Significant Career Lesson From A Police Officer At UCLA Police Department
Lindsay's most significant career lesson centers on the core values of "ethics, integrity, and attitude," emphasizing that compromising these values can ruin a career. Maintaining these values, particularly "doing the right thing even though no one is watching," is crucial for a successful and lasting career in law enforcement.
Ethics, Integrity, Attitude, Law Enforcement, Core Values
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Lindsay Schirner
Police Officer
UCLA Police Department Department
UCLA, 2015
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Took Out Loans, Worked 20+ Hours in School, Transfer Student
Video Highlights
1. Ethics, integrity, and attitude are invaluable assets in a career and should never be compromised.
2. Maintaining strong core values ensures a long-lasting and successful career.
3. Lapses in judgment, especially concerning ethics and integrity, can severely damage a professional career.
Transcript
What is one lesson that you have learned that has proven significant in your career?
These aren't my words, but I very much believe in them: ethics, integrity, and attitude are your most valuable assets. Don't ever compromise these in your personal or professional life.
We've all heard of police officers whose careers have been ruined based on lapses in judgment, especially when it applies to these core values. Ethics is doing the right thing even when no one is watching.
Your integrity is something that cannot be taken from you; you can only give it away. Your attitude is how others see you and therefore judge you.
Having a strong sense of what these three core values mean to you will help carry you throughout your career, ensuring a long-lasting one.
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