Journal 4 - Week 4 - PINE TREE THEATRE

9/7/2018

Journal 4 - Week 4

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Read the news story and watch the video attached to this journal - click the button below. 1) Was this an ethics violation by the officer? 2) Should the officer be penalized and, if so, how severe (written reprimand, unpaid suspension, termination)? 3) What should a police department do to prevent this incident from happening in the future? (Comments to this post due no later than Monday, 9/10/2018 at 3:15 PM)

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Josh Peterson

9/7/2018 10:28:36 am

1) This was an ethics violation by the officer because there are many other things she could’ve done before shooting and killing the victim. 2) I feel like the officer should be terminated because she took and innocent mans life for what was her own mistake by walking into the wrong apartment seemingly without any other method than shooting him. 3) I don’t know how you prevent this because it just seems like a simple mistake but turned out to be fatal.

Jose Trejo Vega

9/7/2018 10:29:25 am

1) I believe it wasn't a violation of ethics to her knowledge it was a man who had broken into her home and confronted her.
2)I think she should be terminated because she shot a man who was indeed In his home also she somehow managed to enter the home of the man although not clear how she accomplished this she should still be terminated or at the very least get unpaid suspension.
3) to prevent this from happening again I would suggest that they have some sort of protocal for this or at the very least have officers be able to recognize there own home/apartment number to prevent confusion and in this situation death

Alex wilson

9/7/2018 10:39:14 am

1 I feel like she violated her ethics because she could of listen to then man and reason with him before shooting them.2 I think she should be terminated for making such a mistake, if you kill an innocent man all because u thought he was in ur apparnent ( even though it wasn’t even her house) to prevent this in the future do more weapon practice and eithics training

Matthew Shepard

9/7/2018 10:40:53 am

1. I believe it was against the code of ethics because there were several other things that she could have done before firing her weapon at this man. 2. I think that the police department in dallas should terminate this officer because she wasn’t in her own home when she shot him. 3. They should use this incident as an example when they are training new officers.

Tate bethel

9/7/2018 10:46:02 am

1.)yes this is and ethical violation to the officer because the officer shouldn’t have gone straight to the firearm in the forces that she has
2.)yes because the officer went into the mans apartment and shot him dead thinking it was her apartment building
3.)I feel like she shouldn’t have gone straight to the firearm she should have tazed him or pepper spray because they said that the man did not have a weapon on him

Abby Valenzuela

9/7/2018 10:49:21 am

1. I don’t think we can actually determine if it was ethics violation by the officer or not because we don’t really know what went down while she was in the department but what I do think she should have done before shooting was double checking if she was in the right department.
2. I think the officer should be penalized with some years in jail because she did take somebody’s life in their own home.
3. I don’t think there is anything to do to prevent it in the future because mistakes are going to happen all the time.

Ja'Brealon Dalton

9/7/2018 10:53:06 am

1.yes it was a ethical violation she went straight for her firearm and shot him died the best way to to handle it is look at the apartment number to make sure it's your door
2. I think she should be terminated because she use deadly force when she didn't need to she could have confronted the person and say hey what you doing in my apartment get out
3. I don't know no officer should use deadly until they have too

Justin Reyna

9/7/2018 11:33:40 am

1) I believe it was an ethics violation because the man didn’t have a weapon and I believe the officer could’ve used a less lethal weapon.
2) I think the officer should get terminated because the officer used an unnecessary amount of force when it wasn’t needed.
3) the police department should use this as an example to teach new officers to think before they use any amount of force.

Kiley Jones

9/7/2018 11:34:15 am

1) I believe this was an ethics violation because instead of drawing and shooting she could have chose to calmly talk to the “intruder” in her apartment, by doing that she could’ve found out that she was in the wrong apartment and the victim was the one who lived there.
2) I think she should be discharged from the department, because she did kill a man that want doing anything wrong.
3) Go prevent this from happening again I think that they should have protocol and punishments for wrongfully killing where a simple conversation could’ve solved the problem.

Alexander barrientos

9/7/2018 11:35:06 am

1 these was ethical because she could of talked to the guy in that apartment and check if it was her apartment 2 even though it was an accident she should be punished by several years cause she took another guy life in his own apartment 3 the way the police department should prevent from happening is they should not stress the officer and give them less hours cause the officer was probably under alot of street and tired so she went into the wrong apartment because of street and tiredness

Sui Chin Tial

9/7/2018 11:36:40 am

1) Yes, I believe it was an ethics violation by the officer because there were plenty of other things she could’ve done instead of pulling the trigger.
2) Yes, the officer should be penalized because her lack of paying attention took an innocent life away. Although you never know someone’s true intentions, it seemed like an accident. Suspension for awhile (or termination at the most) should be enough for letting what she’s done sink in.
3) A police department should give officers better training, put them in all different types of scenarios and teach them the proper way to react. Whether that’d be learning new fighting tactics or codes, whatever it is, the last thing they’d have to do is pull out their gun and use it. I feel like that’ll help prevent incidents like this from happening in the future.

Craven Osborne

9/7/2018 11:38:30 am

The officer shouldn't have shot him until she knew she was in danger.
She should lose her title for a reasonable amount of time.
I don't think there's anything they can do. Sometimes things just happen

Tayvin Mcclaran

9/7/2018 11:43:20 am

1. No this was not an ethical decision because there were other ways she could have handled the situation. 2. She should be punished by being fired by the police department and even changed with murder. 3. The police department can start preventing these types of accidents by have the officers leave there duty weapon at the police department.

Sean Westmoreland

9/7/2018 11:47:45 am

1.) Yes, this was a major ethic violation because even though she mistakenly went into the apartment she went into someone else’s home and killed him.
2.) The officer should be terminated for intruding into someone’s home and killing them.
3.) The police department should have a certain protocol for situations like this and have better training at confusing situations to prevent something like this from happening in the future again.

Trinity Lau

9/7/2018 11:48:04 am

1) I believe that this is an ethics violation because the officer could’ve done something other than taking the persons life. 2) Even though the officer “didn’t know” that was not her apartment, she should still be penalized to unpaid suspention, she took a innocent males life. 3) I feel as if the police department can’t really do anything except enforce ethical questions and practices that help the officers “think before do”. The officer wasn’t on duty anymore and simply was just tired, the police department can’t really control that.

Stephanie wilhite

9/7/2018 11:48:13 am

1.) This was a ethical violation because she could of talked to the man nefore shooting at the victim. 2.) The officer sould be terminated for taking a mans live. 3.) It was a mistake so i dont really know how to prevent it except for people to look there doors.

Luis Vasquez

9/7/2018 11:57:19 am

I think it was an ethical violation because she should have not shot him and should have checked the apartment number 2.i think she should be fired and go to jail 3. I think they should pay more attention because accidents are going to happen

James blankenship

9/7/2018 12:53:59 pm

1.this was a ethics vialation because she could of talked to the man or just of tased him instead of shooting him 2. She should be on unpaid suspension because after a full shift and being tired lot of people could of done the same thing 3. The could have officers that are still on duty drive them to there house or have one of them call the persons family or freind to pick them up

Quintasia futrell

9/7/2018 12:57:50 pm

1. It was an ethical violation because she shot an innocent man without reasoning. She could have just talked to him instead.
2. She should be terminated because his death could've been prevented if she would've been more careful.
3. They can prevent this from happening by telling the officersto not shoot unless they are sure the person is s threat .

Brandon Bonilla

9/7/2018 01:05:32 pm

I believe that in a way she did and didn’t violate the code of ethics because of course you would react in such a way if there was a stranger in your apartment, but at the same time it wasn’t her apartment so she did violate the code of ethics. I think her rights to be an officer has to be taken away because of what she did , she should even get some other type of punishment for taking an innocent life , it was really her fault for getting in the wrong apartment. But I think police departments can’t really do nothing about this but go over on how to rise from hand to hand combat to getting a firearm out and fire. The police officer was “tired” , they should work on staying engaged and focused after every shift because of this incident that has occurred.

Avery Jones

9/7/2018 01:06:25 pm

1.) I believe it was an ethical violation because he was innocent and she should have been completely sure that he was going into her apartment. 2.) She definitely needs to be terminated. 3.) you can prevent this from happening by being more careful and not thinking everyone is a threat.

Samuel barron

9/7/2018 01:07:06 pm

1.) it was a ethical violation because she shouldn't of shot the man and she should of talk to him or look around the house to see if its her actual department
2.) The officer should be terminated the guys death wouldn't of happen if she manage to work things out and why should she even shoot him without explanation and how did the officer manage to get into the man house
3.) The police department should prevent this by not shooting straight away they should reason with people before using force on the suspect and they should be careful with eveything they do and shoot

Clarissa Lowry

9/7/2018 01:07:58 pm

1. This definitely was an ethical violation because the officer pulled out her gun right away without thinking and shot the man. She didn't try to talk to him or question him or even look around. 2. She should be penalized but not to the point of being fired. I would suggest suspension or something similar. 3. The police can't really do anything to prevent this because it was an honest mistake however somebody should tell her to look around and use words before going for the gun.

Sandra marin

9/7/2018 01:19:03 pm

In my opinion this of course is a ethical violation because the officer completely reacted without thinking but my question is how did she enter the wrong apartment if she does not have the key to it. She shot an innocent man due to her misunderstanding and she should be suspended and or punished for her very bad wrong doing. An officer needs to know how to react and not just shoot, she should have been trained already to know that not thinking will affect someone’s life, I hope she knows now that she should not act in such an unprofessional way in taking an innocent man. I really don’t think it was an understanding but she should have thought more than just reacting with a bullet to a mans innocent body.

Tha Cer

9/7/2018 01:20:04 pm

1)This was an ethical violation by the officer because she could have asked the victim before killing and she is off of the duty so she should not used the gun
2)The officer should be terminated because she could do more harms to the citizens and she misrepresented law enforcement roles
3)Police department should make a better training for the cops in order to prevent this case from happening in the future

Kinzie Bond

9/7/2018 03:48:36 pm

1) Yes this was an ethics violation by the officer.
2) The officer should be penalized with termination, because even if she believed it was her house, he was doing nothing wrong and did not put her life or another's in jepordy. Also taking someone's life in a wrong situation leaves the pubic against her, so if she didn't get penalized then the officer as well as the department would have a lack of trust.
3) To prevent this situation from occuring again in the future, there could be better training and scenarios taken. As well as use this as an example to teach and prevent.

Ily Boyd

9/9/2018 12:08:25 am

1) I believe that it is unethical that the officer shot him without knowing he was armed.
2) the officer should be punished with termination, because he wasn’t doing anything harmful. And by shooting him it looks bad on her part.
3) for this not to happene police academy’s should do extra training for this situation.

Lesly

9/9/2018 01:58:47 pm

1. Yes it was a violation.
2. Yes the officer should pay for his actions, just as any other human would.
3. To prevent any other insidents like this to happen the police department should train them how to react better to dangerous situations

haley herrera

9/9/2018 03:54:15 pm

1.she violated the code of ethics because she shot an innocent man.
2.i believe she should be fired and should be charged with man slaughter because an officers 1st instinct shouldn't be just to shoot.
3. i believe they could enforce a stricter ethics code but because it was al the officers fault , it was her ethics and thats something that varies between every individual and is never guaranteed .

Jason Aldeco

9/9/2018 08:49:29 pm

1) In my point of view of this situation i think it was a ethics violation by the police officer
2)The officer should be punishedand suspended from the department for taking someone’s life away when it wasn’t called for
3)In my opinion i feel like they should just make the officers leave their weapons in a locker at the department or teach the officers how to handle a situation like the one the officer committed

Maddisson Pough

9/9/2018 11:29:09 pm

1) Yes. 2) I feel that the officer should be suspended for a good amount of time. 3)The Police Department should have classes on this type of thing if they don't have one already and talk about it so this incident doesn't happen again to anyone.

Edgar Alvarenga

9/9/2018 11:38:21 pm

1) I believe that this incedent was a ethics violation because she should have been cautious and not have pulled the trigger on that firearm.2)I believe that the officer involved in the incedent should be on a type of probation and she shouldn’t work for a period of time and make her process what she was done.3)the police departments should encourage the officers to be more cautious in a event like that not minding that if it was a life or death situation that obviously something had to happen , but in situations like the one that occurred the officers should be taught to be more cautious.

Whitley Mitchell

9/10/2018 11:41:30 am

1) I believe this was not an ethical violation because the the officers knowledge there was an intruder in her home.
2) She should get at least unpaid suspension or termination because the family and or the public would not except anything else. The police’s roles is to serve the public.
3) The department could invest in better home invasion training to their officers so they can be more prepared for this situation in the future.

Rose Osorio

9/10/2018 12:47:25 pm

1. Yes, l believe this was a violation of ethics because although we don’t know how she got into the victims room, she could’ve gone through some procedures she learned at work instead of going right ahead and shooting the victim. 2. I believe that the officer should be terminated for not only taking an innocent mans life, but for not even trying to communicate to the victim. 3. What departments should do to prevent this is have the officers, when they get off work, leave their guns and any other weapons at work.

Abby Armijo

9/10/2018 01:18:04 pm

1) i think this was an ethics violation simply because she didn’t have to go that extreme and shoot him.
2) Yes i do think she should be penalized because she killed and inoccent man, she should be penalized some sort of way... like unpaid suspension until she proves she can come back if not then termination.
3) I think police officers should have a limit to how many hours they can work a week so that they are not tired and distracted

Criss Hawkins

9/12/2018 10:14:24 am

1. I think this was a violation of ethics
2. I think the officer should have some type of punishment I would think maybe a termination or unpaid suspension would suit what the officer did;because someone got hurt/died.
3. May e not let the officers take a gun home with them or when they are off duty.

Brian Carrizal Paulin

9/13/2018 12:53:32 pm

1 I think this was a violation of ethics
2 I think the officer should have some type of punishment I would think paid leave would suit what the officer did
3. not to let the officers take a gun home with them or when they are off

Yahir Garcia

9/13/2018 12:54:31 pm

Sarah taheri

9/14/2018 06:28:05 am

This was an ethic violation because she could’ve done something different to prevent what happened. I believe the officer should be penalized cause we never know what might have happened to the victim and the officer. The police department should be showing that killing people should not be the first choice into any type of violence

Priscilla Medrano

9/14/2018 10:44:18 am

1) it was a violation of ethics.
2) the officer should have had some type of punishment for doing what she did.
3) she could have done something different than shooting the innocent man.

Grace Quick

9/14/2018 10:46:40 am

1) The office definitely made an ethical mistake, the man shouldn’t have died. She didn’t use the force continuum correctly. 2) The officer should be terminated immediately due to her mistakes that cost a life. 3) I think the shifts should be shortened so the mind and decision making capabilities of the officer isn’t tainted.

chad lintner

9/14/2018 12:11:50 pm

1. I believe it was an ethics violation because the man didn’t have a weapon and I believe the officer could’ve used a less lethal weapon.
2.I think she should be fired and go to jail.

3. she could have done something different than shooting the
man.

colton neal

9/14/2018 12:29:19 pm

1. it was a violation cause it sounds like she just shot him with no warning 2. i think the officer should suspended without pay.

Elaina Ocon

9/14/2018 02:17:42 pm

1) I believe that this incident was a ethics violation because she should have been cautious and not have pulled the trigger on that firearm.
2) I think the officer should have some type of punishment I would think maybe a termination or unpaid suspension would suit what the officer did;because someone got hurt or died
3) The department could invest in better home invasion training to their officers so they can be more prepared for this situation in the future.

Jaiden Warren

9/16/2018 09:11:58 am

1. I believe this incident was an ethics violation because she basically broke into his home thinking it was hers and he confronted her and she pulled the trigger
2.i believe the officer should be terminated because she killed someone
3.The department could give home invasion training and help prevemt situations like this

Leslie otero

9/21/2018 09:36:29 am

1) yes this was an ethics violation because the officer could have questioned the man before shooting him.
2) I believe she should be terminated and receive a punishment for shooting a man who had done nothing wrong and costing him his life.
3) better training should be enforced so that these type of incidents don’t happen anymore.

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