Abstract
This paper explores Australian police integrity issues through the use of a survey of police officers' views of ethical scenarios related to police conduct. Police integrity, or misconduct, is very difficult to measure due to the secretive nature of police deviance. One method for measuring police integrity is through ethical perceptions (Klockars, Kutnjak Ivkovic & Haberfeld, 2000; 2003; 2006). Klockars, et al. (2000) constructed a survey of perceptions of a range of scenarios depicting inappropriate police behaviour. Their work has been replicated in a number of international police departments allowing crosscountry comparisons. This paper describes replication of their work with police officers in Australia using an updated survey to reflect current integrity issues. Data on two Australian jurisdictions will be presented with discussion of the variability of perceptions of seriousness of behaviour, and relationships between perceptions of disciplinary fairness and adherence to the code of silence.