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    conduct. Different violations have occurred‚ such as bribes‚ theft‚ perjury‚ extortion‚ and selective enforcement. Some officers take bribes to hide records or drop evidence of crimes committed. Also‚ some officers take bribes to alter testimonies in court and traffic stops. Lately‚ the most common type of corrupt police officers has been committing has been selective enforcement. Selective enforcement can be when a police officer’s uses a different type of forces to detain towards a specific race of

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    When obeying authority one can often loose thought of morals and beliefs. In the experiments the men obey the authority figure by doing cruel things they would not usually do. These experiments turn mentally stable men into a person willing to inflict harsh punishments on innocent people while following orders. Night by Elie Wiesel‚ The Milgram Shock Experiment‚ and the stanford prison experiment shows how obedience to an authority can cause people to stray from their conscience. In the Stanford

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    Authority vs Individuality

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    Authority is defined as a person or group of people who control the society and make major decisions affecting the society. Individual is a person who has no particular influence on the society and neither do his decisions. The term Authority may be applied to any type of people who hold some sort of influence or power on the society such as The Police; Courts from local courts to supreme courts and of course the ruling party of the government. The individual may be a single civilian. This

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    Local and State law enforcement agencies have many duties‚ functions‚ and responsibilities. Most people think that all law enforcement agencies are the same. They do have similarities‚ but also have differences as well. Some duties‚ functions‚ and responsibilities of local law enforcement agencies are to serve and protect our communities. Local law enforcement agencies arrest criminals‚ they do routine patrolling‚ they patrol our communities to stop and prevent crime. They investigate crimes that

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    line and staff authority

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    responsibility and authority and to create accountability for results. It is an activity of the organizing function. scalar principle (chain of command) a clear definition of authority in the organization. This authority flows down the chain of command from the top level to the first or lowest level in the organization. centralization occurs in an organization when a limited amount of authority is delegated. decentralization occurs when a significant amount of authority is delegated to lower

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    FM 7-21.13 Chapter 3 Section 1 Duties‚ Responsibility‚ and Authority Duty: Duty is defined as “Obligatory tasks‚ conduct‚ service‚ or functions that arise from one’s position (as in life or in a group).”- Merriam Webster. To others‚ it may mean a moral or legal obligation. Such as having a legal duty to obey lawful orders of those appointed over a soldier. According to the Army field manual noted above‚ junior enlisted soldiers perform all their duties to standard as well as to the best if their

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    Compare and contrast the pre and post 9/11 law enforcement response to terrorism. What strategies could be implemented to increase future law enforcement capability in countering terrorism? “We’re in a new world. We’re in a world in which the possibility of terrorism‚ married up with technology‚ could make us very‚ very sorry that we didn’t act.” (Rice‚ 2002). Law enforcement response to counter-terrorism fundamentally changed as a result of the unprecedented events of September 11th 2001 in

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    Law Enforcement Today Tylisa Dudley 03/15/2014 CJS/200 In today’s society the Police Department’s face a plethora of issues pertaining to protecting and serving in today society. Aside from the fact that there’s always that fear in the back of their minds that they may not go home to their love ones. Police officers make that move to protect and serve‚ and with today’s issues it leaves a lot of people wondering who is going to protect and serve them. One of the many issues that Police Department’s

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    Democracy Vs Authority

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    Throughout the Foundation period‚ Authority was desired by many leaders‚ however‚ it was soon discovered that due to dictatorial rule citizens had under authority rulership‚ in order for a government to function efficiently‚ a balance is needed between Democracy and Authority. During the foundation period‚ the thirteen colonies and many under areas were under the rule of high authority leaders. The thirteen colonies and current day America were under the rule of the United Kingdom‚ led by King George

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    Plato and Moral Authority

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    they have committed as well as‚ by what are actually considered crimes or sins. I want to explore these differences by asking two questions to each reading: What kind of behavior constitutes as a sin or a crime? What is the source of moral authority behind laws and legal judgments? In Plato’s Apology‚ what constitutes as a sin or a crime? Socrates was accused of being a “doer of evil‚ and a corrupter of the youth‚ and he does not believe in the gods of the state‚ and has other divinities of his

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