People today has always take their rights seriously when it comes to police brutality. The definition of police brutality is police use of excessive or unnecessary forced by when dealing with civilians. The excessive force is used to handle a situation that is needed but sometimes can be an unnecessary to solve the situation. Police officers uses nerve gas‚ batons‚ pepper spray and guns to or physically intimidate the civilians. But the question is that should it be necessary every time or for different
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Police Shootings Are Getting Out of Control “Police killings are beginning to get out of control”‚ is what many people are saying. We shouldn’t have to say that‚ in fact‚ it shouldn’t be something that is happening in the first place. Whether it was justified‚ or not‚ things need to change. There are too many unjustified police shootings. Something needs to be done. We can’t just sit here‚ waiting for another shooting. I feel like these officers need to be brought to justice. I’m taking the position
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My name is Brianna Knight. There are many reasons to why it’s my dream to become a police officer‚ but I’m going to highlight my top three reasons of why I would like to be a cop. “To Serve and Protect”‚ a phrase known by everyone‚ but only a few know the meaning and are willing to live by it. As a police officer it is their duty to serve and be loyal to their county‚ along with their officers and to do anything in their power to protect. I know what it takes to see and understand the dangers of
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Being a police officer is one of the hardest jobs around. They are trained and hired to "protect and serve" their communities and they are constantly in the public eye. Everything that they do is criticized by the people who are watching them. Like in every other profession‚ there are some who should really not be doing that job‚ and those people give a bad name to the really good and dedicated officers that work so hard to take care of people. One of the problems that cause the public to have a
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Police Use of Force Introduction Police officers are authorized to use force under certain circumstances‚ for instance; controlling a disruptive‚ aggressive and disturbing demonstration‚ undergoing arrest of an accused person or controlling a combative individual. These officers are trained properly regarding use of force while fulfilling their duties. However‚ the use of force by police is a subject of hot discussion amongst public‚ as many times law enforcement agencies‚ televisions‚ newspapers
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Effectiveness of Police Patrol For many years there has been a debate on whether police patrols have been effective in crime prevention. The articles “Bicycle Patrols: an underutilized resource” and “Police Patrol Policies on Motorways with Unequal Patrol lengths” are the two articles I will be analyzing the effectiveness of police patrolling. Chris Menton’s‚ “Bicycle Patrols: and underutilized resource” focuses on a five city‚ thirty two shift study on the output of police bicycle patrols
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PURSUIT POLICY 01I‚ Jeraldine Harris-Rice Police Chief of Scobey Woods‚ MS do hereby set forth theselaws to be applied and abided by when pursuing any and all vehicles unless otherwisestated in this PURSIT POLICY 01 or it being discussed and approved by Police ChiefJeraldine Harris-Rice. All officers and citizens will be held accountable for their actionswhen citizens unlawfully flee officers and officers unlawfully pursue suspects.This Pursuit Policy 01 was drafted in an effort to be in pursuant
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Introduction: The Police Department has a duty to protect and serve in the public ’s best interest. Working in this particular profession‚ at times‚ can be very dangerous. Many men and women who wear the police uniform are put into positions where excessive force is necessary; however‚ there are many instances where it is not. Causes of Police Brutality: The factors that trigger into whether police abuse their power are race‚ religion‚ socioeconomic status‚ and treatment of the mentally
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Meaghan Loving Ethics in Criminal Justice Police Corruption Essay Police Corruption can be defined as a form of police misconduct in which law enforcement officers break their social contract and abuse their power for personal or department gain. There are three forms of police corruption. These forms are Nonfeasance‚ which involves failure to perform legal duty‚ another form is Misfeasance‚ which is failure to perform legal duty in a proper manner‚ and the third form is Malfeasance‚ which is commission
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Police hierarchy has been around since the late 1800s. Almost all law enforcement agencies follow the same organizational structure. Departments can have different variations of titles but essentially have the same functions and responsibilities. Rank is structured in a top down type of hierarchy. “This means that problems that cannot be solved at one level continue to rise through each hierarchical level until a resolution is reached” (Johnson‚ 1994). At the top we have chief‚ then assistant
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