CAREER SURVIVAL:

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• CAREER SURVIVAL
• Truth or Consequences

• 2008 In-Service Training

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Truth, Justice and the American Way
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Training Objectives

• Assess the nature of truth in three contexts
  religious, scientific and social.
• Identify the concept of Noble Cause Corruption.
• List four possible consequences of lying under
  oath.
• Appraise the consequences of Mark Fuhrmans
  testimony in California v. Simpson.

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Veritas
The Greek Word for Truth

• This is the basis for our word
• VERDICT.

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The Religious View

• Identifies the truth with Gods testament to man.
• Gods word is the eternal truth.
• This truth is so, even if contradicted by
  science.
• No other truth can or should exist.

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The Scientific View

• Critical of the divine view of truth.
• All truths exist within the realm of empirical
  science and substance.
• The truth must be tangible, repeatable and
  clinically testable.

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The Sociological View

• Does not negate the powerful word of God.
• Allows for liberal interpretations of the truth.
• A hybrid of the Religious and Scientific views.

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The Origins of Lying
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The Religionist View

• The fall from grace theory.
• Everyone is born with the propensity to commit
  evil.
• Lying is a manifestation of evil.
• The propensity to lie increases in adulthood due
  to unsavory social demands.
• Adults will lie to gain an advantage or to avoid
  pain.

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The Sociological View

• Lying is a learned behavior.
• Lying is not genetically based.
• Moral character is an acquired trait.
• Lying is a product of deficient learning.
• Lying can become seductive, compulsive and in
  some cases, addictive.

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Lying in Policing

• Collars for Dollars
• Unnecessary witnesses
• Skyrocketing overtime costs
• Described as Racketeering

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Lying in Policing (continued)

• Lying to a suspect in interrogations
• Double dipping
• Undercover operations

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Noble Cause Corruption

• Using unethical means to catch criminals.
• They believe it is right to do so.
• Utilitarian viewpoint the greatest good.
• The ends justify the means.

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Justify the Means
The Ends
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Consequences

• Damage to reputation
• Professional
• Personal
• Agency
• Loss of cases
• Instant case
• All pending cases
• Cases previously adjudicated

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Consequences

• Loss of employment
• Difficulty in finding employment
• Criminal proceedings
• Fines
• Jail

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California v. Simpson
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Lying Under Oath The Mark Fuhrman Experience
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Training Objectives

• Assess the nature of truth in three contexts
  religious, scientific and social.
• Identify the concept of Noble Cause Corruption.
• List four possible consequences of lying under
  oath.
• Appraise the consequences of Mark Fuhrmans
  testimony in California v. Simpson.