the American Civil Liberties Union‚ or ACLU. The images depicted on the news of the neighborhood police officers wearing face and head protectants‚ and driving in armored vehicles‚ wielding around rifles made for war‚ are not incidents alone in themselves‚ this is a representation of a nationwide trend of police militarization (ACLU). “Sending in a heavily armed team of officers to perform normal police work can dangerously escalate situations
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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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One main factor that can be traced through many militarization cases is the complex relationship between the police and the military (Chabat‚ Jorge‚ "Mexico’s War" 135). To begin with‚ the roles and objectives of the military and the police are very different‚ that when combined‚ counteract each other (Bailey‚ John and Dammert‚ Lucia 15). The duty of the police is to protect civil society‚ while also being accountable to them‚ indicating that the use of force is only meant to be used as a last resort
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THE MILITARIZATION OF LOCAL POLICE Derrick A. Harris Abstract SWAT teams are increasingly being deployed across the country -- and it ’s happening with almost no supervision. For nearly half a century‚ America’s police forces have undergone a process of “militarization.” They’ve upped their cache of assault weapons and military defense gear‚ increasingly deployed SWAT teams to conduct ops-style missions on civilians‚ and inculcated a warrior attitude within their rank. While major metropolitan areas
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Police Militarization: Domestic Terrorism While police militarization of law enforcement is deemed as necessary because of the fear and threat of terrorism‚ however a closer look should be taken to examine how police militarization has effected United States citizens often times harming‚ and sometimes killing innocent people. Modern American policing has become unnecessarily and dangerously militarized‚ in large part through federal programs that have armed state and local law enforcement agencies
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Militarization of Our Police I strongly feel that military tactics‚ training‚ and equipment do not have a place in American law enforcement because dozens of needless deaths and injuries have occurred because of it and it ’s extremely expensive to supply these things. First‚ the American law enforcement has become much too aggressive with its citizens. There are several reports of police going above and beyond‚ using extreme measures‚ to take down the general public. One perfect example would
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For years‚ the police force has been jeopardizing the rights of human beings while receiving no repercussions. The government’s and the police’s tolerance to reoccurring acts of horror continues to occur‚ causing police brutality to be one of the most serious human rights abuses in the United States today. Standards for what constitutes brutality vary widely‚ though‚ two major international human rights treaties‚ to which the United States is a party‚ explicitly prohibit police abuse. The International
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across the country. Given this‚ the increasing amount of militarization of police and the increase in paramilitary police units has called for reform across the nation. Evaluating the appropriate use for these units‚ including proper roles and deployment conditions‚ are valuable points of reform. Additionally‚ viewing the impact on the relationship between society and police‚ as well as consequences of the elevated number of paramilitary police units in the country are valuable sources of insight regarding
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1) What are the various functions of a police agency? Compare and contrast how these functions differ at the federal‚ state‚ and local levels. What would happen if the various functions and roles of policing agencies were limited among communities? What is custodial interrogation? What is the relationship between custodial interrogation and the overall criminal justice system? How can we improve this relationship? There are many functions to a police agency. Some of the common functions are preventing
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Running Head: POLICE CORRUP 1 2 Introduction Police corruption is one of the oldest and a persistent problem in police agencies. What is corruption? Corruption can be defined as the misuse of public power for private or personal profit (Newburn‚ 1999). This is a problem that has and will continue to affect us all whether you
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