Like everything else in life, your success and your actions are governed by your attitude, what you choose to focus on and how you choose to look at those things. Everything can be divided into three spheres…
Control, Influence and Everything Else
Ethics
Robert E. Lee and the Abuse of Principle
Accepting that Robert E. Lee possessed fine ideals and a sterling character, we should use his sad life as a warning, not a model.
Surrounded by Temptation
An 11-year veteran of the police department, a 20-year military vet who served in Iraq, was charged with Official Misconduct and Theft. A lost career and facing prison over an alleged $250 theft. How does someone who has spent so many years in the service of country and community lose it all and how can you be sure that it will never be you?
A Spoke in the Wheel
Deitrich Bonhoeffer’s transition from theologian to conspirator in an assassination plot is important reading for anyone looking for insight on applying Christian ethics to life today.
High Marks on Police Ethics
A national poll on professional honesty and ethics in the U.S. consistently ranks police officers well.
Spinning on Arizona’s Law
There is an awful lot of high emotion over this and the media is fueling the fire.
Aliens on the Beat
There are key differences between the local police and the federal government, those differences are the heart of the reason immigration enforcement should remain a federal responsibility.
Crossing the Border
A moral crisis exists if we are called upon to commit “a social and racial sin” in the performance of our duties. Is that the position that police officers in Arizona will find themselves? What are the principles that should help form our view?
World Class Strategic Deception
Listen to how this elaborate deception lays the groundwork for an historic confession.
Strategic Deception – Righteous Lying?
We are called to tell the truth. This is not easy for anyone, but it can be complicated for a police officer, perhaps even more so for a Christian police officer. How do we reconcile situations where we employ strategic deception, lies to conceal our identity or to prompt an admission from a suspect, with our obligation to remain truthful?