The Effects of Stress on a Police Officer Police Officers are stressed by allot of things on a daily basis to include loss of family time‚ fellow officers‚ irregular sleeping schedules‚ and citizen conflict. According to the Nebraska Department of Veterans ’ Affairs (2007)‚ Posttraumatic Stress Disorder is a psychiatric disorder that can occur following the experience or witnessing of a life-threatening events. Stress behaviors include recurrent recollections of the event‚ Emotional distancing
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violations have consequences‚ and those are upheld by law enforcement personnel. From security guards to police officers‚ each law enforcement agent does his or her part in maintaining the laws and justice. By serving the community and providing safety to society‚ police officers especially have a job that should be admired. The most highly sought-after and desirable profession is that of a police officer. The aspects of this job are appealing even to young children. Helping people‚ serving the community
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the continuous acts otherwise seen as police violence. Police violence is a form of demeanor that is often led to an excessive force between police and civilian. Police violence is not a new act of law‚ rather‚ it is an ongoing epidemic that has only gained a considerable amount of attention due to the increase in technology usage. There is however a discrepancy in answering the following question: who is to blame for these unlawful acts of violence between police and minorities and is there a way to
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Police Officers use of Taser Guns Police Officers are faced with many obstacles throughout his or her career. A lot of research has been done regarding the work police officers do. Often time’s officers are faced with making decisions very quickly‚ without being able to think about his or her options. Most police officers carry a weapon‚ handcuffs‚ a baton‚ a flashlight‚ a knife‚ and a taser gun. A taser gun is a weapon that sends electrical currents through the body and causes the body
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Juveniles Toward the Police One well-known researcher in particular has been highlighted for his ample research on race as a determinant of attitudes from African-Americans toward police. He was one of the first researchers to explore this topic. His theory was that African Americans’ difficult past has led them to believe that there are active unethical practices within the justice system today‚ and that this belief leads to their generally unfavorable attitude toward police. In many of his findings
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Identify the traditional performance evaluations used to evaluate police officer performance. Discuss some of the criticisms of these performance metrics According to CALEA‚ the Commission on Accreditation of Law Enforcement Agencies‚ the four traditional measures of police performance are crime rates‚ arrests and citations‚ clearances‚ and response time (CALEA‚ 2003). Crime rates are important to all police departments because the main goal is to reduce crime to as low a rate as possible‚ so
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Are We Really Being Protected By The Police In Our Communities? A middle age man rides through his city of Los Angeles intoxicated. Who would have ever thought he’ll get pulled over before making it home? King did not expect for his night to become a disaster after having a wonderful time out with friends. Although driving under the influence in any state is illegal; what made this particular case make the front page of multiple news articles? King led officers on a high- speed chase endangering
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Police Undercover Work In Middle & High Schools Derrick Smalls English Composition 102 Ms. Tanya Klatt September 29‚ 2010 The importance of having undercover police officers’ in today’s society plays a big part when apprehending criminals and getting a conviction. In this paper I will discuss the Theory‚ the early stages‚ the training‚ the middle stages‚ the late stages‚ the selection Process and how to avoid being made. I‚ took the following method to search
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Running head: POLICE DEPARTMENT ROLES AND FUNCTIONS Police Department Roles and Functions xxxxxx Axia College of University of Phoenix CJA/214 xxxxx Police Department Roles and Functions Law enforcement agencies range from local counties all the way up to state and federal levels. Communities are dependent of these agencies to conduct and perform many different roles and functions. All policing agencies perform the same basic duties and responsibilities‚ which are‚ maintain law and
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her free to make a choice among a number of possible courses of action (Gaines‚ 2011 p.219). Police discretion is the power or authority that is given to a police officer to act officially in a manner that appears to be just and proper under the presented circumstances. Discretion is not doing as you please. Discretion is bounded by norms (professional norms‚ community norms‚ legal norms‚ moral norms) (Police discretion). The various control mechanisms available for internal control mechanisms are
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