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    Police Constable

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    Their First Century and the New Era By Peter Horne‚ Ph.D.‚ Professor‚ Mercer County Community College‚ Trenton‚ New Jersey | | ver since the founding of police departments in the United States in the mid-19th century‚ policing has been viewed by most people as a traditionally male occupation. Men still are the overwhelming majority of police officers‚ and this will continue to be so in the immediate future. Women in policing now make up approximately 13-14 percent of all employees‚ and the women

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    Police Brutality

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    Police Brutality is Prevalent Background Information Over the recent years‚ police have been one of the organizations to be associated with the largest cases of misconduct. Police brutality can be termed as the process of misuse and abuse of authority by the police. The rising cases of police brutality are causing more harm to the public‚ compared to the actions perpetrated by real criminals. Although police claim that it’s sometimes necessary to curb crime‚ the process is illegal and police officers

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    Police Discretion

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    Police discretion by definition is the power to make decisions of policy and practice. Police have the choice to enforce certain laws and how they will be enforced. "Some law is always or almost always enforced‚ some is never or almost never enforced‚ and some is sometimes enforced and sometimes not" (Davis‚ p.1). Similarly with discretion is that the law may not cover every situation a police officer encounters‚ so they must use their discretion wisely. Until 1956‚ people thought of police discretion

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    salomon v salomon

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    standing of the doctrine of ’separate legal personality ’ as it was developed in Salomon v. Salomon & Co Ltd [1897] AC 22. Even though this doctrine is the stone head of the English company common law‚ the courts introduced several exceptions which undermined the ’veil of incorporation ’. The exceptions were firstly introduced in the mid-60s by Lord Denning in Littlewoods Mail Order Stores Ltd. V IRC [1969]‚ and allowed the court to lift the veil and hold the shareholders liable for the company

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    Police Codes

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    Chapter 265‚ Section 2 Murder‚ 2nd degree Chapter 265‚ Section 2 - Juvenile Offender Law Manslaughter Chapter 265‚ Section 13 - includes negligent homicide‚ voluntary‚ involuntary 11/13/2007 Chapter 265‚ Section 13 ½ - Manslaughter while Operating a M/V OUI Vehicular Homicide Chapter 90‚ Sections 24G(a)‚ (b) Assault with Intent to Commit Murder Chapter 265‚ Section 15 - includes assault with intent to murder‚ maim‚ etc.; assault to commit murder; assault with intent to kill Attempted Murder Chapter

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    police as gatekeepers

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    1. Police hold a pivotal role as ‘gatekeepers’ to the criminal justice system. Identify the key decisions that police make in relation to law enforcement‚ and discuss both the positive and negative implications of police discretion for the administration of justice. The police play an integral role as ‘gatekeepers’ to the criminal justice system. Discretion is a major factor in the criminal justice system and refers to the choice to do or not do something. The police enforce their discretion in

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    Police Authoritarianism

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    experiences. These traits are conventionalism‚ authoritarian submission‚ authoritarian aggression‚ anti-intraception‚ superstition and stereotypy‚ power and "toughness‚" destructiveness and cynicism‚ projectivity‚ and exaggerated concerns over sex.[1] In brief‚ the authoritarian is predisposed to follow the dictates of a strong leader and traditional‚ conventional values. Suspicion imagination of anything to be the case or to be likely; a vague notion of something Hostility a hostile state

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    ensure a peaceful society and avoid disorder. The government enforces law through the police‚ courts and other agencies. Power can produce many positive results‚ but this power the government controls is often abused and in many cases they enforce law with brutality which is completely different from its original purpose. Law was established to benefit the people but sometimes through the abuse of power like police brutality‚ its enforcement defers its original purpose. The concept of law is very

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    Police Administration

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    Police Administration: CRJU – 4200 College or High School Educated Police? Joe Fisher 10/15/2011 Introduction Since the early part of the twentieth century‚ academicians and criminal justice practitioners have debated whether police officers should be required to have a college education as a minimum qualification to be hired. Today‚ there is general agreement that a college education will not necessarily make a person a good police officer

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    Police Corruption

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    corruption is defined as the abuse of power by a public official for private gain. Police corruption is the abuse of power by a police officer for their own personal gain. Police officers become corrupt mainly for monetary gain because most feel that police officers do not make enough money and they want to make more. Police corruption can be costly to society and it can even violate the rights of society. Police corruption can show favoritism to some and unfairness to others. If the people of our

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