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    Police Misconduct Essay

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    1. The context “When any sworn police officer violates the law or behaves in ways that discredit his or her position‚ this is police misconduct” (Champion). Officers withhold the power to use force when stopping a criminal. But the world seems to have all different ideas on what level of force the law may use to stop a criminal or get a confession out. The media has‚ in the past year or so‚ seen fit to broadcast the police officers who have expressed what they believe is misconduct. What the world

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    Officer Selection and Training Process Paper CJS/210 Instructor: Amanda Fisher By: Chasity Hurt Due Date: September 28‚ 2014 What are the requirements of a police officer? What kind of training process does officers go through? Well‚ keep on reading. First topic to be spoke about is the requirements of the police officer and selection process. The second topic is the training process and career development programs. As all jobs there are certain age requirements. With jobs

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    Police Policy Essay

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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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    Police now a day are always trying to use more authority than they actually think they have because most people don’t know their rights. Cops will try to use what they can to arrest you for lying to them‚ and will threaten you. Being under arrest and being detained are two different things when being stopped. If you know your rights‚ just cooperate with the police officer‚ and if you’re not in any wrongdoing there should be no problems with you leaving the scene in no harm or handcuffs. At what

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    The Reality of Police Brutality. “With Honour We Serve. Our vision is to help make Queensland a safe and secure place to live‚ visit and do business. Our purpose is to deliver quality policing services 24 hours a day.” Law Enforcement Officers are employed to enforce the law and to protect society. However‚ with every article in the newspaper or program on the television‚ which takes the public’s side in a Police Brutality case; Police Officers gradually lose their power to protect Society.

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    n order for police to effectively police an area they must have cooperation. With this comes the ability to lower the crime rate and make the community feel more secure‚ but how is this done? Police alone cannot make people feel secure and community members cannot make others feel safer alone either‚ this come when they are both working together. This is linked to police legitimacy by how the community feels about the police. If there is a negative feeling towards to police than the people are going

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    Police Corruption Essay

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    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

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    Police departments have tasks of organization that is divided according to purpose‚ area and time. Work Assignments are given to certain groups that are divided amongst the department and have a distinct purpose that is unique from the other groups. For example; a police detective performs certain duties that are distinct from that of a patrol officer and vice versa. Each division has their own purpose to achieve certain functions within the department‚ to maintain effective functions within the

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    Police Use Of Force

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    Police use of force is something used by law enforcement to contain and control the situation. Use of force has been frowned upon throughout the history of the United States. There have been many situations that citizens think could have been handled differently and the use of force was to much or excessive. Throughout the history of the United States there have been a different take on the use of force by police. Many citizens think that it is nessasary for police to use their discretion when choosing

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    We have all seen the news‚ and we have all heard of police brutality. The cases are all the same; an african american citizen was killed by a cop for “no reason.” Well‚ the truth is‚ most cops are not these racist‚ Ku Klux Klan members we think picture them to be. Media is the real villain‚ twisting words and adding in extra details to these stories. Overall‚ the media is framing the cops into being the bad guys‚ and unfortunately‚ the strangers we should trust most are being visualized as the bad

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