Phoenix Instructor: Diana Mitchell WK 2: Ethnicity and the Police Outline Part 1 Option 2: Speech CJA/334 3/30/2015 Public Opinion of Police by different Ethnic group. Today I am here to talk to you‚ the citizen of our great community about the police that serve us. Let me make this clear‚ I’m not here to talk about the performance of the police that serve our community. Today I’m here to see and understand where public opinion of police stands. During my study I’ve found that public opinion vary
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There have been ongoing debates about the guidelines for police officers when conducting discretionary searches. One police department that has been in the headlines for its practices of discretionary searches have been the New York City’s Police Department. New York City’s Stop and frisk policy allowed police officers to stop and search an individual on the street at their discretion based on suspicion of criminal activity. One of the most highly publicized cases of NYPD’s stop and frisk tactic
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they were in the 1800’s. Peel established the Metropolitan Police when he served as Home Secretary of England. Since Sir Robert Peel introduced his principles of policing in the early 1800’s‚ our country has continued to follow his ideas of effective policing. Community policing is based on Peel’s concept of prevention. According to one of Peel’s principals‚ the real key for policing is "The police are the people and the people are the police". Peel believed that prevention of crime could be accomplished
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Police Brutality or Legitimate Police Force? In the “Encyclopedia of Law Enforcement‚” retired police officer and law enforcement author Vincent Henry defines the term police brutality as the “excessive‚ illegitimate‚ and/or illegal use of force by a police officer or a group of police officers upon one or more civilians.” Henry explains how police brutality is a complex issue in today’s society‚ and in order to understand it‚ one must be able to differentiate legitimate and illegitimate use of
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Police Use of Force Introduction Police officers are authorized to use force under certain circumstances‚ for instance; controlling a disruptive‚ aggressive and disturbing demonstration‚ undergoing arrest of an accused person or controlling a combative individual. These officers are trained properly regarding use of force while fulfilling their duties. However‚ the use of force by police is a subject of hot discussion amongst public‚ as many times law enforcement agencies‚ televisions‚ newspapers
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road and a police officer pulls up right behind them. Not many of them would say that they feel safe or comfortable with the presence of an officer. They are also very confused why they were just pulled over. This happens way to often in the United States and the group of friends are not alone. Shockingly‚ The United states department of Justice states that officers fail to articulate sufficient justification nearly 75% of stops. We can attribute this one example to something called Police Accountability
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The Nature of Police Work The myth of police as crime-fighters has been conveyed to the American people through television dramas‚ comic strips‚ and newspaper articles. It conjures up in one’s mind an image of a police officer doing a dangerous job that requires him or her to outshoot‚ outpunch‚ and outwit dangerous criminals. For most American police‚ there is little correspondence between this image and reality. In a major metropolitan area (where crime rates are the highest)‚ half of the officers
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Police Misconduct Response I would define police brutality as something that occurs when a police officer acts with excessive force by using the amount of force with regards to a subject that is more than necessary. By excessive force‚ I mean that the officer use more than the amount of force to get the subject under control. I feel that police brutality happens when an officer has the subject under control and then might hit the subject with a black stick‚ or use the taser gun on the subject
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Police Are Not The Problem Every human being is a victim of racism at some point in his or her life. Some do not even know they are victims of it. The epitome of racism these days seems to be in the form of police brutality. It is said that police brutality happens extremely too often in low-income areas as well as medium to high-income areas. According to an Article by the TNO Staff of The New Observer: Far More Whites Killed by Police‚ more whites are actually killed by police than other races
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Term Paper CRIM 129 CH1 Job Related Struggles of a Police Officer John MacDonald Professor Alex Peters November 19‚ 2013 The job of a police officer is much more demanding than what is commonly displayed DELETE on television. It is often PORTRAYED/DEPICTED as fighting crime‚ but in reality it is A MULTI-FACETED PROFESSION. As a police officer‚ the safety of the general public is a key responsibility. THEREFORE‚ POLICE face danger ON A DAILY BASIS‚ yet they must handle all situations
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