You are on a promotion committee to recommend to the chief of police a candidate

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You are on a promotion committee to recommend to the chief of police a candidate for a captain's position. All are lieutenants and have received similar scores on the objective tests available for the position Responses must be in narrative form (complete sentences) and should show support for your statements. Mere statements without support will not receive credit. In other words, use information from the assigned reading and what you have already learned in the class to show that you made your choice through sound ethical analysis! The candidates: 1. A thirty-nine-year-old woman who has been with the police department for nine years. She has obtained a college degree and a master's degree by going to school at night. She has spent relatively little time in her career on the street (moving quickly to juvenile, community service, and DARE positions) 2. A forty-six-year-old white male who has also had experience in command positions in the army before joining the police force. He has fifteen years of experience-all in patrol positions-and has a college degree 3. A forty-year-old Hispanic male with ten years of experience. He has been very active with the community Several community groups have endorsed him, and they demand that there be Hispanic representation on the command staff. He also has strong support among Hispanic officers, serving as their association president. He has a two year college degree Whom would you endorse? Why? If you need more information, what type of information would you want? Explain how you would use this information. Finally, if this information were unavailable, how would you make a decision?

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The candidate to be endorsed would be the 46 year old male. This is because he has 15 years of service, and has college degree. The other reason is because that he has been in the patrol positions during his fifteen years of service, which means that he has more experience tackling the real life situations on crime. The additional information that would be seeked would be his terms with the community while serving them, also about his leadership abilities. If this information is unavailable, his track record would be examined for consideration.

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