Your Ethical Choice: Serve The Public Or Sweep The Garbage?
Indecent, illegal and immoral: That pretty much sums up the acts and behaviors which
law enforcement and corrections professionals confront every day.
It is a hazard, then, for those men and women who work in such professions to start viewing themselves less as professionals and more as trash handlers.
And that is when the trouble begins. Instead of having this diminished view of their work, they must train to be protectors. And much of this begins and ends with adopting a mindset that focuses on professional, tactical communications.
This is why it is necessary to learn the "warrior creed," an ethical and moral way of conducting business, whether the workplace is law enforcement, military, corrections, health care or security. Through professional communications, it is possible to view this work within the public safety sector in a completely different way.
Instead of becoming hardened and embittered (which can lead to post-traumatic stress disorder, not to mention unprofessional conduct), bringing a new perspective to the job can help those in law enforcement, security and corrections renew their professionalism.
Even for those with tough exteriors, all it takes for perspective to change is to shift his or her thinking: that hard-guy persona disappears when someone reshapes their role, and views themselves as a protector of others.
You, and your skills, are there to help people.
Adopting the mindset that people are safer because of your presence is a breakthrough ethical approach for those of us who act as peace warriors.
This warrior creed coexists, even when it is necessary to employ the use of force. This is an ethical perspective that can be traced to the core values fundamental to America: to protect life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness, and, especially, the concept of basic human equality. Our lives are all of equal value, even if our behavior or cultural values are not.
Our ethical value is to protect life. Whose life? Self and others. Which others? All others. Killing only when necessary as a means to protect life.
Of course, it is very hard under adversity to keep that kernel of respect when one sees behavior or cultural values that are immoral.
But it can be done. And that is the secret: sustain the ability to respect and empathize with people, regardless of their outward behavior or attitude.
Cops burn out because of dehumanization. But if a professional can change the angle of his or her perspective, their focus can change: that nasty driver needs our help, not our description that he is a jerk.
A professional would never burn out if he or she took that attitude to work every night.
by: George Thompson
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