Throughout history there have been many tragedies, but one that is known as the third most deadliest shooting in the United States History is the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting that took place on December 14, 2012 in Newton, Connecticut. It was one of the most heartbreaking news headlines. On December 14, 2012, Adam Lanza killed his mother, twenty children from the ages five to ten, six staff members, and lastly himself. Adam Peter Lanza, who had a troubling childhood, found that going on this rampage was saving the victims from enduring the hell that he had experienced in the past. He had been planning this massacre for a few years before it actually had happened and finally worked up enough research to do it.…
On August 3, 2010, in Manchester, CT, a disgruntled employee shot and killed eight fellow workers and just over two years later a twenty-year-old male shot and killed twenty-six children and six staff members at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, CT. The increasing frequency and complexities of these incidents demonstrate the need for all emergency agencies to collaborate and train for this sad new reality of society.…
The Sandy Hook Massacre is the second deadliest shooting by a single person in American history. According to CNN, this tragic attack took place at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut on December 14, 2012. The shooter, Adam Lanza, brought three guns into the school, two of which were pistols, and one of which was an assault rifle. To get into the building, which had an updated security system, he shot his own way into the building with his assault weapon. Lanza ended up murdering twenty-six people. Twenty of the twenty-six were six and seven year olds. As the first authorities approached him, Adam Lanza shot himself in the head, committing suicide (CNN 1-2).…
Ethical issues in policing reach back to the early ages of law enforcement. The profession of policing plays a vital role in the rationale and motivation of how officers conduct themselves while on and off duty. This is a primary focus point of the society in which they work, due to the society’s level of trust and confidence in the officers to act accordingly and responsibly without any negative person vengeances or vendetta. As a result of the numerous negative encounters of officers interacting with the public, which has been mainstreamed by the media, there is a heightened sense of entitlement and false responsibility of citizens to report to higher authorities or the media when they do not get whatever it is that they want or receive the…
The poor security in the school at Sandy Hook Elementary School led to a major tragedy. The school’s security failed. A gun man got into the school by the lack of security. The teachers were not properly trained on how to react when an intruder comes into the school. The school’s poor security led to the killing of 26 people.…
The use of force by police in the discharge of their duties can both be reformed and controlled without compromising the capacity of the police to maintain public safety and enforce the law. Violence in the United States has reached epidemic proportions. Violence is most typically an outgrowth of conflict when peaceful dispute mechanisms fail. The use of force by police frequently occurs in situations that are characterized by violence prior to the arrival of police. Crime, particularly violent crime, has been a major concern of the American population for decades.…
The tragedy of Sandy Hook Elementary has definitely been an eye-opener for many students and staff in schools. The shooting occurred on December 14, 2012 in Newtown, Connecticut. This horrible event took the life of many innocent students and staff of Sandy Hook. Twenty-year-old Adam Lanza shot twenty children and six adult staff members of Sandy Hook” ("Sandy Hook Elementary School Shooting"). It has definitely left many people wondering whether arming teachers with guns will prevent future incidents similar to this from occurring in the future.…
Corruption establishes largely because of a police culture that exalts loyalty over integrity. Armao & Cornfeld (1994) suggest that honest officers are silenced by their fear of ``ratting'' on another cop no matter how grave the crime. Corruption is not uncommon for those officers who remain undercover; in fact, it is an easier gateway to fall custom to the "bad apples". Corruption as defined by Roebuck and Barker (1974) as any form of ‘deviant, dishonest, improper, unethical or criminal behavior by a police officer. Police departments take pride in their progressions or achievements, therefore in response to corruption, they avoid uncovering it. Grant (2002) goes on to maintain the fact that not only do the en-suing scandals embarrass the…
The use of force by law enforcement becomes necessary and is permitted under specific circumstances, such as in self-defense or in defense of another individual or group. (Peak, (2015). I feel, law enforcement should acquire enough use of force which is necessary to gain control of a situation. The levels or continuum of force police use include basic verbal and physical restraint, less-lethal force and lethal force. (Peak, (2015). Throughout our history, police agencies have faced allegations of brutality and corruption. (Peak, (2015). There are three means by which the police can be brutal: verbal abuse, physical abuse and police brutality. Police brutality has become a great concern. Police brutality encompasses a wide range of practices, from the use of…
According to the seminal work of William Westley (1970), the police subculture is a crucial concept in the explanation of police behavior and attitudes. The subculture, in his view, characterizes the public as hostile, not to be trusted, and potentially violent; this outlook requires secrecy, mutual support, and unity on the part of the police. Manning (1977) suggested that the inherent uncertainty of police work, combined with the need for information control, leads to police teamwork, which in turn generates collective ties and mutual dependency. Traditional characterizations of the police culture have focused on describing the shared values, attitudes, and norms created within the occupational and organizational environments of policing (Paoline, 2004, p. 205). However, some research has begun to investigate the assumptions associated with a single police culture.…
There are many instances where police officer need to take the stand or go to court due to the reports that they take. When under oath you are supposed to tell the truth and nothing but the truth, how can you do this when you are known to lie as a police officer. A police officer is an employee of the government, when a person is hired to become a police officer there are code of conducts that you learn in the police academy (Spector, 2008). These codes of conduct allow you to understand what is acceptable on the job and the responsibilities that you have with the department. Could you trust an officer to testify when they are known to lie?…
When you begin to get into police discretion, you have to first bring up the spirit of the law and the letter of the law. Did the subject mean to do whatever the issue is? Is there intent? When I was first married years ago my wife had gotten a parking ticket in Hoke County, NC. It was one of those things that got poked away in her glove box. I had found the ticket and taken it to the Hoke County courthouse to pay it. I paid by check (that is how we used to do things.) I was working as the patrol supervisor for the MPs at Fort Bragg on midnight shift a few days later when the Hoke County Sheriff’s Office came calling. It was time for her to go to jail for failure to appear. My wife told the deputy that I had paid the ticket and this was a mistake. After seeing our young toddler son and his nearly hysterical mother (I can only imagine) the deputy decided he would give that warrant a 24 hour cushion before acting. He called the next day and told her that the check had cleared and she was good to go. In a nutshell, that is police discretion.…
A group of friends are driving down the road and a police officer pulls up right behind them. Not many of them would say that they feel safe or comfortable with the presence of an officer. They are also very confused why they were just pulled over. This happens way to often in the United States and the group of friends are not alone. Shockingly, The United states department of Justice states that officers fail to articulate sufficient justification nearly 75% of stops. We can attribute this one example to something called Police Accountability. For many people, the example above does not serve justice as an important enough reason for somebody to care about police accountability. Police accountability is much bigger than unjustified police…
On January 11, 2003 at 9:08 am ET. I received a phone call from Jane Doe who said "her and her daughter, Jane Doe 2, would like to come down to the station and have a privet talk with a police officer as soon as possible." I said "No problem." She stated she would be right down. Around 4:26 ET. Jane Doe and little Jane Doe 2 arrived at the station. I took them back to my office and asked, " What was wrong?" Jane Doe began by talking about her husband has been molesting her daughter Jane Doe 2 and she did not know what to do. Jane Doe seemed very scared and started to cry. I then told her to come down everything is going to be all right. She said, "She didn't want to press charges against her husband because she loves him very much." But, she has to do something to put a stop to this for her daughter's sake and other children's sake too. The eledged molester was a bus driver for Southwestern Elementary School. I then asked, "Do you think he is doing the same thing to them?" She answered I'm not sure. I new right then that something has to be done about this as soon as possible. I then asked Jane Do "What evidence do you have that your husband has molested your daughter?" She told me that her daughter Jane Doe 2 was having trouble in school her grades were going down and she was losing all of here friends and becoming very anti-social. Then last night I asked here what was wrong and she told me that daddy John Doe was touching her at night while she was trying to sleep and she doesn't know what to do anymore because he won't stop. I then asked Jane Doe 2"Is that true?" She told me yes and that she just wants daddy John Doe to stop. Jane Doe 2 seemed very shy and disoriented from what has happened to her you could tell there is something wrong with her just by looking at her. I told her not to worry and everything will be ok. I urged Jane Doe to fill out this paper work so we could have a talk with her husband. She was hesitant but I…
For my information Interview, I went down to the local police department and asked them if I was allowed to interview any of them for a college project. I interviewed one of the cops whose name is Thomas Bartunek, and he is currently a patrol man at the Waldoboro Police Department. There were two cops on duty that day because it was thanksgiving and one was busy doing paperwork so I had to get in and out in case of a call. I told him I had to ask about 10 questions for a project and he told me he would answer them to the best of his ability.…