NC BLET State Exam with 100% Correct Answers (2023/2024)
Ethics
the discipline of determining good and evil and defining moral duties
Morals
the principles of right and wrong
Crime Fighter (Crime Control Model)
repression of criminal conduct is the most important function; failure of LE means the breakdown of
order; criminal process is the positive guarantor of social freedom; efficiency is a top priority;
emphasis is on speed and finality; a conveyor belt is the model for the system; there is a presumption
of guilt
Public Servant (Due Process Model)
there is a possibility of error; finality is not a priority; there is insistence on prevention and elimination
of mistakes; efficiency is rejected if it involves shortcuts; protection of process is important as
protection as innocents; the coercive power of the state is always subject to abuse
Common drivers of unethical behavior
Noble Cause Corruption
"The Blue Curtain"/Code of Silence
Slippery Slope/"Mama Rosa's test"
6 major groups of unethical behavior in LE
1. Graft, bribery, and classic corruption
2. Process corruption
3. Brutality and excessive force
4. on-duty unprofessional conduct
5. Workplace deviance
6. off-duty unprofessional conduct
3 sources of law
1. Constitutional law
2. Statutory law
3. Common law
Criminal and civil consequences of violating someone's constitutional rights
criminal prosecution, civil liability, departmental sanctions, evidence excluded
Territorial jurisdiction of State officers
anywhere in the state
Territorial jurisdiction of County officers
in the county; any property owned by the county (even if it is outside the county); as well as any
waterways adjacent/surrounding the county
Territorial jurisdiction of municipal/city police
Ethics
the discipline of determining good and evil and defining moral duties
Morals
the principles of right and wrong
Crime Fighter (Crime Control Model)
repression of criminal conduct is the most important function; failure of LE means the breakdown of
order; criminal process is the positive guarantor of social freedom; efficiency is a top priority;
emphasis is on speed and finality; a conveyor belt is the model for the system; there is a presumption
of guilt
Public Servant (Due Process Model)
there is a possibility of error; finality is not a priority; there is insistence on prevention and elimination
of mistakes; efficiency is rejected if it involves shortcuts; protection of process is important as
protection as innocents; the coercive power of the state is always subject to abuse
Common drivers of unethical behavior
Noble Cause Corruption
"The Blue Curtain"/Code of Silence
Slippery Slope/"Mama Rosa's test"
6 major groups of unethical behavior in LE
1. Graft, bribery, and classic corruption
2. Process corruption
3. Brutality and excessive force
4. on-duty unprofessional conduct
5. Workplace deviance
6. off-duty unprofessional conduct
3 sources of law
1. Constitutional law
2. Statutory law
3. Common law
Criminal and civil consequences of violating someone's constitutional rights
criminal prosecution, civil liability, departmental sanctions, evidence excluded
Territorial jurisdiction of State officers
anywhere in the state
Territorial jurisdiction of County officers
in the county; any property owned by the county (even if it is outside the county); as well as any
waterways adjacent/surrounding the county
Territorial jurisdiction of municipal/city police
