Should Police Officers Who Lie Be Terminated As

“Should Police Officers Who Lie Be Terminated as a Matter of Public Policy?”Name of the studentCourse abbreviation and numberDateInstructor’s nameIt Is Simple, But Is It Fair?If an officer or officers are found to lie or tobe intentionally untruthful, further consideration on this matter will only relate to the issue of whether the untruthfulness has been proven. Strong public policy condemning deception and dishonesty by government employees provides that officers who knowingly and wilfully lie or provide false information can be terminated by their agency. The US Supreme Court has validated a law enforcement administrator’s capacity to terminate officers for untruthfulness, in their decision in LaChance v. Erickson (Spector, 2008). This is a fairly simple and straight forward position. However, if an officer is found to be untruthful but their employment is not to be terminated he or she must be Giglioed. Being Giglioed is a term emanating from Giglio v. United States. Being Giglioed is same as being branded untruthful or dishonest. The fairness of the policy of termination is justified by the importance of honesty in the public responsibility of