"Discretion in police work" Essays and Research Papers

Sort By:
Satisfactory Essays
Good Essays
Better Essays
Powerful Essays
Best Essays
Page 47 of 50 - About 500 Essays
  • Powerful Essays

    Houston Police Internship

    • 1080 Words
    • 5 Pages

    1. While at my hpd internship I was asked to do multiple task such as deliver mail‚ send out packages‚ organize and file documents according to date and time‚ conduct background check‚ record information‚ conduct surveillance handling evidence‚ helping organize various events‚ file case files‚ fax subpoenas‚ and seizures My internship Daily duties mostly consisted of helping the agents and working in the mail room. I learned how to handle different responsibilities such as delivering mail and sending

    Premium Police Future

    • 1080 Words
    • 5 Pages
    Powerful Essays
  • Better Essays

    Police Use of Force

    • 2177 Words
    • 9 Pages

    Police Use of Force Introduction Police officers are authorized to use force under certain circumstances‚ for instance; controlling a disruptive‚ aggressive and disturbing demonstration‚ undergoing arrest of an accused person or controlling a combative individual. These officers are trained properly regarding use of force while fulfilling their duties. However‚ the use of force by police is a subject of hot discussion amongst public‚ as many times law enforcement agencies‚ televisions‚ newspapers

    Premium Police

    • 2177 Words
    • 9 Pages
    Better Essays
  • Good Essays

    Police Corruption and Ethnicity Gretchen Conwell CJA/344 Stephen Humphries On July 16‚ 2009‚ Henry Louis Gates‚ Jr. a Harvard professor was returning home from a trip to the Republic of China. Exiting the rented limousine the University provided from him‚ he approached the front door to his home. While struggling with the door trying to gain entrance to his home his driver proceeded to help by trying to force the door open. Police that were in the area proceeded to arrest Gates and spurned

    Free Race Ethnic group United States

    • 734 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Satisfactory Essays

    reason that I chose the topic on police brutality was that it is a serious problem that is still happening nowadays. Police brutality has been happening for many years and still people have not done anything to help stop police brutality. Some police officers take advantage of their power which can lead to injuries and even death at times. Police brutality is a serious problem because many people of diverse ethnicities have gone through a type of police brutality. Police brutality can be considered many

    Premium Police Police brutality Police officer

    • 253 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Satisfactory Essays
  • Good Essays

    Race and Police Brutality

    • 1330 Words
    • 6 Pages

    What causes police brutality‚ and why are minority citizens the primary victims? The U.S. History Encyclopedia defines police brutality as the use of any force exceeding that reasonably necessary to accomplish a lawful police purpose. Most brutality began during strikes in the late 1800’s‚ early 1900’s. The strikes involved African Americans speaking out for their rights as citizens of the United States. Police brutality is one of the seven forms of police misconduct‚ the others being: false arrest

    Premium Police brutality Police Abuse

    • 1330 Words
    • 6 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Good Essays

    Police Officer Stress

    • 552 Words
    • 3 Pages

    as too lenient; they may perceive the public’s opinion of police performance to be unfavorable; they often are required to work mandatory‚ rotating shifts; and they may not have enough time to spend with their families. Police officers also face unusual‚ often highly disturbing‚ situations‚ such as dealing with a child homicide victim or the survivors of vehicle crashes” (National Institute of Justice Journal‚ 2000) With the job of a police officer stress will be a factor in your life. But what

    Premium Police Stress Psychology

    • 552 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Good Essays

    Stress Police Personnel

    • 480 Words
    • 2 Pages

    Montgomery County’s Police Department‚ approximately 95% (94.1) of female officers were affected by killing someone in the line of duty had a 90% (88.2) impact on female officers to her male counterpart at 85% (82.2). The exposure to dead and battered children impacted female officers at almost 80% (82.0) to male officers at almost 70% (73.2). Responding to a felony in progress showed female officers at 70% (73.4) while there was no affect on male officers (Pendergrass et al.‚ 1984). Police stress: history

    Premium Police Stress Psychology

    • 480 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Good Essays

    Police Enforcement Myth

    • 604 Words
    • 3 Pages

    Police enforcement has seemingly been portrayed positively ever since one becomes familiarized with its concept. Children aspire to have careers in law enforcement because they see officers as heroic figures. Police’s basic roles “to enforce the law‚ protect property‚ and limit civil disorder” (Police) immediately provokes a sense of authority and integrity‚ placing them on the privileged side of a binary conception. Mass media plays an influential part on this privilege‚ creating a long-standing

    Premium Police Crime Police brutality

    • 604 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Better Essays

    Police Roles in the Media

    • 1435 Words
    • 6 Pages

    to the roles of a police officer. Police Role Descriptions in the Media Karin Jordan January 18‚ 2010 CJA/333 Professor Luis Martinez Introduction In society a great deal of citizens have form their own opinion about how they think about police and the entire law enforcement. Some citizens believe that police are crooked and not fair in their position. Some citizens believe that there are more good police than bad and that

    Premium Crime Mobile phone Police

    • 1435 Words
    • 6 Pages
    Better Essays
  • Powerful Essays

    positive and negative representations of police work. As a result‚ a complex relationship exists between media consumption and public attitudes towards the police. The purpose of this study is to test the impact that media consumption has on attitudes toward police misconduct. The research design proposed for use in this study would be the experimental design‚ a two-group‚ posttest-only‚ randomized experiment. Introduction The public impression of police use of force‚ as brutality‚ in modern

    Premium Police Police brutality Sampling

    • 1478 Words
    • 6 Pages
    Powerful Essays
Page 1 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50