through. Professionalism according to Brogden and Shearing (1993), particularly "emphasises impartiality, accountability, specialised knowledge and ethical standards". (In Chan 1997) Furthermore such attributes and policy are strongly maintained and enforced throughout the New South Wales Police Service.
             The characteristic of impartiality for example, promotes that a person acts fairly to all, and aims avoids conflicts of interests in the discharge of their duties. Impartiality implies a firm adherence to a code of moral values, and requires a self imposed ability to act without bias or partiality. As the definition would seem to exhibit, impartially should make up a core principal of the character displayed by all professional police officer's.
             The New South Wales Police Service recognises the importance of police impartiality and integrity and its requirement within a professional Police Service within its Code of Conduct and Ethics. At the very start (within the introductory stages) of the New South Wales Police Services Code of Conduct and Ethics under states that "the people of New South Wales have the right to expect Police officers, both sworn and un-sworn, to work with efficiency, fairness, impartiality and integrity".
             In any profession impartiality can play an important and crucial within the ideal of professionalism, considering that it encompass the idea of fair treatment regardless of circumstances. However, within the policing profession this idea of impartiality represents something of particularly important due to the potential for corruptibility and the actuality of an officer's ability to infringe on ones individuals rights negatively. The New South Wales Police Services Code of Conduct and Ethics thus recognises this potential dilemma and states that an officer "must avoid any financial or other interests that could compromise the impartial performance of your duties. You must ...