In most situations that police officers have to deal with‚ they are given a certain degree of discretion to decide not only when to use force‚ but also about which type of force to use. No matter what the situation is or what it seems to be at the moment‚ it requires the officer on the scene to analyze that particular situation and apply his or her training and moral values when choosing how to react. Police officers and law enforcement personnel hold the lives of each and every individual that
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Abel Lazo CRJS 291 9-20-12 Police 1. What is the management structure of the police component? * The police management has a component called watchmen style of procedures which inform officers to ignore minor violations‚ and settle disputes formally by meeting out street justice. * Another component the police management follows is legalistic style which tells the officers to preform matters formally. With legalistic style the administrators reduce discretion to a minimum and emphasize
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on of the government and the people themselves. This relationship has been in existence for over a hundred years and has worked surprisingly well for the American people. To invoke cameras on the police officers today would be to doubt and break the trust that has been shared for so long. Police officers today are given the task of protecting the American people at all costs. Towns and cities today require an officer to have their high school diploma to join the force and in most cases the officer has to be over the age of 21
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ensure a peaceful society and avoid disorder. The government enforces law through the police‚ courts and other agencies. Power can produce many positive results‚ but this power the government controls is often abused and in many cases they enforce law with brutality which is completely different from its original purpose. Law was established to benefit the people but sometimes through the abuse of power like police brutality‚ its enforcement defers its original purpose. The concept of law is very
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CONTEMPORARY POLICE PROBLEMS Some critiques have said that a small percentage of law enforcement officers who are responsible for the misdeeds of the organization that have brought public criticism upon them. This very fact makes the indifference of police heads to the situation all the more reprehensible subject to criticism. Generally‚ when the police administrators are bought to task for permitting improper practices and misbehavior to continue‚ they are quick to blame political interference
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and the Police Part I: Outline Eileen Garcia CJA/344 Cultural Diversity in Criminal Justice June 17‚ 2013 STEPHEN HUMPHRIES Police corruption and citizen complaints relative to ethnicity I. Introduction A. Police corruption Police corruption has become an international problem. This was initially a common practice during the period when the police institutions were being developed but the effect has been felt by many people‚ even affecting peacekeeping operations. The police abuse
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Adapting Traditional Police Organizational Structure to Accommodate Community Oriented Policing The changing face of society is forcing many police organizations to make many changes in the way they run‚ organize and structure their departments. As public expectations of police change from crime fighters to public safety problem solvers‚ police administrators must modify their organizational structure in order to meet broader mission statements and carry out new tasks. This structural modification
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and discretion in police work produces great potential for abuse. Police corruption has been a problem in American society since the early days of policing. An ancient natural tendency of human beings is to attempt to placate or win over those in positions of authority over them. This tendency is complicated in today’s materialistic society by greed and by the personal and financial benefit to be derived from evading law. The temptations toward illegality offered to police range from free
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Police Culture in the United States Internal and External Mechanisms Police Culture in the United StatesAlthough it is senior police management that makes decisions about police strategy‚ departmental policy‚ and the allocation of police resources‚ ordinary officers in fact make the great majority of day-to-day policing decisions. These police officers decide whom to stop‚ whom to question‚ and whom to arrest‚ as well as how best to deal with public concerns and complaints. See
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1 Functions‚ Roles and Duties of Police in General Introduction 1. Police are one of the most ubiquitous organisations of the society. The policemen‚ therefore‚ happen to be the most visible representatives of the government. In an hour of need‚ danger‚ crisis and difficulty‚ when a citizen does not know‚ what to do and whom to approach‚ the police station and a policeman happen to be the most appropriate and approachable unit and person for him. The police are expected to be the most accessible
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