Benefits Of Police Discretion

Law Enforcement officers are continuously questioned on the use of Police discretion as a tool on targeting the minority ethnic populations. Police officers are usually in the position of having to make decisions on how to handle a specific situation alone, or with little advice and without immediate supervision. The benefits of using discretion is the fact that it allows the Police officer to humanely treat people, giving the criminals/ citizens a second chance, and improving on the public perception of the Police. Another benefit of discretion is that it promotes realistic goals for the Police Officers. The third benefit of using discretion is that it promotes the job satisfaction for the officers in that they are allowed to exercise some