Police Discretion Police discretion is the ability to choose a course of action because of broad limits of power. It "refers to the autonomy an officer has in choosing an appropriate course of action" (The Police In America‚ 113). It "includes authority to decide which of the various means of helping the helpless‚ maintaining order‚ and keeping the peace are best suited to particular circumstances" (www.worldandi.com/specialreport/1989/january/Sa15878.htm). The police need to have discretion
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Republic of the Philippines National Police Commission PHILIPPINE NATIONAL POLICE SANCHEZ MIRA POLICE STATION Sanchez Mira‚ Cagayan SMPS June 01‚ 2014 CERTIFICATION TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: THIS IS TO CERTIFY that based on the Police Blotter of this station‚ as shown on Page No. 6‚ under Entry No. C-2014-014‚ dated June 01‚ 2014‚ the following entries of events exist‚ to wit: Jun. 01‚ 2014/1500H/C-2014-14 SERIOUS PHYSICAL INJURY Stated in this portion is the statement
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on the head when you mention the perception of police officers as an oppressive force. It appears that the old perceptions of police officers die-hard and some of the atrocities police officers have committed in the past are difficult for some groups to get around. For instance‚ the shootings and beating of unarmed blacks and who can forget that famous image taken by Bill Hudson of the Parker High School student Walter Gadsden being attacked by police dogs. These types of imageries has created an
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The History Of Police As we all know police are world known and are for our safety‚ but others think else where about police officers. Police officer exist to protect our rights and our freedom. They can perform these duties through coercion and physical force‚ the ultimate threat to freedom. The English Law Enforcement created Policing in the community‚ crime prevention‚ and sheriffs origins. A shared and informal system of policing is referred to as “kin” was created by Charles Reith in
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strategic plan based on the vision‚ and to discuss the vision at each meeting of the Board of Directors. Often as an Executive Director‚ you focus on the mission and services provided. The vision statement is a much broader‚ big dream concept. In servant leadership theory leaders are able to balance the day to day operations with conceptual thinking. The outcome of being able to conceptualize is building a future for the organization and being able to change course if needed. Increasing persuasion
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Some police are becoming more dangerous because they are often violent toward people‚ some are becoming criminals themselves‚ and some are abusing the power of their position. Some police are becoming more dangerous because they are often violent and aggressive towards people. One of the reasons is they are becoming more militarized in their training and mind set. A candidate for the washingtons 8th congressional district said “ beat cops have been replaced by special ops.” This tells us all that
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POLICE SUPERVISION PSPOL – 212 CASE STUDIES IN POLICE SUPERVISION ELIZABETH DIAZ FALL 2012 POLICE SUPERVISION PSPOL – 212 POLICE SUPERVISION CASE STUDY (2A) ELIZABETH DIAZ 10/14/2012 BACKGROUND Police Officer Jacob Goulde is a member of the Town of Utopia Police Department. He’s a married father of two. Officer
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Corbin 4th period 12-13-2012 Police ride-along I did a Police ride-along with Sergeant Kota. Sergeant Kota was a very exciting and outgoing person. I could not have picked a better place to go for my community service. I made my way to the small Peoria Police station at 1 pm. I walked into the station‚ and Kota met me inside. We entered his police car and hit the streets. The first thing that we did was pull over speeders. Anybody who
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Police stress Stress is part of our lives. We live with it; deal with it‚ and above all worry about it. Our way of life‚ the area in which we live‚ the economy‚ and our jobs can cause a great deal of stress. Not everyone deals with the same level of stress and there are several factors that can impact our lives and cause us to have higher or lower stress levels. Stress happens in any type of job. There are a lot of different things in a job that could make stress happen like a coworker you necessarily
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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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