| Law
Enforcement offers high adventure, tremendous
personal satisfaction and rewards unknown to other
professions. Of course, all this comes with great
risk. One of the most devastating components of law
enforcement is that we see, feel, taste and smell evil
daily. Tactical training prepares us physically for
contact with evil. The efficacy of this training is
proven by the steady reduction of
in-the-line-of-duty deaths over the last fifty
years.
Unfortunately, as in-the-line-of-duty
deaths decreased, personal tragedy from suicide,
divorce, alcoholism and emotional problems have
increased. Conservative estimates reveal that two
to three times as many law enforcers commit suicide
as are killed in the line of duty. While winning
the physical battles, we are losing the interior
struggles that have their roots in ethics and
integrity. Additionally, every legitimate lawsuit,
disciplinary action, and complaint against an
individual or agency is a result of failed ethics.
The monetary costs are extraordinary.
Members of the International
Association of Ethics Trainers are dedicated and
bold enough to believe that they can positively
influence the future of law enforcement. Using
their
positions of influence and authority, they are a
beacon of light shining through the darkness and
storms that continue to pound away the moral core of
society. They affirm and encourage the idealism of
those entering law enforcement. They are making a
difference.
The symbol used to demonstrate what members of the
IAET are to those they serve is the lighthouse, that
beacon of light, standing on a rock alone in the
storm, showing people the safe way as they try to
navigate a difficult and dangerous course, that of a
law enforcement professional.
We share and provide ideas, research, lesson plans,
stories, articles, humor, encouragement and anything
else that can help the heroic men and women of law
enforcement maintain their high integrity and
professionalism in the most difficult and trying
times ever.
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