NCJ Number
234942
Date Published
1996
Length
0 pages
Annotation
This video is a recording of the highlights of the National Symposium on Police Integrity, July 1996.
Abstract
This 19 minute video highlights a variety of compelling presentations featuring America's leading criminal justice professionals at the National Symposium on Police Integrity which took place in Washington, DC, July 1996 to examine the issues of public trust, public perception, and police integrity. Speaker Mark Moore of the Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, described three ideas regarding policy integrity: intellectual which focuses on the intellectual domain broadened the conceptual thinking about this issue; personal which is described as the significance of police integrity for both leaders and police officers; and actions which yielded a series of action steps that can be pursued to begin the process of seeking resolution for the issues brought to the table. In her keynote address, Attorney General Janet Reno described this symposium as the beginning of the research and requested that a report be prepared that outlines an action plan to enable NIJ and COPS to continue the work suggested by the symposium. There is an overview of the key points made by the speakers during the five plenary sessions: Interdisciplinary Panel of Integrity and Ethics; Law Enforcement Executives on the Integrity and Ethics Challenges Facing the Profession; The Impact of Police Culture, Leadership, and Organization on Integrity; How to Effectively Cope with Influences in the Police culture and Organization and in the Community; and the Impact of Internal Systems and External Forces on Police Integrity.