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Errant Thai police had better beware. Offenders who refuse to heed superiors' warnings to mend their ways will find themselves shamed into doing so - forced to wear a hot pink armband adorned with the Japanese cartoon character Hello Kitty, beloved of little girls.
Frustrated senior officers searching for ways to force their underlings to toe the line believe the cutesy armband will be sufficiently humiliating to deter policemen from further misdemeanours.
It would prove a stark contrast to the figure-hugging grey uniforms, highly polished black knee boots, white helmets and mi... Read more
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Modesto Bee - Modesto,CA,USA
28 March 2008
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Police academy stresses integr
Intelligence. Compassion. Strength. Dedication to service. All of these are necessary qualities for an effective peace officer. But another quality supersedes them: Integrity.
Fifty young people will graduate from the Ray Simon Regional Criminal Justice Training Center today in a ceremony at Shelter Cove Community Church. Expected are some 800 people, including law enforcement officials from throughout the area and Assemblyman Greg Aghazarian, R-Stockton, who will be given the Assemblyman of the Year award by the California State Sheriffs' Association. At a key moment, graduating recruits will be asked to recite -- from memory -- the law enforcement code of ethics.
"Believe me, it's a big deal," said Stanislaus County Sheriff Adam Christianson, who will swear in five of the graduates as his deputies immediately after their graduation. "It's one of the events in their lives that they will never forget."
There's another thing he hopes they never forget -- the importance of personal integrity.
If they needed another lesson, Michael Galvan provided one. Late last week, the former sheriff's deputy accepted a plea bargain for assault under the color of authority and embezzlement that could put him in jail for 16 months. He violated the law and, worse, the public trust.
That such incidents are rare and embarrassing imbues them with the power to teach, said Christianson. The lesson is "never compromise your integrity," he said.
That message is delivered every day by Lt. Jim Gordon, director of the academy, and his staff. "If anything, for me, (the Galvan incident is) motivation to reinforce everything we do at the academy level; to make sure we're instilling a law enforcement code of ethics," said Gordon. Such incidents "degrade every peace officer working with you. ... It creates nothing but trouble for us."
That's why standards and ethics are so heavily stressed in the academy's curriculum.
"Each and every day it's instilled somewhere in the training," said Gordon. "They're constantly being reminded of that. More than anything, it's a reminder we're in this business to provide public safety; what we do is a public trust."
The academy, once a joint operation involving Modesto Junior College, the sheriff and the Modesto Police Department, now operates under the Sheriff's Department. This is the academy's third graduating class since Gordon became director. He is delighted that most of the graduates will walk directly into jobs in Turlock, Lodi, San Joaquin County and other valley law enforcement agencies. All of the graduates, he said, should be employed within two months. And there are 95 reservations for classes starting in April.
To today's graduates, we echo the congratulations being offered by Christianson, Gordon and so many others. And like them, to the graduates we stress the importance of ethics and integrity in protecting the public.
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