Trainee Community Police Officer Harrod is just beginning his law enforcement career. He has been assigned to Field Training Officer John Crooks, a ten-year veteran. Their first assignment is to patrol a low-income housing project on the 4 p.m. to midnight shift. While on patrol, FTO Crooks stops the patrol vehicle and performs a citizen contact. Crooks immediately places the citizen against a wall with some force and causes a small cut on the citizen's forehead. After a pat down and search of the citizen, Crooks removes an object from the citizen's pocket and places it into his own. FTO Crooks then releases the citizen and returns to the patrol vehicle. Crooks tells trainee Harrod that the citizen is a friend of his.

Evaluate the situation using two of the four ethical frameworks for decision-making we have focused on in this class. Consider the law enforcement code of conduct and any other material you deem relevant to consider.

 

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