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    Gruenewald Police and Society January 31‚ 2013 Police Misconduct and Corruption In the early 1990’s police brutality had become common; police officers abused their powers and became brutal when dealing with offenders and even non-offenders. One infamous example of such brutality occurred in 1992 in Los Angeles when a black man named Rodney King was violently beat by five officers for being “black.” The five officers repeatedly struck King as a few other officers stood by not paying any attention

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    Hello‚ for my presentation my issue is about the brutal police throughout Australia. The actions of the policeman throughout nationwide have been an uproar. Australia are known and seen to have very brutal police men. Policeman who have been put in the publicity to be known as brutal from their wrong decisions‚ should they even be allowed to proceed in their job? I don’t think so! It’s horrible what stories you here from our local policeman and how they can just get let off so easily. If they do

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    Roles of Police and Media

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    Roles of Police and Media Police officers have many roles in the community. The media has a way of spinning the facts to where often times the police officers are made to look a certain way. Even though the media is just telling the story the way that they perceive the events as happening‚ the media spins the story to gain an audience whether it is on T.V.‚ in a newspaper‚ or on the internet. The media portrays the crime fighter‚ the social servant‚ the order maintainer‚ and the crime preventer

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    Police Brutality Essay

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    all know as a police officer their job is protect us citizens while trying to detect and fight crime. Because that is their job we trust them to always do the right thing and do right by the law. Unfortunately that doesn’t always happen. There are hundreds of cases all around the world about police officers harming and even killing completely innocent people leaving hundreds of families with broken hearts and no answers to why an innocent life was taken daily. This is known as police brutality. Because

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    Essay On Police Corruption

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    “When you have police officers who abuse citizens‚ you erode public confidence in law enforcement. That makes the job of good police officers unsafe” ― Mary Frances Berry This quote could not be any more accurate during these past few years. Time and time again we have seen how police officers have used their power in ways that they shouldn’t. Due to this‚ society has lost all trust on police officers making the job of good officers unsafe‚ like the quote stated above. It is obvious that there

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    Police Deception Police deception has and always will be a topic of discussion amongst the law enforcement community and the public we serve‚ protect‚ and prosecute. Police deception has been used as a tool to determine involvement as well a tool for apprehension. The use of undercover operations and entrapment situations to aid in the apprehension of criminals has become commonplace. So is deception by law enforcement reasonable in police interrogation and when is deception appropriate in this constraint

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    The Police Reform Era

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    The reform era was prompt by reformers who wanted to “…[improve] efficiency‚ recruitment‚ level[s] of service[s]‚ and [professionalism of] the police” (Gardiner‚ 2016). Police officers during the political era were profiled as “…incompetent‚ racist‚ dishonest‚ and brutal” (Gardiner‚ 2016). Therefore‚ the objective was to eliminate any political influences and dismiss any officers whose intentions were not virtuous. In addition‚ reformers aimed to professionalize the entire criminal justice system

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    Police Dogs History

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    there were only fourteen police dog programs‚ all cluttered around the Northeast‚ with the exception of Berkeley California and Muncie‚ Indiana. When the 1960s hit‚ the modern era of police dogs began in the United States. Canine teams were appearing all of the country and the movement was considered to be a fad. (Dorriety‚ J. K. 2005) By the time the 1970s rolled around in the United States‚ the use of police dogs was a mainstay. The canines were now considered part of the police force itself. Some of

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    Mccomb Police Report

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    PER REPORTER: The incident happened on Sunday‚ October 15th. McComb Police was suppose to call in a report but they didn’t. CPS received a call from McComb Police Department from Officer Bruce Gatlin. He stated the child was at the hospital and hadbeen abused. When the reporter arrived at the hospital‚ mom said she had been at work that day. She left for work at 6:00 a.m. Mom works in Jackson‚ Louisiana. Mom said she got home and noticed a knot on Logan’s head; there was a red mark. Mom said she

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    Police Reputation Essay

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    12/6/16 Police Corruption and Reputation Having a bad reputation can lead to someone being accused of a crime. Bad reputation kind of relates to police corruption‚ which is another topic I’m going to focus on. People’s reputation is being ruined every day and if they aren’t then people are probably talking around trying to ruin it. Police corruption is another issue that is in the world today still. Most cops respect the authority that has been given to them but some do not. “Police officers are

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