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    To Serve and Protect The police role and how they use their power To Serve and Protect others suggests two important facets of police work it’s centrally protective role and it’s service orientation. Do police protect and serve everybody equally? Protect the community fairly? Which community? For both good and bad reasons‚ American society does not comprise a single community but many and though these communities overlap and intersect in many ways they are often separated and ranked. Unarmed

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    types of police brutality. What starts out as a simple altercation turns into a real sticky situation because police do not know when they have gone too far when it comes to force. Excessive force‚ false arrestment or imprisonment‚ malicious prosecution‚ unreasonable search‚ and rights of pre-trail detainees are all different types of police brutality. Police are supposed to use force when they are trying to restrain an individual who is physically restricting arrest. If a police officer uses extra

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    The blue wall of silence is an unwritten rule found in police cultures related to individual characteristics and the environmental conditions of police work. The blue wall of silence encompass a culture of solidarity and discourage reporting fellow officers‚ which diminishes organizational goals and the public’s trust. These rules are either established under unethical practices deemed acceptable within the cultural environment or out of fear of retaliation. When unethical behavior is found at the

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    Should police be allowed to carry tasers? Do you agree? Taser is a device‚ which has electronic shock that use electrical current to disrupt muscle control. This essay will argue that police are within their rights to carry tasers. Police officers are one the most apparent weapons of the government‚ and they are delegated with significant power and judgment. They are the only members of society lawfully authorized to take life or impose serious injury to maintain order and implement the law.

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    “Too many cops‚ too little justice‚” written in blood red says it all. This ad has a clear message about police brutality and the justice citizens are searching for; many Americans want an end to it with police facing real repercussions for their actions and citizens who are overwrought with all the lives that have been lost to our own defenders. Police brutality is an issue that has been around since the Civil Rights Movement and has yet to be resolved. First‚ glance at this picture the red

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    cause after the situational problem is identified. I believe this theme to be more effective than Police-Community Collaboration as one. If these two techniques are combined it would be very much effective. Police can not solve everything‚ it is almost impossible for them to know everything and anything that had happened if they were not there in that moment. Trust in themselves and fellow officers is a little more reliable than counting on the community. Problem

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    States is police brutality and the abuse of power. There has been case after case involving police officers using excessive‚ deadly force that more often than not unjustifiable behavior. Police departments have been in hot water lately because of the actions of certain officers. As a result‚ the criminal justice system as a whole is affected by the negative and inappropriate behavior. Instead of the officers who under scrutiny for the use of excessive force‚ all law enforcement officers are seen as

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    can affect a police officer’s discretion. The first big factor that they take into consideration is the suspects demeanor and how they carry themselves in the presence of the officer. A suspect that makes the officers job harder than it must be rather than cooperating with them are at a greater risk of getting arrested than not. Another big factor is the suspects records. The past charges and police run-ins will take a big toll on the officer’s decisions. In most cases if the officer is in a position

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    FYS-Presentation/Midterm test October 14‚2014 Topic: Abuse of power in the police force – There has to be an invisible sun that gives us hope when the whole day is done. Introduction: Nowadays a lot of killings have taken place in various parts of the world e.g. U.S.A‚ U.K and many more. There have been a lot of misconduct with the police force. The reason why I picked this research‚ is due to the abuse of power in the police force. A lot of young people have died‚ because of petty incidences or racism

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    It all started when a police officer in Ferguson‚ Missouri shot a black suspect by the name of Michael Brown‚ who was trying to surrender. This caused an uproar as people demand that justice must be served because of the fact that Michael Brown died by a white police officer‚ having citizens concluding that the white officer fired shots at the suspect is because he was black. However‚ the reality is that Michael Brown robbed a convenience store‚ assaulted an officer in uniform‚ and made a move for

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