Webliography
"This digital library contains both the codes or rules setting standards for the professional conduct of lawyers and commentary on the law governing lawyers, organized on a state by state basis." There are eleven "narratives on the law of lawyering of their states," with commentaries for twelve more states and the European Community in progress. Extensive hypertext links to material on this site and distributed on other sites makes this a comprehensive reference. Material can be accessed by state or by topic. Part of the Cornell Law School's Legal Information Institute.
A Human Rights Watch report which "examines common obstacles to accountability for police abuse in fourteen large cities representing most regions of the nation. The cities examined are: Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Detroit, Indianapolis, Los Angeles, Minneapolis, New Orleans, New York, Philadelphia, Portland, Providence, San Francisco, and Washington, D.C. Research for this report was conducted over two and a half years, from late 1995 through early 1998.”
http://www.freedomtocare.org/police.htm/
The Police Ethics Network puts on lectures, holds workshops on contemporary issues, publishes a journal, issues monographs and shares information on good practice. It organises study days on ethical themes at various venues including London, South Wales, Guildford and Teesside. Examples of important issues in contemporary policing: surveillance, use of informers, new technology, community relations, partnerships, the use of force, authority and accountability, Information-sharing, confidentiality, privacy, Ethical management, leadership, Loyalty and honesty, Policing by consent, and Human rights and policing.
The Southwestern Law Enforcement Institute is a division of The Southwestern Legal Foundation in Dallas, Texas. Since 1957 it has offered law enforcement management training and executive development programs. In 1992, assisted by a generous grant from the Meadows Foundation, the Center for Law Enforcement Ethics was established as a component of the Institute. To provide direct assistance to agencies, the SLEI and Ethics Center offer LETAP (Law Enforcement Technical Assistance Programs). Services offered include: Management and Operational Studies, Policy and Procedure Development, Assessment Centers, Executive Search, Research and Grant Development, On- Site Programs, Ethics Programs, Community Oriented Policing
http://www.ethicstrainers.com/
The Mission of the International Association of Ethics Trainers is to enhance the knowledge and ability of ethics trainers in all professions by improving their ability to communicate and exchange information.
http://www.ethicsinstitute.com/
The mission of the National Institute of Ethics, the nation's largest provider of training that helps prevent employee misconduct and enhances integrity, is to enhance professionalism through ethical standards and integrity assurance training. In addition, to a professional focus, our mission includes the enhancement of the family through character and integrity building training and support programs for children and parents.
http://www.communitypolicing.org/
The Community Policing Consortium is a partnership of five of the leading police organizations in the United States: International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP), National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives (NOBLE), National Sheriffs' Association (NSA), Police Executive Research Forum (PERF), Police Foundation. These five organizations play a principal role in the development of community policing research, training and technical assistance, and each is firmly committed to the advancement of this policing philosophy.
Established in 1966, the California Police Chiefs Association is an organization that represents municipal law enforcement agencies in California. The objectives of the association are to promote and advance the science and art of police administration and crime prevention; and to develop and disseminate professional administrative practices, and to promote their use in the police profession; to foster police cooperation and the exchange of information and experience throughout the State; to bring about recruitment and training of qualified persons in the police profession; to encourage the adherence of all police officers to high professional standards of conduct in strict compliance with the Law Enforcement Officer's Code of Ethics.
http://www.lib.jjay.cuny.edu/cje/html/policeethics.html/
This site features articles and reports that focus on police conduct, police- community relations, and ethics. There are numerous sources, including other Web sites, that can be explored.
http://www.dodsontraining.com/
Dodson Training Resources is a Texas based company specializing in providing quality, principle based leadership and integrity training to Public Safety Agencies, Municipal, County, State and Federal Governments and Corporate America.
http://www.opcc.bc.ca/ethicsin.htm
The Police Complaint Commissioner believes in promoting topics of interest in the policing community that positively impact police conduct. One such topic is that of ethics in policing.
To promote and increase understanding of this topic, the Commissioner has commissioned several ethical opinions from Dr. Eike-Henner W. Kluge, Ph.D., an expert in the field of ethics. Dr. Kluge is currently Chair of the Department of Philosophy at the University of Victoria.
The Mission of the Maine Chiefs of Police is to secure a closer official and personal relationship among Maine Police Officials: to secure a unity of action in law enforcement matters: to enhance the standards of police personnel, police training and police professionalism generally: to devise ways and means for equality of law enforcement throughout the state of Maine: To advance the prevention and detection of crime: To prescribe to the Law Enforcement Code of Ethics: and to promote the profession of law enforcement as an integral and dedicated force in today's society sworn to the protection of life and property.
http://www.aclu.org/issues/criminal/hmcj.html/
"No better instrument has been devised for arriving at truth than to give a person in jeopardy of serious loss notice of the case against him and opportunity to meet it. Nor has a better way been found for generating the feeling, so important to a popular government, that justice has been done."
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/BJA/html/text.htm/
The Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA), a component of the Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice supports innovative programs that strengthen the Nation’s Criminal Justice System by assisting State and local governments in combating violent crime and drug abuse. Established by the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968, as amended, BJA accomplishes its mission by providing funding, evaluation, training, technical assistance, and information support to State and community criminal justice programs, thus effectively forming partnerships with State and local jurisdictions.
http://www.abanet.org/crimjust/home.html/
Welcome to the web site for the Criminal Justice Section of the American Bar Association. The Section's internet presence seeks to not only provide its members, criminal justice professionals, and the general public with information concerning the Section and its activities, but also to serve as a comprehensive resource for individuals interested in the criminal justice system.
On this site you will be able to access data about OGE and the services it provides. We hope that this site will help you understand the executive branch ethics program and our effort to reach Federal employees and the general public.