Abstract
The remarkable rhetorical virtue of “integrity” is its ability to bring police willingly into reflective discussions of abuse, corruption, and misconduct that they would be reluctant to discuss in almost any other terms. Everyone is in favor of integrity and is obliged to believe that it should be enhanced. Thus, the attraction of the concept is that it pulls police as well as those who would understand their shortcomings into a joint effort to make things better. It does so by appealing to the noble aspirations of both groups to know and act with virtue. The concept has served this project well not only because just such an effort was the objective of this research but also because the definition of “integrity” employed in this research intentionally restrained some of the concept’s most lofty ambitions.
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Monell v. New York City Department of Social Services, 436 U.S. 658, 98 S. Ct. 2018 (1978). Monell includes most forms of excessive force, which constitute unconstitutional “seizures” under the Fourth Amendment. Also actionable under Title 42 United States Code, section 1983 (The Civil Rights Act of 1871) are false arrest, illegal searches and seizures of property, denial of free exercise of First Amendment rights, coerced confessions, and denial of counsel or medical care.
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(2006). Enhancing Police Integrity. In: Enhancing Police Integrity. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-36956-3_12
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