Equity in Discipline Throughout Law Enforcement
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Date
2019
Authors
Wright, Kelly
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Publisher
Law Enforcement Management Institute of Texas (LEMIT)
Abstract
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This paper discusses the importance of fair and consistent discipline and spells out the reasons as to why it is a must throughout law enforcement. However, this needs to be established through evidence based discussion that takes into account both the pros and cons of a structured discipline matrix. This paper analyzes a few such matrices from reputable publications by taking both the view points in the form of position, counter position, and builds a case by providing rebuttals and drawing recommendations for the need to have fair and consistent discipline as a cardinal principle in police administration. The inevitable conclusion is the need for police administrators to adopt a conceptual framework on the lines of a disciplinary matrix, which is found to be an emerging and workable concept.
Keywords
Police Ethics, Police Misconduct, Police--Discipline