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A more experienced officer understands that not every technical violation necessarily

requires enforcement action and that overlooking certain minor violations allows the

officer to focus on more important issues. For example, an officer who enforces every

instance of J-walking or failure to signal a lane change may never have the chance to look

for more serious violations because he is continually tied up with minutiae


A career in criminal justice could become morally dangerous in several ways. An

officer could begin to feel above the law and take liberties simply because he knows that

his professional status will preclude enforcement if he is caught. He also may come to

believe that the criminal justice system is too inefficient and begin violating rules of

procedure designed to protect civil rights or lying on the witness stand in order to secure

convictions where he believes the circumstances justify the means......

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