Why Police Ethics Matters

Authors

  • Shamima Parvin Lasker Professor & Head of Anatomy, Shahbuddin Medical College; Secretary General, Bangladesh Bioethics Society

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.62865/bjbio.v14i1.83

Keywords:

Police, abuse, ethics, bioethics, code of conduct

Abstract

When police abuse their duties, it undermines the state's internal security. It creates a crisis of legitimacy of police because people detest them for their abuse and tyranny. In 1957, IACP (the International Association of Chiefs of Police) developed an ethics tool Code of Ethics for law enforcement. Nevertheless, training has been focused and emphasized on techniques and tactics of policing. Ethics is not the part of presell of the training. The Code of Ethics is pronounced once in a life only during pass-out day. Police face dilemmas in real-time situations with people and society. This is why, this article is concerned with ethics a tool, and procedures to reduce police abuse.

Author Biography

Shamima Parvin Lasker, Professor & Head of Anatomy, Shahbuddin Medical College; Secretary General, Bangladesh Bioethics Society

PhD, MPH, MPhil, EMMB, MSc. Email- [email protected]    ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3484-9526   Scopus ID: 57219800747

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Published

2023-03-01

How to Cite

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Lasker SP. Why Police Ethics Matters . BJBio [Internet]. 2023 Mar. 1 [cited 2025 Feb. 9];14(1):17-9. Available from: https://bjbio.bioethics.org.bd/index.php/BJBio/article/view/83

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