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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PURSUIT POLICY 01I‚ Jeraldine Harris-Rice Police Chief of Scobey Woods‚ MS do hereby set forth theselaws to be applied and abided by when pursuing any and all vehicles unless otherwisestated in this PURSIT POLICY 01 or it being discussed and approved by Police ChiefJeraldine Harris-Rice. All officers and citizens will be held accountable for their actionswhen citizens unlawfully flee officers and officers unlawfully pursue suspects.This Pursuit Policy 01 was drafted in an effort to be in pursuant
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Working in the Criminal Justice field requires a proficiency in your ability to write. As a police officer/case worker filling out reports‚ conducting interviews and taking notes‚ and filling out assessment‚ search warrants and arrest warrants may not seem like a task that requires great communication skill but it does. In almost every profession where you are preforming a service calls for an initiation of some kind of permanent record‚ and this is especially true in Law Enforcement. Your writing
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It was in the year 1919‚ when a majority of police forces across North America introduced a futuristic product which has spiked a lot of controversy. The TASER‚ an electroshock rifle invented by Thomas A. Swift was designed as a means to decapitate excessively aggressive suspects without having to use a traditional firearm (Blair et al 2012). Although the idea of a high tech device that gave police officers an added layer of protection may have seemed like a great idea at the time‚ all inventions
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In modern day society‚ it is hard to predict police discretion due to the different levels of crimes. Crime is constantly evolving‚ and the rules and guidelines are not always enforcing properly. Therefore this creates a loop whole. A loop whole of this magnitude makes all those within the surrounding communities subject to being criminally exposed to mishaps. “The importance of discretion implemented by the police officers is having the ability to execute judgment opposed to following these set
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seminal work of William Westley (1970)‚ the police subculture is a crucial concept in the explanation of police behavior and attitudes. The subculture‚ in his view‚ characterizes the public as hostile‚ not to be trusted‚ and potentially violent; this outlook requires secrecy‚ mutual support‚ and unity on the part of the police. Manning (1977) suggested that the inherent uncertainty of police work‚ combined with the need for information control‚ leads to police teamwork‚ which in turn generates collective
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Causes of Police Corruption Police Corruption doesn’t occur because of some random reason‚ it has a definite cause. Police officers would not go through these great lengths to abuse their powers without a probable reasonable cause. One thing that is for sure as far as police corruption is concern is that someone wins and someone loses. The cause of police corruption is ambiguous‚ and from the looks of it the causes and reasons varies from person to person. In the last two decades‚ research
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In modern American policing‚ police-community relations are essential for effective policing‚ however; in many cities‚ the relationship between the police and the community is strained and even volatile. The term police-community relations refers to the relationship between the community and the police‚ it “consists of both human and public relations” (Cox 279). For the police to have a productive role in society‚ the police must receive a level of reciprocity from the community to strive for better
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Police departments have tasks of organization that is divided according to purpose‚ area and time. Work Assignments are given to certain groups that are divided amongst the department and have a distinct purpose that is unique from the other groups. For example; a police detective performs certain duties that are distinct from that of a patrol officer and vice versa. Each division has their own purpose to achieve certain functions within the department‚ to maintain effective functions within the
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Police use of force is something used by law enforcement to contain and control the situation. Use of force has been frowned upon throughout the history of the United States. There have been many situations that citizens think could have been handled differently and the use of force was to much or excessive. Throughout the history of the United States there have been a different take on the use of force by police. Many citizens think that it is nessasary for police to use their discretion when choosing
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