Lafayette, Louisiana Police Chief Indicted for Bugging
Dr. Kardasz -
Read the following report and consider:
1. Which typology of unethical behavior was exhibited by the accused?
2. Which decision making process might have prevented the accused from making the wrong decision?
Typologies of unethical behavior - http://kardasz.org/CorruptionTypologies.html
Decision making processes - http://kardasz.org/Decision_Making_Tools.html
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Mike Steele, WorldNow and KLFY TV 10, Eyewitness News,June 15, 2006
Lafayette police chief Randy Hundley, along with three other officers, have been indicted by a grand jury. Chief Hundley must report to jail after a grand jury indicted him on three counts of illegal electronic surveillance.
Arrest warrants will also be issued for three other officers as part of the same case. Police Chief Randy Hundley wrapped up his testimony around 4:00. By 5:00, a grand jury returned three counts against the chief.
Chief Hundley is at the heart of an investigation in which he is accused of placing a bug under his secretary's desk. Hundley's attorney, Jason Robideaux confirmed the fact that it was originally placed as part of an internal affairs case.
But, police sources say it was left there as a way to find out who in the department was loyal to the chief. Robideaux says there are other major elements that will be presented in trial. Only Major Casey Fowler left the courthouse without an indictment.
Captain Michael Lavergne, Sgt. Brian Butler and Cpl. Shannon Hundley also face charges in the case. At least one of the detectives involved in a state police investigation of the department was at the courthouse.
Information from that report prompted the district attorney's office to send the case to the grand jury. Prosecutors say they're confident the charges fit the crime.
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