literature on police use of force has grown over the past four decades‚ limited attention within this body of work has focused on injuries sustained by suspects and officers during these encounters. The deadly force literature has examined the patterns and characteristics of police shootings and resulting fatalities‚ which represents analysis of the most extreme injury to suspects In addition‚ other researchers have examined the patterns and characteristics of encounters that result in police deaths in
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Running head: POLICE DISCRETION Police Discretion CJA/342 University Of Phoenix Police Discretion Police discretion is an important tool in police work due to the law sometimes being too vague or ambiguous. Police officers are trained on different scenarios that one may come across while they are at the academy. The problem tends to arise when a police officer comes across a situation that they were not trained for‚ and since the academy cannot cover every possible scenario that
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POLICE CORRUPTION AND THE PERCEPTIO OF THE PUBLIC Yvonne Hernandez Internal Affairs and Special Investigations Professor: Ted Ellis April 8‚ 2014 Police Corruption and the perception of the public The duty of police was essentially supposed to be to prevent crime‚ enforce laws‚ and maintain order‚ and provide emergency assistance‚ but there have been and continue to be cases of police officers who do the exact opposite of that. Because of the officers who do or have behaved in a corrupt
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Police Brutality In recent years‚ police actions‚ particularly police abuse towards people‚ has come into a wide view of the public‚ and have been ones critical eye for years now. Society brings into question whether people should be more concerned about protecting themselves from criminals or more so law enforcement. Over time‚ there has been much attention being brought upon police brutality along with extensive evidence showing there needs to be a watchful eye out for those whose duties are to
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There is a widespread and persistent problem of police brutality across the United States. Thousands of individual complaints about police abuse are reported each year and local authorities pay out millions of dollars to victims in damages after lawsuits. Police officers have beaten and shot unresisting suspects; they have misused batons‚ chemical sprays‚ and electro-shock weapons; they have injured or killed people by placing them in dangerous restraint holds. This is the first paragraph of an
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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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Police Dogs Breah Ratlif Animal Science AY105-02 12-12:50 Cute‚ fun‚ loving‚ cuddly‚ outgoing; these are only a few words to describe the animals that we have come to know and love as a part of our families. Dogs have been man’s best friend for hundreds of years and were the first animal to be domesticated because they are great as companions‚ highly intelligent‚ and were found to be very useful in human’s everyday lives. Even though they made excellent house pets they were highly successful
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Police Morale The University of Tennessee at Martin Ripley Campus Police Morale Morale‚ such a simple word‚ six letters in a combination to make up a word that by its very definition means confidence‚ enthusiasm‚ and discipline. This word‚ morale‚ when coupled with a human being‚ can be a very powerful word. Morale is a great contributor to a healthy or unhealthy workplace. Morale‚ in the sense of police‚ can make or break a department. A high morale‚ and the department is firing on all
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Alton sterling‚ Philando Castile and Gregory Gunn are just 3 out of 136 African Americans whose lives were taken by police officers this year. Those were not the only lives that were taken in 2016. Not only have these men lost their lives for unfair reasons‚ their families have lost somebody so important in their lives. Police brutality with black people is a serious issue. If these 3 men were white wouldn’t these stories sound different? Alton Sterling was 37 year old black man from Baton Rouge
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POLICE ETHICS & MISCONDUCT AS RELATED TO THE CITY OF NEW YORK Planted Evidence Ethics are a human-made construct‚ a code of conduct established by humans in a certain culture‚ time and place. When it comes to law enforcement‚ ethics‚ or conduct of police officers‚ are to be those already established by humans who invest in police officers the official capacity to see that others follow them. When police officers do not follow the established code of ethics‚ they are typically guilty of
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