such as‚ threats to officers’ health and safety‚ boredom alternating with the need for sudden alertness and mobilized energy‚ responsibility for protecting the lives of others‚ continual exposure to people in pain or distress‚ and the need to control emotions even when provoked and etc. (Dan Goldfarb www.soc.umn.edu/~samaha/cases/police_stress.htm) Stress affects the policing community because it makes it difficult for them to perform their duties. For example‚ if an officer that is stress comes
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Police officers jobs are one of the most stressful jobs in the country and consequences of this are high rates of divorce‚ alcoholism‚ suicide‚ and other emotional and health problems. While all jobs have stress law enforcement the stress created is unique and often extreme and unavoidable. So learning how to use different techniques to modify the effects of stress is imperative to the law enforcement world. The most common method is to train officers to recognize the different signs and sources
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Sandra Bland was arrested for not using her signal light while turning. She refused to get out of the car so the officer opened the door and tried to pull her out. Officer Encinia told Bland she was under arrest. She repeatedly asked why. The trooper did not answer‚ other than to say‚ "I am giving you a lawful order. "At one point‚ after Officer Encinia aimed what appeared to be a Taser at Bland‚ she stepped out of her car. Later‚ she can be heard saying: “You’re a real man now
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air field tower like a Qutab Minar under the winter sun. I had just joined the oldest Artillery Regiment of Indian Army soon after passing out of Officers Training School. All officers were to undergo a course called Young Officers course soon after commissioning and I was preparing for that grueling six months course. A newly commissioned officer would be really useful only after the Y.O course and it was that one does well in that course‚ I was told. From the corner of my eyes I Could see the
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n order for police to effectively police an area they must have cooperation. With this comes the ability to lower the crime rate and make the community feel more secure‚ but how is this done? Police alone cannot make people feel secure and community members cannot make others feel safer alone either‚ this come when they are both working together. This is linked to police legitimacy by how the community feels about the police. If there is a negative feeling towards to police than the people are going
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We were about 100 metres away before they began to advance. Our commanding officer bellowed at the students‚ insisting they disperse immediately‚ also warning them live ammunition would be used. This seemed to have no visible effect on the crowd as they continued their steady pace towards us; I knew I must be ready to use my gun at any moment. They then began to chant‚ “Down with Afrikaans.” I saw our commanding officer again try to stop the crowd‚ but again having no effect. The next thing I
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into consideration is the suspects demeanor and how they carry themselves in the presence of the officer. A suspect that makes the officers job harder than it must be rather than cooperating with them are at a greater risk of getting arrested than not. Another big factor is the suspects records. The past charges and police run-ins will take a big toll on the officer’s decisions. In most cases if the officer is in a position where the suspects fate rest in their hands they’ll face stiffer penalties depending
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always as they seem‚ how can we have a view on everything that is happening. The only way to fix this problem is to enforce a law where all officers must wear a body camera at all times while out on the line of duty. This will minimize from any incident not being properly recorded‚ this will help avoid any misunderstandings. Body cams will not only help the officers‚ but also for the other party involved. How you ask? Well let’s take into consideration what we are going by right now. We have stuff being
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A use of force continuum is a rulebook that provides police officers and civilians with a set of guidelines as to how much force they are allowed to use against an opposing member in any given situation. The officer used a few force options during the incident being 1) verbal commands because she gave clear and undertandable direction by explaining to the man what she wanted him to do‚ for example‚ “stand against the car.” This was objectively reasonable because the man was completely capable of
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USS Carney. The USS Carney has approximately 300 sailors and officers. Out of the 300 about twenty-five are officers and another thirty or so are senior enlisted. Officer’s tours are eighteen to twenty-four months long and the enlisted sailors can remain on board for up to five years. While serving aboard the Carney‚ I witnessed the key crewmembers turnover at least three times. After each key crewmember‚ enlisted sailor or officer‚ transferred someone needed to rise to step into a new role and
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