Assignment:
I would like to take the time to first of all define deontological decision as I was not familiar with this term when I first saw it. A deontological decision is a decision made in a situation should always follow the rules. For example, if my family was hungry and did not have food to eat I could not steal food because doing so is wrong. Basically the theory expects you to do right in all situations by following rules of morality.
With that said if a law enforcement officer is expected to follow morality rules, he or she will always do that which is right. I can say that law enforcement officers are sometimes put in awkward situation where the lines my get blurred based on the assignments that they are carrying out. I imagine that an officer working undercover might have a more difficult doing ethical things. On the other hand if an officer works patrol he might find that it is easier to do the right thing. Although I will say that a District Attorney also has a huge impact on this. One great example of that is the District Attorney in one of the neighboring counties that I live in. The District Attorney in that County refuses to prosecute people and if I were an officer in that county I would think twice before arresting someone, spending hours on paperwork and booking a person in only so that the District Attorney of that County decides to turn around and drop charges. I believe that would be a huge challenge.
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