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DB Response 1
I agree with the decision to search the house. There was reasonable suspicion to believe the fugitive could have been in the home. The homeowner not only consented to the search of the house but requested it for her safety. Complacency kills. In this situation, the officer is very regretful in his decision to conduct a complacent search of the home, and luckily nobody was killed.
My department does not have body cameras, but I still conduct business as if somebody is recording me. We live in a generation of surveillance. You never know when there are hidden cameras, a camera on a business you did not notice, or a cell phone recording from the top floor of a building. We hire police officers with high amounts of integrity because the definition of integrity is doing the right thing even when nobody is looking. I would be lying if I said my grandmother would approve of everything I do on the job. I am most guilty of foul language and it is something that I am working on not doing that. However, I can emphatically say I work with integrity and honesty without a doubt.
I think setting limits on tolerable behavior in regards to sexual and general harassment is appropriate; however, there are too many situations to make a policy for every behavior one could find inappropriate. When it comes to using force again every situation is different but there should be a pretty well laid out policy at departments for when and how an officer should use a certain amount of force. Officers should be trained on de-escalation tactics and alternatives to using force. Tactical training should include strategies to create time, space, and distance, to reduce the likelihood that force will be necessary and should occur in realistic conditions appropriate to the department’s location (U.S. Commission On Civil Rights, 2018). Philippians 2 verses 3 – 8 is a pretty straightforward verse with great leadership lessons. Be humble, put others before yourself, and be a servant leader.
From the very beginning of any interrogation, the accused has constitutional rights not to speak to police and also to have an attorney present. The Eighth Amendment to the Constitution prohibits cruel and unusual punishments placed upon any persons in the U.S. With these rights in mind I will only go as far as the Constitution allows when interrogating this suspect even if the suspect admits where the child is if the admission was coerced that admission could get thrown out of court. I would never compromise the investigation. There are other ways to find the abducted girl through detective work than just interrogating the suspect. The cost of illegal interrogations is documented in the number of lost prosecutions. Literally, thousands of cases across the country have had to be dismissed because prosecutors could not trust that the evidence provided by police officers was legitimate or the officer had lost credibility as a witness in all cases because of his or her wrongdoing (Pollock, 2019 7-4). Word count 506.
DB response 2
Considering your decision to search the residence for the fugitive my opinion, is that you decided to send your team in as a courtesy. Even though you had limited resources and thought you had no reason to search the lady home. You and your team made a choice to search the home but did not search it thoroughly. Minutes later you got a call that the fugitives were actually there, and you gave the woman false security. Yes, this situation could have ended bad if the team wasn’t still close by and still on the search. Lastly the lead officer made a humanly mistake of not taking their time on the search even though the woman asks to search the home for a reason (the boots). The SWAT team is human, not every choice is the best choice, however you did what you felt was the best decision to search the woman’s residence. Mistakes happen and luckily no one got hurt, in this situation the fugitives were apprehended and everyone was safe in the end.
The way I behave everyday is respectful to myself. I have my own morals and values, so I choose not to disrespect myself. But I also have made some mistakes and often feel forgiving and just choose better next time. I guess I act without cautions, I’m not famous so I don’t think about videos. Well, yes I have done things that I would not do in front of my grandma because I respect her a lot and some things are not meant for your parents or grandparents to see.
I think that setting limits for tolerable behavior is a great way to prevent yourself from finding yourself in difficult situations. Also, it is necessary. If no limits are set, then there is no model for want is acceptable and what’s over the line. When limits are set then nobody should go above those limits then they need to know they will be held accountable for those actions.
Philippians 2:3-8, “Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourselves, not looking to your own interests but each of you to the interests of the others. In your relationships with one another, have the same mindset as Christ Jesus: Who, being in very nature God, did not consider equality with God something to be used to his own advantage; rather, he made himself nothing by taking the very nature of a servant, being made in human likeness. And being found in appearance as a man, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to death- even death on a cross (BibleGateway, 2019)!” This verse lesson is that leaders have to be selfless and put their selves in their followers shoes.
Dilemma 7:
You are the assigned investigator in the abduction of a five year old girl. Based off of your interrogation of the suspect, you believe that he is aware of the girl’s whereabouts. At what lengths would you go to get the suspect to reveal the location of the abducted child? Honestly I know I can't be the bad cop but I will let the bad cop come in and do what they have to do and than I will come in trying to do deals/ plea bargains with the man. With any serious crime time is everything especially when it comes to kidnapping. I will have to do what every it take even if it's a white lie.