Homework: Administrative Scenario
You are in charge of the administrative investigation. You must identify legal, ethical, and moral character violations that occurred. Review the following interviews:
1) Interview 1
a. You interview Officer X, and he denies being in the man's home with the man's wife and fraternizing with her. Officer X said that Officer Y is his alibi. Officer X said that he was with Officer Y at Officer Y's house when the alleged fraternization happened.
2) Interview 2
a. You interview Officer Y, and he initially verifies Officer X's story. However, under interrogation, Officer Y changes his story, and he admits that he was not with Officer X and that he lied for Officer X because Officer X asked him to do so. Subsequently, Officer Y is no longer an alibi for Officer X.
3) Interview 3
a. You re-interview Officer X, and he continues denying fraternization and denies being in the man's home with the man's wife. However, when you tell Officer X that Officer Y admitted to lying for him, Officer X admits to you that he lied and that he did fraternize with the other man's wife and that he was alone with her in her home.
In a 3 to 4-page paper, answer the following administrative questions:
1) Did a fraternization policy violation occur? What is the purpose of having and enforcing fraternization policies? Why do agencies have fraternization policies?
2) Did Officer X lie during the administrative investigation? Did Officer X encourage Officer Y to lie for him?
a. Is this merely an ethical issue, or does it also involve moral turpitude?
b. When does an ethical issue rise to the level of moral turpitude?
c. When does a moral issue rise to the level of criminality?
3) If the media find out about this investigation, what will the public expect you to do about it?
4) Sometimes, the cover-up is worse than the original act itself. As a criminal justice administrator, what is the best way to handle this kind of situation.
Format your homework according to the following formatting requirements:
i) The answer should be typed, using Times New Roman font (size 12), double spaced, with one-inch margins on all sides.
ii) The response also includes a cover page containing the title of the homework, the student's name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
iii) Also include a reference page. The Citations and references must follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.