
Law enforcement agencies should develop evidence-based guidelines for effectively conducting eyewitness identifications in order to maximize the reliability of identifications, minimize erroneous identifications, and gather evidence...
Harassment and Discrimination
In a time where the costs of liability insurance continue to rise driving many towns to self-insure or join insurance pools, law enforcement executives have...
Standards of Conduct
Law enforcement officers must accept and abide by a high ethical and moral standard that is consistent with the rule of law they are sworn...
Bias-Free Policing*
Persons having contact with members of a law enforcement agency should be treated in a fair, impartial, equitable, and objective manner, in accordance with law, and without...
Resources
Duty to Intervene
The policing profession is dedicated to maintaining law and order, protecting the community, and ensuring community safety. An agency's duty to intervene policy aims to...
EXPIRED Support for Advancing the Quality of the Policing Culture
Submitted by: Police Professional Standards, Ethics, and Image Committee in partnership with the Community Policing Committee, the Human & Civil Rights Committee, and the Police...
Considering Locative Technology in the Disability Community: Balancing Autonomy and Safety
This resource explores key considerations, including advantages and disadvantages, for locative technology to address wandering by individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities or dementia. It...
Police Chaplains
Police chaplains assist police agency personnel with personal, spiritual, moral, and ethical consultation. Police chaplains are clergy whose function is to provide support and guidance...
