Summary Of Police Discretion
In article “The ACLU, ECDs, and the erosion of police discretion?”, the author Lance Eldridge talks about the use of Tasers: if police are using that alternative too much to stop a criminal from fleeing. According to the article many criticize the use of Taser by saying it’s unconstitutional. And that police officers are using this tool as their first choose without thinking of the medical condition of the offender. Changes will be made in the legal system should the Supreme Court deem the use of this potential deadly encounter such as the use of Tasers as well as changes and possibility of the end of police discretion. In the rest of this essay we’ll discuss police discretion and how much it should be use by law enforcement. Those are questions
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That is the question many people ask themselves. Does the police officer even have that type of choice when he makes a traffic stop? Criminal justice places this aspect as very important in the system. Like in many different professional careers, police officers have been trained and presented with difference scenarios of how to handle certain situations. Police discretion was created to help the criminal justice system of their overwhelming cases. As of now, the current system is experiencing an overflow of cases from felonies and misdemeanors which already takes days even months to resolved. And so the use of police discretion helps the court system trust the police department to use all their resources and good judgment to stop or continue a criminal process. Police discretion is not supposed to be use recklessly it should only be use on certain situations with good reasons. When the police officer uses discretion takes into consideration standards like profession, legal, social and moral norms as well as offender’s age, race, economic status, gender. Besides giving them a warning for their offence they will offer lectures depending on the severity of the crime. These brings us to our next question, “Do officers have too much or too little police
That is the question many people ask themselves. Does the police officer even have that type of choice when he makes a traffic stop? Criminal justice places this aspect as very important in the system. Like in many different professional careers, police officers have been trained and presented with difference scenarios of how to handle certain situations. Police discretion was created to help the criminal justice system of their overwhelming cases. As of now, the current system is experiencing an overflow of cases from felonies and misdemeanors which already takes days even months to resolved. And so the use of police discretion helps the court system trust the police department to use all their resources and good judgment to stop or continue a criminal process. Police discretion is not supposed to be use recklessly it should only be use on certain situations with good reasons. When the police officer uses discretion takes into consideration standards like profession, legal, social and moral norms as well as offender’s age, race, economic status, gender. Besides giving them a warning for their offence they will offer lectures depending on the severity of the crime. These brings us to our next question, “Do officers have too much or too little police