Katherine Theoharis Writing and Rhetoric I December 1‚ 2013 Essay 3 Cops Think about how cops treat you‚ and pretend you see a cop. Pretend you’re doing nothing illegal. Pretend you don’t need police protection. You’re minding your own business‚ and BAM‚ you see a cop. What do you feel? Right then? In your gut? I think the answer is staring us in the face‚ especially when it is cops who are doing the staring. I think a lot of people hate the police because they assume the cops hate
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Authority in the public services Authority means the right or power to enforce rules or give orders. To do this they need legislations to enforce their laws‚ to function properly the uniformed pubic services need to have legislations. The extent of authority relates to the limit of control held by an individual or organisation. The limit of control is governed by the job description of the role‚ as well as the jurisdiction‚ with authority coming either from statute or company policy. An example
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I believe communication is key to successful law enforcement administration. Police work in the streets and communication with the public is critical in law enforcement. Officers encounter a wide range of individuals from all races‚ cultures‚ ages‚ ethnicities and backgrounds. While there are many stressors that can make it difficult at times; they need to effectively communicate with them all. It is also extremely vial while in the office environment as well. Effective communication aids police
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INTRODUCTION: This case involves an unknown suspect(s) smashing open the victim’s rear vehicle passenger window with an unknown object‚ and stealing items from inside‚ in violation of PC 459(a)-Vehicle Burglary. LOCATION: This incident occurred on level 3C of the parking garage in the southwest portion of the Courtyard Marriott located at 180 N. Fair Oaks Avenue. EVIDENCE: I took photos of the victim’s vehicle‚ which were later uploaded into VeriPic (see attached photos). LOSS: • A pink Guess
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Even though the police force is doing all they can to resolve the situation‚ police misconduct is still a major problem in the United States because many innocent people have been wrongfully accused and even died at the hands of careless police officers who abuse their authority. One case claims that “A South Side police commander and his officers tortured black suspects into confessing to crimes they didn’t commit.” (Webber) This is a perfect example as it shows how police were abusing their authority
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You’ve heard about it‚ read about it‚ and maybe even seen live footage on the news. What is it? Living in the United States‚ a lot of cases in today’s society are Police Brutality. Police Brutality remains the most critical and divisive human rights violation in the United States of America. We are supposed to trust the police to protect us‚ not take advantage and abuse the power‚ we‚ the people‚ have invested in them. The immoderate use of police brutality continues because police don’t know how
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“Give a man a mask and he will become his true self.” – Oscar Wilde Police body cameras have been a topic of controversy in the last year‚ one of the main ramifications this topic has is that body cameras will provide more evidence in cases where white police officers kill black civilians. There has been a lot of cases in which the only witness left is the officer and there’s no evidence to prove him wrong. Police body cameras should be a part of every police department uniform in the United States
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Racial Profiling is an issue in not just the United States‚ but all over the world. People are being discriminated for their race‚ religion‚ ethnicity‚ and many more. This is very prominent when it comes to the police and security. The police are using these reasons to harm people of race and there is no reason why the security force should use racial profiling as a way to crack down on crimes and terrorism. It is a violation of civil rights and liberties. The statistics say it all. According
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After I graduate from Sam Houston State University with a degree in Criminal Justice‚ and I want to become a police officer. I would like to work for the Houston Police Department. The headquarters of the Houston Police Department is located at 1200 Travis in Downtown Houston. HPD has many police stations located around the city of Houston with each station having their own jurisdiction. When I was in introduction to Criminal Justice we were assigned to go on a ride along with a police officer. I
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“You can observe a lot by watching‚” –Yogi Berra. Why should police officers wear body cameras? Body cameras are a safe means of making sure police officers are doing their public duty of protecting and serving. Body cameras can help be sure that police officers aren’t abusing their power to frighten others and become dirty cops. Incidents like that where officers weren’t equipped with body cameras are the reasons for Ferguson and Baltimore‚ where the public and the legal system had no real evidence
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