ABSTRACT
Ethical behavior is the foundation of any professional organization. In law enforcement, many courses addressing ethics may be good, but they lack the knowledge of the ethical ideologies of the police oªcers that are being taught. Various divisions within a department may require di‹erent ethical framework because of the unit to which the oªcers are assigned. Patrol oªcers have di‹erent needs than narcotics oªcers, school resource oªcers, traªc oªcers, or special weapons and tactics (SWAT) oªcers. is makes the “one stop shop” for ethics training not practical or eªcient (Bayley, 2009).
