Principles for Promoting Police Integrity

By Government Printing Office

Book Id: WPLBN0000187439
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Reproduction Date: 2005

Title:	Principles for Promoting Police Integrity
Author:	Government Printing Office
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Language:	English
Subject:	Government publications, Legislation., Economic & political studies
Collections:	Government Library Collection, Government Printing Office
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Publisher:	Government Printing Office


Citation APA MLA Chicago Printing Office, B. G. (n.d.). Principles for Promoting Police Integrity. Retrieved from http://self.gutenberg.org/

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Government Reference Publication

Excerpt
Excerpt: For the past 8 years, police officers around this country have been doing an heroic job in helping this nation reduce crime rates. As a result, many neighborhoods are safer and better places to live. And for the past eight years, I have worked to encourage a style of policing that gets officers into the community and engaged with the neighborhoods they serve. For community policing to be successful, and crime reduction efforts to be effective, citizens must have trust in the police. All of us must work together to address the problems of excessive use of force and racial profiling, and - equally important - the perceptions of many minority residents that law enforcement treats them unfairly, if we are to build the confidence in law enforcement necessary for continued progress. Our goal must be professional law enforcement that gives all citizens of our country the feeling that they are being treated fairly, equally and with respect.

Table of Contents
TABLE OF CONTENTS I. Introduction by the Attorney General . . . . . . . . . . . 1 II. Use of Force . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 1. General Policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 2. Deadly Force . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 3. Nondeadly Force . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 4. Continuum of Force . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 5. Use of Canines to Apprehend Suspects . . . . . . . . 4 6. Administrative Review of Shootings and Use of Deadly Force 5 7. Use of Force Reporting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 8. Administrative Review of Nondeadly Force . . . . . . 6 III. Complaints and Misconduct Investigations . . . . . . . . . 7 1. General Policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 2. Accepting Misconduct Complaints . . . . . . . . . . . 7 3. Reports of Misconduct . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 4. Misconduct Investigations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 5. Resolution of Misconduct Investigations . . . . . . . 9 IV. Promoting Accountability and Effective Management . . . 10 1. Information Management Systems (“early warning” systems) 10 2. Supervision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 3. Searches and Seizures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 4. Public Information and Feedback . . . . . . . . . . 12 5. Meaningful Civilian Input . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 V. Training . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 VI. Non-Discriminatory Policing and Data Collection . . . . 15 1. General Policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 2. Traffic Stops . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 3. Conduct of Law Enforcement Stops . . . . . . . . . 16 4. Data Collection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 5. Persons with Limited English Proficiency . . . . . 17 VII. Recruitment, Hiring and Retention . . . . . . . . . . . 18 1. Recruitment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 2. Hiring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 3. Assignment and Promotion . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 4. Prevention of Harassment . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Appendix 1. Examples of Promising Police Practices and Policies Appendix 2. U.S. Department of Justice Research, Resources and Programs on Police Practices