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In July of 1992, the Institute for Law Enforcement
Administration (ILEA), supported by a generous
grant from the Meadows Foundation of Dallas, Texas,
launched the Center for Law Enforcement Ethics.
Organized to focus attention on ethical issues
that go to the heart of policing, the goals of
the Ethics Center are to examine the ethics of
professional obligations in law enforcement, explore
strategies that enhance the ethical climate in
policing, and establish programs that will provide
ethical decision-making tools.
Since 1992, the vision of the Center for Law Enforcement
Ethics has been to:
Champion the Nobility of Policing by
Providing a Forum to Address the Ethical
Issues of Peacekeeping in a Democratic Society
The
Center for Law Enforcement Ethics offers a number
of programs and services including the:
Contemporary
Issues and Ethics Conference Presented
annually since 2004, the Ethics Conference is
now partnered with the Contemporary Issues Conference,
and offered in the spring of each year. Attracting
practitioners and educators from around the world,
this event provides participants with the opportunity
to discuss a variety of ethics issues impacting
the law enforcement community.
Annual Ethics Award Given each
year since 1998, this award is intended to recognize
an individual or an organization for especially
meritorious leadership or courage related to law
enforcement ethics and integrity. Included among
the annual awards are those for Ethical Courage;
Noble Service; and Ethics Achievement.
Ethics Roll Call Designed to
stimulate discussion of ethics, character and
leadership values across the law enforcement profession,
the Ethics Roll Call has been published and distributed
since October, 1993. Readers of Ethics Roll Call
represent a broad spectrum of practitioners, educators
and interested professionals from across North
America, Europe and elsewhere.
Ethics Train-the-Trainer Course
Since 1994, this highly interactive four and one-half
day course has provided trainers and educators
with the materials, insights and confidence to
teach ethics before law enforcement audiences.
Graduates of this course have been drawn from
law enforcement organizations across the United
States, Canada, Europe and South America.
Advanced Ethics Train-the-Trainer Course
Designed for graduates of the basic Ethics Train-the-Trainer
course, this three-day program provides a range
of strategies and discussion points suitable for
broadening the ethics experience on both a personal
and organizational level.
In addition, Ethics Center staff regularly participate
as speakers and facilitators on the topics of
ethics and values, with agencies and organizations
across North America.
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