Patrol officers use discretion each and every time while on shift. They will respond to a variety of calls and have to make a decision on scene whether to charge a subject or arrest them. Patrol officers also work traffic and enforce moving violations and equipment violations. Try to imagine if officers did not have discretion and had to fully enforce the law each time a violation occurred. This would have a negative impact on community relations and would also completely saturate our court systems
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four types of police identification parade emphasizing on their respective merits and short comings. Police identification parade can be referred to as a situation whereby suspects believed to have committed a crime are presented or lined-up for witnesses to identify if indeed the one or group of persons who committed the crime is amongst the line-up. This method is used inorder to help the police confirm if indeed suspect did commit the crime. There are several ways in which police identification
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• The peace officer was wearing a distinctive uniform Dossey himself admitted after viewing the Watch Guard Video during our interview that both the lights nor siren were on during the incident and the above was criteria was not met. Dosseys’ statement that he cannot hear the sirens of a police car during a pursuit due to the high level of stress he experiences‚ make his decision not to review MVS footage to ensure the criteria of the vehicle code is met irresponsible and negligent on his part
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Dillon Dickerson‚ badge #155‚ was working as a Patrol Officer for the Wichita State University Police Department‚ in Wichita‚ Sedgwick County‚ Kansas. At approximately 0139 hours I was sitting in my patrol veichle in lot 19. I heard a noise which sounded like a car accident had just happened in the area. Officer Dorion #158 who was checking Marcus Welcome and Alumni radioed dispatch and advised he heard what sounded like shots fired. Officer Dorion advised they came from just to the north of his
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Why Police Need Unions Police unions are growing in today’s law enforcement environment‚ since they first began in the early twentieth century. Police unions are organizations that work together with employees to avoid suffering unfairness from their superiors (Gant‚ 1993). Not only to avoid unfairness in benefits‚ pay and security‚ but also when it comes to representing an officer who lost his job unfairly. Unions fight for the rights of the employees not that of the employer. The unions provides
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I believe that police officers should wear body cameras because" body cameras will reduce the use of force needed by officers and lessen the number of complaints by citizens against the police" said those in favor of body cameras. And body cameras give police superiors reliable supervision‚ debriefing‚and disciplining‚enabling them to condemn bad police work and commend good police work. but body cameras can be a bad idea on some occasions because if a person is being arrested and spot the camera
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African Americans Attitudes towards Police The George Washington University Abstract Past experiences have shown that African Americans tend to have a more hostile relationship with police officers than other races. Research from multiple scholars confirms that there is in fact a correlation between a person’s race and the attitude they have towards officers. This experiment aims to verify that race is responsible
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Our topic is on police brutality. This has been an ongoing problem in our society for many years now. Many people believe that police officers do use excessive force when patrolling on the streets with civilians. The main social problem for our topic relates to the use of excessive force. Excessive force can cost local communities millions of dollars due to legal damages. Most civilians now do believe that all police officers are bad due to all of the drama that has been occurring throughout these
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Issues involving the police can clearly be seen by the American citizens on news channels and on social media. These issues bring about a great amount of debate and conflict of two opposing ideas about what is perceived as right and wrong as well as good and bad. However‚ if one is to look at the issue of police brutality and compare it to other issues that America is facing‚ he or she can see a reoccurring pattern of human behavior among them. It seems as though it has become a common occurrence
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Police departments across the country too often use excessive force‚ injuring people suspected of crimes or even creating crimes against Blacks like Jim Crow Laws and occasionally killing them like in Rodney King’s death. Members of minority groups and the poor are frequently the victims of police brutality‚ which law enforcement agencies try to cover up. Police departments must shed their cover-up culture and institute reforms‚ such as strengthening civilian oversight boards‚ which can investigate
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