· Develop an ethical code of conduct for your police service, incorporating the international standards addressed under this topic Policing in Democracies Human Rights Standards The police shall provide for the protection of public safety and the rights of all persons The police shall be an independent organ of the Executive and shall be subject to the direction of the courts and bound by their orders Every law enforcement agency shall be representative of and responsive and accountable to the community as a whole All police officials are part of, and have a duty to serve, the community Members of the police shall exercise their functions, powers and duties as impartial servants of the general public and the Government of the day No member of the police may participate directly in political activities No member of the police may be ordered or forced to exercise his or her functions or powers or deploy police resources to promote or undermine any political party or interest group, or any member of such a party or group 4