American Civil Liberties Union‚ or ACLU. The images depicted on the news of the neighborhood police officers wearing face and head protectants‚ and driving in armored vehicles‚ wielding around rifles made for war‚ are not incidents alone in themselves‚ this is a representation of a nationwide trend of police militarization (ACLU). “Sending in a heavily armed team of officers to perform normal police work can dangerously escalate situations
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“The Media Underestimate Police Brutality” The article “The Media Underestimate Police Brutality” by Michael Novick opens with the following expression “Don’t trust everything you read in the papers.” This article illustrates how the media portrays police brutality. Novick believes that police brutality is an epidemic and not an aberration. This article contains many well made points‚ but it is biased‚ has unsupported evidence‚ and too many facts that are not needed. Although Novick’s article
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comes to mind when we think of “Police Officers”. In elementary school‚ the most common phrase students would be asked was “what do you want to be when you grow up”‚ and the most common response would be “a police officer”; and now sadly‚ most are rethinking this occupational choice. The authority that most cops these days believe they have is over the top; they think that they can take advantage of everything and everybody simply by the power of their badge. Police officers need to have more discipline
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Lucy Sanchez English 1302 Mr. Gonzalez 8 April 2009 Police Brutality Draft Who can forget the Los Angeles riots and the Rodney King beating in 1991? This case of police brutality was the most widely known. Over the years‚ it seems that police abuse remains one of the most serious human rights violations in the United States. It makes the people wonder if in fact police officers are doing their job and if they are here to protect us. Police officers get away with unjustified shootings‚ fatal choking
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The local police agencies make up the majority of the law enforcement employment (Grant & Terry‚ 2008‚ pp. 13). The local authorities perform most of the grunt work throughout their jurisdictions. They are often in charge of preventing and investigating crimes that are committed in their jurisdiction/community (Grant & Terry‚ 2008‚ pp. 13). They would be the ones that collect the evidence. They do use state level labs for assistance‚ but they are in charge of the majority of cases unless they request
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Police Analysis Paper Intro to Police Work‚ Professor Phifer Thursday 8-12pm Ivana Simmons March 3‚ 2010 Certification of Authorship: I certify that I am the author of this paper and that any assistance I received in its preparation is fully acknowledged and disclosed in the paper. I have also cited any sources from which I used data‚ ideas‚ words‚ either quoted directly or paraphrased. I also certify that this paper was prepared by me especially for this course. Student Signature __________________________
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else but here. How has terrorism impacted the police mission in the U.S.? What disagreements exist regarding the appropriate law enforcement behavior which fights terrorism but maintains personal liberties? I feel that since 9/11‚ the use of police departments have slightly shifted. For example‚ police departments have had to dig their heels in and provide defensive or “security” services instead of going out on the offensive‚ preventing crime. Police now have to balance their staff and budgets
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Merger Problems The problem that the police departments are facing is that these departments don’t have the correct financial support to make a metro police department. The problem of the metro merger is that police officers would be demoted from chief and would be brought down to the captain rank. Another problem is that there’s a problem with deciding who’s going to run the whole metro police department. Another problem is how’s the funding for the metro police department going to take place. In
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In Edwin J. Deltarres’ book Character and Cops he explores three hypotheses for police corruption in the United States. Some are somewhat historical‚ but they are still relevant to the problem of corruption today. The first hypothesis is called "the society at-large" theory by former Chicago Police Superintendent O. W. Wilson. Wilson was superintendent of the Chicago Police Department during the early nineteen sixties. The second hypothesis is called the "structural" theory. The third is called
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position with the Somerville auxiliary police department‚ in my interview I was asked to discuss the importance of ethics in the daily work of a police officer. Ethics are important not only for a police officer‚ but‚ indeed‚ also for every citizen in the course of everyday life. They are a mark of character and basic morality in our dealings with others. Today many people claim to be struck by occasional lapses in proper police conduct. It is human nature to remember
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