Overall the findings showed that all three groups saw QPS management as taking seriously the types of misconduct described in the survey scenarios. However, overall, the recruits took the most serious views of these types of misconduct. Recruits tended to modify their views once they became exposed to police work and the attitudes of serving officers. The data suggest that QPS management has been successful in communicating to police that the organization will take strict disciplinary action against officers who behave improperly. Nonetheless, the respondents believed that not enough was being done to actively encourage ethical conduct, and some recommendations are made in that vein. 5 tables, 16 figures, 4 appendixes, and 14 references