responsibilities of a police officer. Their main duty and responsibility is to enforce the law and make sure that we live in a safe environment. There is lots of variety in this job. No two days will be the same for a police officer. One day they might be doing traffic tickets anther day they might have to break up a bar fight or be involved in a high speed chase. Police Officers are always working with different people in different situations. This is why there is so much variety. cops have to deal with
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wanted to be a police officer. My mother tells me that I left the womb saying “Freeze‚ Police!” I’m sure that it was the lights and sirens on a police vehicle that infatuated me. Maybe it was because a police officer carried a gun and had the ability to run red lights. As I grew up‚ cops and robbers was always a favorite game and I was always the cop. As I grew older‚ I realized that a police officer was nothing like I thought. I started to understand the role of the police. Not as a symbol
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Police pinned down Alton Sterling to the ground when he was selling CDs outside a Baton Rouge convenience store in Louisiana on Tuesday after receiving a tip from an anonymous caller on 911 about Sterling pointing his gun at someone. As Sterling lay immobile‚ the police shot him several times. In the video released on Youtube‚ one of the police officers is seen yelling‚ "He’s got a gun!" After a few seconds‚ Sterling is shot by the cops. Baton Rouge Police Department spokesman Cpl. L’Jean McKneely
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get body cameras for when the police are on duty. Police officers should wear body cameras‚ when they’re on duty. They need body cameras because it will be less drama with the public‚ and will have proof about the truth. ___________________________________________ Having the police wear the body cameras will improve their behavior with the public and the police officers. Equipping police with body cameras may be an effective way to improve the behavior of officers and the public with which they
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Police corruption seems to be a problem in the United States as well as most of the world. The simplest explanation why corruption exists is that the police officers are human beings and as such are prone to give in to temptation. Another widely held opinion is that the officers don’t get enough pay. No matter what are the reasons police corruption is abuse of authority and power; it is also betraying to the public trust. The researches proved that in socioeconomic disadvantage countries the percentage
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their persons‚ houses‚ papers‚ against unreasonable searches and seizures shall no be violated and no warrants shall issue‚ but upon reasonable cause supported by Oath or affirmation and particularly describing the place to be searched and the persons or things to be seized. Protection from unreasonable searches and seizures requires police‚ if they have time to obtain a valid search warrant‚ issued by a magistrate after the police indicate under oath that they have probable cause to justify its
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I think that this question is great. This is not something that I have really thought about. Honestly‚ I do not feel like I use my strengths every day. I believe that I am good at interacting with people and I have a pretty good attention to detail when it comes to my work. Since being promoted to supervisor‚ I have not really gotten to use those skills as much as I would like. In the past‚ I would get to talk to drivers and their previous employers on a daily basis. I was usually good at getting
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Abortion On January 22‚ 1973‚ the united states supreme court ruled that a woman has a constitutional right to terminate an unwanted pregnancy before the fetus acquires viability. Also stating that a Fetus is not a person under the fifth and fourteenth amendments. Before the decision abortion was illegal in all US‚ although the majority of states permitted abortion only when necessary to save the life of the pregnant woman; some sixteen states allowed abortions under other circumstances‚ such as
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few people who run the resources of a country end up abusing the resources. These resources that are supposed to be channeled to develop infrastructure or educate the citizens end up being misused‚ misapplied or misappropriated by those entrusted to bring development. For example in Zambia‚ Constituent Development Funds (CDF) have been diverted by Members of Parliament to their personal use. There is no doubt that financial malpractice by leaders is a stumbling block to meaningful development in
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innocent people who do not deserve to die the way they have. There are different 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
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