the victim (Courtney Fink.) Smith stated his wife was having a jewelry sale at their residence on the evening of June 23‚ 2010 which Courtney was supposed to attend. Smith stated that it was odd that Courtney did not attend since she had said she would. Smith advised his wife walked over to Courtney’s residence to try to make contact with her but was unsuccessful. Smith said Courtney’s car was in the driveway she did not answer the door. Smith advised Courtney had a boyfriend (Zack) that he saw
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Police Organization The organization of police agencies in the United States is complex. While many know the overall breakdown between federal‚ state and local agencies; most people do not understand the organization of the separate agencies. Starting with the most basic breakdown of agencies and their roles and responsibilities in the Unites States‚ federal agencies are responsible for enforcing federal level laws‚ state agencies are responsible for primarily state specific laws‚ and local agencies
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CMRJ302 Week Five Forum 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
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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
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Police Brutality or Legitimate Police Force? In the “Encyclopedia of Law Enforcement‚” retired police officer and law enforcement author Vincent Henry defines the term police brutality as the “excessive‚ illegitimate‚ and/or illegal use of force by a police officer or a group of police officers upon one or more civilians.” Henry explains how police brutality is a complex issue in today’s society‚ and in order to understand it‚ one must be able to differentiate legitimate and illegitimate use of
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The Fine Line between Police Discretion and Corruption Abstract In today’s law enforcement agencies there is a fine line between discretion and corruption. Imagine that you are a police officer‚ you pull over a car that you suspect is driven by someone who has had too much to drink. Upon reaching the window you find that it’s an old friend from school. Do you take him to jail or do you take him home? Police officers have the power to make this decision. In the world of the officer this could
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Police discretion essentially alludes to the decision-making power/choice that is afforded to police in terms of the handling of a given situation; the fewer rules given to officers and the more individual power they wield‚ the greater the discretion. Alternately‚ with more rules placed on officers concerning the ways in which they should conduct themselves/police business‚ the lower the level of discretion. In many ways‚ police discretion is very important; every day‚ officers are faced with situations
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Roles of Police and Media Police officers have many roles in the community. The media has a way of spinning the facts to where often times the police officers are made to look a certain way. Even though the media is just telling the story the way that they perceive the events as happening‚ the media spins the story to gain an audience whether it is on T.V.‚ in a newspaper‚ or on the internet. The media portrays the crime fighter‚ the social servant‚ the order maintainer‚ and the crime preventer
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today’s police force. There is not a federal agency that has authority over the policing agency to ensure that all standards are being followed (2008‚ p. 81). Even though there are federal and state governments have required standards for the policing agencies to follow‚ they have no way of making sure the standards are being followed by the regulation. They also have issues in the area of training. They have nothing in place for the length of the training. There is not anything that says what material
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members to complete during the activity. We will start by welcoming our members to our group activity called Paw Patrol Ready for Rescue. We will then ask each child to please stay on their blanket we assigned them to. Then‚ we will begin by introducing ourselves and ask the group members to introduce themselves as well. Along with telling us their names‚ we will ask them their favorite Paw Patrol character. For our warm up‚ we will have 3 small‚ halloween cups with a cotton
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