Ethics and values - Kent Police

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Student NotesNOT PROTECTIVELY MARKEDIntroductionCritical foryou to actfairly,professionallyand withhonesty andintegrityIn this section we will look at the expectations society has of its policeservice and how you can ensure that your behaviour contributes to apositive relationship between the police and the public. The changingcontext of policing in recent years has given renewed prominence to theethics of the police service. This highlights how critical it is for officers toact fairly, professionally, and with honesty and integrity, and has signalledits importance in securing public confidence in the police.The Human Rights Act 1998, for example, incorporates the EuropeanResponsibilityof policeservice tocomply withEuropeanConvention onHuman RightsConvention of Human Rights (ECHR) into domestic law and allows anindividual to bring a claim in the home courts where there has been aninterference with their convention rights by a public authority that was notjustified. It has placed responsibility on all public bodies to ensure thattheir actions are compatible with the ECHR. The implications of not actingfairly, professionally, honestly and with integrity are substantial, given thescope of the police to infringe on the freedoms and rights of individuals.A number of high profile cases of police corruption have also brought ethicalpolicing more into the public eye. They have a greater chance of making anegative impact on public perceptions of the service and damaging theintegrity of the police. The inspections carried out into police integrity byHer Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary (HMIC) in 1999 (‘PoliceIntegrity: Securing and Maintaining Public Confidence’) and 2011 (‘WithoutFear or Favour: A Review of Police Relationships’) highlighted poor officerbehaviour (e.g. rudeness, arrogance and discriminatory comments) as theissue causing the public the most concern. The full reports can be accessedhere:http://www.hmic.gov.uk/publication/police-integrity/http://www.hmic.gov.uk/publication/review-police-relationships/It may be worth taking a look at the Crime Survey for England and Wales(previously called the British Crime Survey) to give you an insight into theIND01(AS)_EthicsandValues_SNVersion 1.01 NOT PROTECTIVELY MARKED Page 6 of 82© College of Policing Limited 2013
Student NotesNOT PROTECTIVELY MARKEDpublic’s view of the service.http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/crime-stats/crime-statistics/focus-on-publicperceptions-of-policing--findings-from-the-2011-12-crime-survey-forengland-and-wales/stb-public-perceptions-of-policing-2011-12-crimesurvey-for-england-wales.htmlOrigin of Police Values and EthicsThe topics that you will cover in this section are:• Policing by consent• Statement of Mission and Values• Policing in partnership• National and local policing• Police Standards of Professional Behaviour• Significant public inquiriesShared goalswith thepublic‘Policing By Consent’Policing by consent requires the support of the public, which can bedeveloped only by learning about and trying to understand the matterscausing them concern. The public need to have confidence in us and theservice we provide to them.The British police service has traditionally worked with the open support ofServing thecommunity –not justenforcing thelawthe public - ‘policing by consent’ - which involves dialogue about sharedgoals and a role of serving the community, not just enforcing the law. Inreturn, the police rely upon the active co-operation of the public to beeffective. An example of a police function that requires public assistance isthe reporting of crime and other breaches of the law. Another example isthe giving of information, particularly as a witness or victim when giving astatement. This type of support from the public is vital to the detection ofcrime. Anything that threatens this much valued tradition of policing byconsent is therefore a cause for concern.Assigning named officers to patrol a neighbourhood means that they get toIND01(AS)_EthicsandValues_SNVersion 1.01 NOT PROTECTIVELY MARKED Page 7 of 82© College of Policing Limited 2013
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