Militarization of the Police Imagine a military grade tank rolling down your residential street‚ 撤OLICEspray painted on the gunner. In many parts of the country this is now a reality. In one county 6 million dollars was allocated to local police for armored vehicles. (Levitz) This and other military grade weapons have sparked a debate in the nation about militarizing the police. If you take into account‚ the original purpose of special forces‚ money spent‚ and the proportional response to a crime
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People today has always take their rights seriously when it comes to police brutality. The definition of police brutality is police use of excessive or unnecessary forced by when dealing with civilians. The excessive force is used to handle a situation that is needed but sometimes can be an unnecessary to solve the situation. Police officers uses nerve gas‚ batons‚ pepper spray and guns to or physically intimidate the civilians. But the question is that should it be necessary every time or for different
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what they are doing and others aren’t. Officer Jenkins needed his transmission fixed. Mr. Arnaud fixed it for free in gratitude of what officer Jenkins had done for his son Tony. Officer Jenkins was well aware of how pricey this job was so he was in the process of taking a loan to pay it off. When he tried he was denied. Accepting handouts for your police service is a form of corruption knows as grass-eater. I don’t believe this is corruption because officer Jenkins was just trying to help
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Police brutality has been happening numerous amount of times in America. Police brutality caused the Civil Rights around 1960s causing Martin Luther King Jr to make a speech about equality and Police Brutality to all African-Americans. He gave all races freedom and hope by making his speech about equality of races. Now the reason why I bring this up‚ is because most police are more likely to kill an unarmed African-American than an unarmed American. The percentages go high for Africans and Latinos
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the United States are the police. The citizens hold the police on a higher scale than regular civilians hold each other to. This takes places because civilians view the police in the United States on a pedestal because; they are the enforcers
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Officer were dispatched to 399 West Arlington Street where dispatchers relayed a message from the above caller who reported a subject armed with a gun. County dispatched the call in a very confusing manner. They initially said the caller was at 399 W Arlington St and the armed subject was outside of the said address making it seem that the caller was inside the address supplied which was later found to not be accurate. While arriving on scene dispatch advised officers that the armed subject was walking
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death. I think about how their day was going before they encounter the police;were they seeing their kids‚ going to work‚ hanging with friends? In each case the situation escalated quickly and unnecessarily. I think about how the officers felt after the shooting took place. Did they feel regret or remorse? Did they wish they did things differently? Those questions trouble me after watching the videos and seeing how the police carry on as if they didn’t take someone’s life. Seeing these news stories
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In our society today‚ there have been several events‚ specifically within the last several years‚ where police corruption has been brought into question. Situations like Ferguson‚ Missouri have shown our country that we need to question how those in blue behave when handling different cases. In December of 2015‚ the streaming service Netflix released a ten-part documentary series entitled Making a Murderer. This series follows the story of Steven Avery‚ and what happened in his life after being jailed
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Jackson‚ Sergeant James Lesher‚ and I made contact with Officer Dennis Hutchins and his attorney‚ William “Bill” James in the Homicide conference room located at the 12th Street Substation. Officer Hutchins was one of two first responding officers to arrive at 514 E. 8th‚ where an officer involved shooting occurred. Sergeant Lesher advised Officer Hutchins of his Miranda Rights and his counsel Mr. James and I signed the form as witnesses. Officer Hutchins waived his Miranda Rights and provided a statement
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Court service officers are very important individuals who maintain peace in the courtroom and guarantee the proceedings run smoothly and safely. They have many responsibilities which includes maintaining security and control of people in custody‚ transporting people in custody to court‚ and checking‚ recording and filing various court documents just to name a few. In my opinion‚ I believe court service officers are necessary in the court room and are very important. Furthermore‚ they not only ensure
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