Ethics and the Criminal Justice System - Assignment Example

The law enforcement of Ethics says the following in paragraph three: "I will never act officiously or permit personal feelings, prejudices, or animosities or friendships to influence my decisions. With no compromise for crime and with relentless prosecution of criminals, I will enforce the law courteously and appropriately without fear or favor, malaise or ill will employing unnecessary force or violence and never accepting gratuities"(Law Enforcement Code of Ethics). In the first paragraph, it says that I will protect the innocent.

 If, in this case, I would have arrested the person that I pulled over and placed them in a cell until tomorrow because I felt that this person was a threat to the public than I must do this with this police officer also. It really has nothing to do with whether he is a police officer but whether my belief is that he is a threat to the innocent. Does being a drunk police officer make him less of a risk Maybe. Because he is a police officer he may go home and sleep it off and show up for work tomorrow but he may also decide to drink again and if he kills someone his incident is no registered because you sent him home.

Have you then protected the public The answer, of course, is no? If we do that we will not find ourselves second-guessing what we should do. So I return to my original answer. No, it is not ethical to take off the cuffs and send him home in a cab.