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    Police Officers use of Taser Guns Police Officers are faced with many obstacles throughout his or her career. A lot of research has been done regarding the work police officers do. Often time’s officers are faced with making decisions very quickly‚ without being able to think about his or her options. Most police officers carry a weapon‚ handcuffs‚ a baton‚ a flashlight‚ a knife‚ and a taser gun. A taser gun is a weapon that sends electrical currents through the body and causes the body

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    Introduction The Virtual Police have set up a Departmental Task Force it has been established to combat the juvenile gangs that plagues our city. This juvenile gang has a violent tendency known to have committed murder‚ sexual assault and robbery. This task force is set up to increase the ability of the VCPD to better serve the people of Virtual. This composed of many police and non-police units‚ which allows for many different approaches to the problem we face. This task force has 6 units and 2 non-departmental

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    It was in the year 1919‚ when a majority of police forces across North America introduced a futuristic product which has spiked a lot of controversy. The TASER‚ an electroshock rifle invented by Thomas A. Swift was designed as a means to decapitate excessively aggressive suspects without having to use a traditional firearm (Blair et al 2012). Although the idea of a high tech device that gave police officers an added layer of protection may have seemed like a great idea at the time‚ all inventions

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    “Have you ever used force?”‚ In the spiel “The use of force” by William Carlos Williams‚ a physician uses force to save a child’s life. Doctors make a promise called the “Hippocratic Oath”. This oath assures that doctors do no harm. The story reveals how force is portrayed by all characters. The doctor uses force by holding the little girl down and the little girl resists which just makes the doctor use added brunt. The parents try to help hold her down but she continues to kick and scream. Using

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    they get to work. It is important that when joining the police force that the agency are able to change the system that will help make sure that the women can do well without worry of being discriminated. Reason with the lack of women not joining the workforce is simply because they don’t get enough awareness of the potential of joining the police force to begin with. There is no one encouraging them to even consider the idea of being a police officer. For men‚ it is already considered for them since

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    “The Things They Carried” How does death affect the behavior of people? Although death affects everyone’s behavior differently‚ knowledge of one’s imminent death is a main force behind behavioral changes. This knowledge causes emotions that motivate people to act in ways that they normally would not. In Tim O’Brien’s “The Things They Carried‚” the knowledge of death and its closeness causes the men in the story to alter their behavior by changing

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    the security system – the police and the armed forces. Traditionally‚ the police are expected to play the central role in policing that has a narrow law enforcement and crime control or crime repression focus (Greene‚ 2000). Police are therefore traditionally responsible for public order and safety maintenance‚ for law enforcement‚ for intervention in a variety of situations‚ for preventing‚ detecting‚

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    James Temple Coms 356 Paper on Lighting I believe an important theme of Touch of Evil is the abuse of power and corruption in the police force. The film follows detectives as they try and find out who planted dynamite in a car which blew up. Detective Hank Quinlan shows up on the scene and has a feeling that the dynamite was planted by someone on the Mexican side. Detective Quinlan is a corrupt detective who does anything he can to drag evil doers to justice. His fellow officers awe him

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    Running Head: USE OF DEADLY FORCE AND LESS LETHAL POLICY AND TRAINING Winston Franklin Allen Jr. CRJ-525 Saint Leo University Spring 1 USE OF DEADLY FORCE AND LESS LETHAL POLICY AND TRAINING One of the most difficult decisions a law enforcement officer may have to make is the decision to use deadly force. Our society places a high value on human life and no matter the circumstance; the taking of a human life is frowned upon. Today’s law enforcement officer has been placed

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    Emotions can be a source of strength or weakness that can affect someone’s behaviour in their social role. In "The Use of Force"‚ written by William Carlos Williams in 1938‚ the author displays how the use of force can cause violence when emotionally involved in a particular situation. This is demonstrated through the use of the formal element of character‚ which in this story are Mathilda and the doctor. The author shows in the tale that personal impulses can intervene people to behave in a different

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