TY - JOUR AB - What does it mean to change a police oath? This article makes a sociological analysis of changes to the UK's police oath under the 2002 Police Reform Act. It argues they represent an important ideological shift towards the democratic aspirations of the European Union by including explicit reference to actively upholding fundamental human rights and according equal respect to all people as its core amendment. In discussion, brief comparison is made with the oaths sworn by the Finnish Police and the Austrian Police to highlight broad differences between them in terms of their explicit reference to human rights, the public nature of their making and local community ties. In this sense, the article considers the potential symbolic work of community policing across Europe in expressing shared European values of democracy, rule of law and human rights by reference to the development of a common ethical oath for police officers swear to, work by and internalize. AU - Hadley, Jonathan DO - 10.7396/2007_2_H ET - 3/2013 KW - Police Police Reform Ethical standards Policing Europe L1 - http://www.bmi.gv.at/cms/BMI_SIAK/4/2/1/2007/ausgabe_2/files/Hadley_2_2007.pdf LA - ger IS - 2 PY - 2007 SN - 1813-3495 SP - 95-103 ST - Changing Oaths. Frameworks for policing Europe? T2 - SIAK-Journal − Zeitschrift für Polizeiwissenschaft und polizeiliche Praxis TI - Changing Oaths. Frameworks for policing Europe? UR - http://www.bmi.gv.at/cms/BMI_SIAK/4/2/1/2007/ausgabe_2/files/Hadley_2_2007.pdf VL - 4 ID - 325 ER -