Exemplary Peace Officer

The Guide to Ethical Decision Making

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An Exemplary Peace Officer (EPO) is not merely competent or even good. An EPO is excellent – an exemplary model. This excellence will translate into better community service and a safer, more successful, and more enjoyable career.

This book lays the foundation for your training and everything you will do once you become a sworn officer. Focus your full attention on mastering the concepts and principles in each of the following parts:

• Part 1: Policing History and Values
• Part 2: The Policing Mission
• Part 3: The Ethical Dimension of Policing
• Part 4: Characteristics of an Exemplary Peace Officer
• Part 5: Making Exemplary Decisions

You are expected to examine every segment of your learning in terms of making legal, ethical, and effective decisions that achieve the best possible results in terms of the policing mission.