Police Misconduct Amanda Winter University of Phoenix October 7‚ 2011 Police misconduct can happen in various ways in the criminal justice community. Police Brutality Police brutality is a type of police misconduct. This type of police misconduct can sometimes be confused with the police use of force. “Police brutality is a civil rights violation that occurs when a police officer acts with excessive force with regards to a civilian that is more than necessary” (US Legal Inc.‚ 2001-2011)
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have become a major concern today in the United States. The citizens of the United States confidence and trust in policing of the police are at the lowest point since the Rodney King beating. Many Americans still report confidence in the police‚ however an unprecedented number of Americans also report no or very little confidence in policing. Throughout history poor police/community relations in minority and low-income neighborhoods has documented. It has been exacerbated by egregious acts of misconduct
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Police Discretion Jocelyn Golphin University of the District of Columbia Criminal Justice System 2/21/2014 Golphin 2 Police discretion is a very important approach in matters concerning criminal justice. There has been a consistent problem between enforcing the law and the spirit of the law. Discretion in the broader sense can be defined as the individual’s ability to make a decision basing on the principle of courses of the action. During training‚ police
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Mass media has followed the events of police brutality‚ and their unrighteous killings which consequently have caused the nation to question the police.Many americans feel the treated by the police As of yesterday the law of integrity and social justice reform has been officially passed.The law is implicated throughout all states in the united states.After recent events concerning the black lives matter movement Obama thought it was pivotal to make one last assertion to the movement during his
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else but here. How has terrorism impacted the police mission in the U.S.? What disagreements exist regarding the appropriate law enforcement behavior which fights terrorism but maintains personal liberties? I feel that since 9/11‚ the use of police departments have slightly shifted. For example‚ police departments have had to dig their heels in and provide defensive or “security” services instead of going out on the offensive‚ preventing crime. Police now have to balance their staff and budgets
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community where the police‚ who are supposed to protect and serve the community‚ assault‚ harass‚ and discriminate the people for no apparent reason? First off‚ that is called police brutality and it sure does not go down well at all‚ police brutality is a serious crime and should not be taken lightly at all just because they are police officers. Police officers tend to be looked at very negatively from a civilian’s point of view‚ and to me the main reason why they are is because of police brutality. In
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The police force and miscommunication Before we start our presentation we have a few anouncements. At first we want to thank you for coming. Setting time limits: We’ll try to keep it fairly brief‚ the duration of the presentation will be between 15 and 20 minutes. Invitation to ask questions: We’ll be happy to answer any questions at the end. Giving an outline: We have divided our presentation in six chapters: * We’ll start with an introduction in chapter one; * Chapter two is about
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(Boivin &ump; Cordeau‚ 2011). Every police officer has a great deal of discretion concerning when to use their authority‚ power‚ persuasion‚ or force. Depending on how an officer sees their duty to society will determine an officer’s discretion. Discretion leads to selective enforcement practices and may result in discrimination against certain groups of people or select individuals (Young‚ 2011). Most police officer discretion is exercised in situational situations with individuals (Sherman‚ 1984)
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A police officer’s duty is to maintain public order‚ preventing‚ and detecting crime. The concept of police officers‚ also known as cops‚ and law enforcement has been around ever since the ancient Romans had a theory that an organization of "peacekeepers" would reduce the crime and violence being committed. This theory stuck with society and is still around today. People of law enforcement have a mission when they step into their police car‚ that mission is to enforce the rules of conduct or law
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Police History L. Lynette Sweney CJA/214 Jeremy Leach Police History Law enforcement and policing within the United States is one of the components that go into the criminal justice system within the United States. Law enforcement along with the criminal and civil courts and the corrections sections such as jails all come together to establish the criminal justice system we follow today.
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