Ethics Review Law 1 (Period 7/8)

1. What is NOT the mission of law enforcement in protecting a democratic society?

• a) To fight crime

• b) To serve and protect

• c) To protect the police department

• d) To provide “due process” and “equal protection” for all

• e) To promote public safety

2. Whom specifically do the police serve?

• a) The chief

• b) The city council

• c) The citizens

• d) The courts

3. To what point does the police officer have the duty to protect the community?

• a) To the point of physical exhaustion

• b) To the point of mental exhaustion

• c) To the point of psychological exhaustion

• d) To the point of death

5. This is the means to dominate others. This includes when someone does what they want instead following the rules.

• a) Authority

• b) Power

6. This is the entitlement to obedience from others that are derived from fulfilling a specific role.

• a) Authority

• b) Power

8. What offers protection to citizens from unreasonable intrusions in their lives by law enforcement?

• a) Declaration of Independence 

• b) U.S. Constitution

• c) Police department policy

• d) An officer’s own conscious

9. What is an example of an exception to the rights afforded to citizens by the U.S. Constitution?

• a) Reasonable Suspicion

• b) Probable Cause

• c) A warrant

• d) Consent

• e) All of the above

11. Which is a reason ethics are important to law enforcement?

• a) Career survival

• b) Increasing the number of arrests

• c) People can suffer

• d) A and C only

12. What is a place where we develop our ethics from?

• a) Society as a whole

• b) Religion

• c) Our upbringing

• d) All of the above

Are you glad its friday

• No

• Yes