Police Brutality Amy McKinnon Baker College English Composition 102 October 27‚ 2014 United States police play a very important role in the lives of U.S. citizens today. Their duty is to serve and protect us from harm‚ but often times this may not be the case. Americans are made to believe that these officers will serve and protect us‚ when in all reality police are more interested in enforcing the law and making arrests. The police often overstep their authority and begin acting as if they are
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Police Culture Number 8 powerpoint (Definition)The knowledge‚ attitudes‚ expectations‚ behaviours and rituals that exist amongst police‚ or which more broadly‚ characterize a police force. Police Culture affects: how police see themselves and their role as police • how they see the world around them‚ how they police (how policing is performed). Differences exist within and between police cultures. Police officers‚ as individuals‚ will not all equally adopt or adhere to the dominant police culture
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majority to believe were making progress. For instance our domestic pillars of authority (police officers) are sometimes prone to stereotypical social rumors that may influence racism or natural racists that in turn may cause nationwide problems when apprehending an African American due to racial profiling regarding excessive or unnecessary force. Channel 4 can reveal that between 1999 and 2012: • 293 police officers were disciplined for racist behavior • 749 were referred to the IPCC • Five were
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Blank Blank English 1102 - 71 Professor Blank Blank 21 February 2013 Gun Control The second amendment states as follows: “A well-regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free state‚ the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed” (Becker 9). The founding fathers of the United States agreed that the civilians of this country should have the right to bear arms. They believed that the government should be afraid of the people‚ not the people afraid of the
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An Updated Background Check System Will Help Prevent Gun Violence Guns and Crime‚ 2012 Formed in 2006‚ Mayors Against Illegal Guns is a coalition of over 550 mayors who support reforms to fight illegal gun trafficking and gun violence in the United States‚ while still respecting the Second Amendment. The background check system designed by Congress in 1993 to prohibit dangerous people from purchasing guns is not working effectively. But with the enforcement of critical new regulations‚ the National
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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 Corruption Police Corruption in policing is viewed as the misuse of authority by a police officer acting officially to fulfill their personal needs or wants. There are two distinct elements of corruption; misuse of authority and personal attainment. The police officer stands at the top of the criminal justice system in a nation where crime rates are high and where the demands for illegal goods and services are widespread. These conditions create a situation in which the police officer is
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Evidence of abuse is important so it needs to be preserved‚ this can be done in a variety of different ways. You can preserve evidence by only touching things you need to‚ securing all evidence somewhere it can not be tampered with by anyone‚ keeping logs of all conversations involving the abuse and keeping all relevant people up to date with details as often as possible‚ also taking photographs is a good way of preserving evidence. However the best way to preserve evidence is to inform the relevant
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Lucy Sanchez English 1302 Mr. Gonzalez 8 April 2009 Police Brutality Draft Who can forget the Los Angeles riots and the Rodney King beating in 1991? This case of police brutality was the most widely known. Over the years‚ it seems that police abuse remains one of the most serious human rights violations in the United States. It makes the people wonder if in fact police officers are doing their job and if they are here to protect us. Police officers get away with unjustified shootings‚ fatal choking
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Drug abuse is rife in many countries. Every society‚ every age and ethnic group‚ every social class‚ and every family has been touched by the devastating effects of drug addiction. Billions of dollars are spent regulating drug use‚ treating addicts and their families‚ and fighting drug-related crime. Although drugs threaten many homes and societies‚ their effects can be combated more effectively. Drug abuse causes multiple problems for families and communities. Addicts are often too sick‚ physically
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