This can be difficult due to corruption within the criminal justice system. When police officers and administrators successfully operate within the law, the public feels safer. This is important for policing systems, administration and practices because to enforce the law, you must first respect it. Deontological ethical systems refer to legality when it comes to police corruption and respect for the law. According to deontological ethical systems, the nature of one's action must be morally right, adhering to the rules of one's position. Referring to the ethical dilemma in the introduction, as a police officer you have the duty and moral obligation to follow police procedures and protocol. Although removing the police chief is a good deed and is for the common good of the people, it would still have negative consequences. “When the consequences of a decision are negative, the teleological or consequentialist ethical system does not support it” (Miller,
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