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Ethics & Accountability Flashcards

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  1. A CPD officer discovers that a colleague is running a private business that competes with establishments the officer regularly patrols and inspects. This situation most likely constitutes:

    Answer: A conflict of interest requiring disclosure and potentially reassignment

    Operating a business that could be influenced by or could influence the officer's patrol duties creates a conflict of interest requiring disclosure under CPD ethics rules.

  2. Under the Illinois Police Torture Inquiry and Relief Commission Act, which historical CPD practice is the Commission specifically designed to address?

    Answer: Torture of criminal suspects by Commander Jon Burge and officers under his command

    The Commission was established to review claims from individuals who allege they were tortured by Burge-era CPD detectives into making false confessions.

  3. An officer is assigned to a task force investigating organized crime and is offered a large sum of money to 'look the other way' on a particular associate. The officer's immediate obligation is to:

    Answer: Report the bribery attempt immediately to a supervisor and relevant investigators

    A bribery attempt is a criminal act that must be immediately reported; failing to report it could itself constitute misconduct or criminal liability.

  4. CPD's prohibition on racial profiling is rooted primarily in which constitutional amendment?

    Answer: Fourth and Fourteenth Amendments (unreasonable search and equal protection)

    The Fourth Amendment prohibits unreasonable seizures, and the Fourteenth Amendment's equal protection clause prohibits race-based differential treatment by government actors.

  5. When a CPD supervisor fails to take corrective action after witnessing officer misconduct, they may be found liable under which legal theory?

    Answer: Supervisory liability for deliberate indifference to known misconduct

    Supervisors who know of misconduct and fail to act can face individual civil liability under Section 1983 for deliberate indifference.

  6. According to CPD's code of ethics, when an officer is uncertain whether a particular action is ethical, the best test to apply is:

    Answer: Whether the officer would be comfortable if their supervisors, family, and the public could observe the action

    The 'newspaper test' or 'sunlight test' asks whether the officer would be comfortable with full transparency—a practical ethics check taught in CPD training.

  7. The Laquan McDonald case fundamentally changed CPD accountability practices primarily because it demonstrated that:

    Answer: The concealment of a police shooting video exposed a systemic cover-up and lack of accountability

    The delayed release of the McDonald shooting video and subsequent cover-up revelations led to federal oversight, new transparency laws, and the Consent Decree.