You are responsible for maintaining the records for a busy urban police department. You are constantly inundated with requests for information. What are the ethical problems with giving out information to anyone who asks for it? What are the responsibilities you feel? Do you feel it is important for anyone's criminal past to be public knowledge? Why or why not?

What will be an ideal response?


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