Causes of Police Corruption Police Corruption doesn’t occur because of some random reason‚ it has a definite cause. Police officers would not go through these great lengths to abuse their powers without a probable reasonable cause. One thing that is for sure as far as police corruption is concern is that someone wins and someone loses. The cause of police corruption is ambiguous‚ and from the looks of it the causes and reasons varies from person to person. In the last two decades‚ research
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Unprofessional Police Officers and Corruption Within The Police Force In the Internet I have found an interesting web-site “Bad Cop‚ No Donut”. This is a “weekly wrap-up of North American police brutality‚ misconduct and corruption”. In other words there are plenty examples of unprofessional police officers. Here I found three situations to analyze. The first situation is described in the article “Woman dies after being struck by police officer during shootout”‚ In general it looks like a
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Complaints on officers come from a variety of people and are normally categorized three different ways to make the investigation simpler: internal‚ external‚ and anonymous. All complaints should be handled professionally to keep the public’s respect and improve the police/community relationship. The procedures of investigation will vary by nature of the complaint‚ general orders of the agency‚ and whomever investigates the complaint (Iannone‚ 2009). Internal complaints are those that initiate
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Officers’ Important Skills I feel that one of the most important skill that a police officer should have is good observation skills. It is important that law enforcement officers have good observation skills because they are essential in an investigation‚ every day duties‚ encounters with criminals and the determination of a situation. According to Dahl (2002) enforcing a law could not work if it was not for perception. Its entirety structure is based on perception. Infringement of the law are watched
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grow. Many officers are perceived as authority figures that are corrupt and abuse their power‚ we turn on our television and witness an incident where an officer abused his/her power then just like that‚ they have made a bad name for all cops. Now‚ don’t get me wrong many officers abuse their powers in many ways simply because it’s easy to get away with but there are some officers that go to work for all the right reasons but people oversee that because of a couple bad apples. Police corruption seems
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Problems among Police Officers Domestic Violence and Substance Abuse Domestic violence and substance abuse among law enforcement is double that of the general population‚ these issues affect officers work performance. This report examines the factors plaguing officers and the treatment options available. 2012 Tweet HP 2/25/2012 Domestic Violence Hundreds of women are beaten each year by unlikely batterer-police officers. There are only a few departments in the United States that have
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The job of a police officer seems to be an enjoyable occupation. “For the first few years I loved it‚ the final few not so much.” (Stanley) That has intrigued me to do a little research on this career to help me further my sites on what career choice I make at the end of the day. To become a law enforcement officer a high school diploma must be obtained. Then attend a police academy where they teach the mental and physical means of the job. “In my opinion the academy I attended was the best I
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Occupation description 1 A - With being a police patrol officer there are many responsibilities and tasks that I will have to be able to do in order to do that job correctly. One of the main responsibilities is to keep the public safe. I would also need to pursue‚and maybe even arrest anyone that tries to harm the public in anyway. After I pursue someone and and am done with them I would always need to fill out the correct paperwork for what they did. ( “ Task List” 1 ). I think that these are
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What Kind of Police OfficerUses Excessive Force Examining why police officers use excessive force is a complicated subject to unfold. There is no simple explanation on why they use force. Studies have revealed that their personality dynamics plays a factor in their judgment. Scrivner (1994)‚ described five different profile types of violence-prone officers who may be subjected to this kind of behavior. The various group types are Chronic Risk Group‚ Job-Related (Traumatic) Experience Group‚
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As a law enforcement officer‚ the fundamental duty is to serve and protect the community. How the police interact with the community‚ influences police ethical and moral behaviors. Police behavior is influenced by ethics and ethics is an important role in a police officer’s everyday life. Police are giving a high level of dependence‚ trust and authority which if provoked‚ can easily cause unethical behavior among certain police officers. Ethics‚ integrity and moral decision is an example of what
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