Interview

Imagin" rel="nofollow">ine yourself bein" rel="nofollow">ing in" rel="nofollow">interviewed for an entry-level police officer position by three high-rankin" rel="nofollow">ing members of a police agency. You will respond to three different situations in" rel="nofollow">involvin" rel="nofollow">ing corruption. Situation A As a newly hired police officer, you respond to an alarm call at 3 a.m. with your field train" rel="nofollow">inin" rel="nofollow">ing officer. Upon arrival, you fin" rel="nofollow">ind that a pharmacy has been broken in" rel="nofollow">into, and when you walk in" rel="nofollow">inside, you see another officer already on scene. This officer, who you know has 30 years on the job, takes a candy bar worth $1 off the shelf and begin" rel="nofollow">ins to eat it. It is clear that he did not pay for it and has no in" rel="nofollow">intention of leavin" rel="nofollow">ing money behin" rel="nofollow">ind. Will you do or say anythin" rel="nofollow">ing about this situation? If you decide to do somethin" rel="nofollow">ing, what will your action entail? If you decide to not react, provide a rationale for your choice. Situation B As a newly hired police officer, you work daily with a field train" rel="nofollow">inin" rel="nofollow">ing officer as well as three other officers on the 11 p.m.–7 a.m. shift. You have noticed on several occasions that there is an odor of liquor when one particular officer comes in" rel="nofollow">into the locker room before the shift. You have had conversations with him and he has told you that he goes out to din" rel="nofollow">inner before he comes in" rel="nofollow">into work and has a couple drin" rel="nofollow">inks but that it is no big deal. This particular field train" rel="nofollow">inin" rel="nofollow">ing officer has a lot of experience and is trusted within" rel="nofollow">in the community and organization. When you were hired, you were told that the organization is implementin" rel="nofollow">ing a plan to weed out corruption that is occurrin" rel="nofollow">ing in" rel="nofollow">in the field. The plan bein" rel="nofollow">ing implemented is not about officers drin" rel="nofollow">inkin" rel="nofollow">ing on the job, but you are concerned that if you do not say somethin" rel="nofollow">ing regardin" rel="nofollow">ing this behavior, he is goin" rel="nofollow">ing to hurt someone. You are worried that if you do say somethin" rel="nofollow">ing, there may be retaliation again" rel="nofollow">inst you. Explain" rel="nofollow">in what you will do in" rel="nofollow">in this situation. Will you say somethin" rel="nofollow">ing to your field train" rel="nofollow">inin" rel="nofollow">ing officer? Why or why not? Situation C For the fin" rel="nofollow">inal question of your in" rel="nofollow">interview, the in" rel="nofollow">interviewers tell you to pretend for a moment that you are the new chief of police in" rel="nofollow">in their police department. You are aware that the department has had numerous substantiated cases of corruption rangin" rel="nofollow">ing from officers takin" rel="nofollow">ing bribes from drug dealers to more min" rel="nofollow">inor offenses of officers acceptin" rel="nofollow">ing free food and coffee while they are on duty. You are also aware that one of your executive officers, a member of your management team, has been the subject of the highest number of in" rel="nofollow">investigations of corruption, but each time he has been exonerated. Explain" rel="nofollow">in what actions you will take that will make an immediate impact on changin" rel="nofollow">ing the culture of corruption within" rel="nofollow">in the department. What will you do long-term about this issue of corruption in" rel="nofollow">in your agency? Also explain" rel="nofollow">in how your actions in" rel="nofollow">in your professional and personal life will make it easier or more difficult for you to change the culture of corruption that exists in" rel="nofollow">in the agency.