Police misconduct is happening every day. Police officers like to abuse their power to get their way. Police brutality is a violation that occurs when a police officer acts with excessive force by using an amount of force toward a person that is not necessary. When a police officer uses excessive force against a civilian‚ it is considered a violation of a person’s rights. The relationship between police brutality‚ police corruption‚ and police misconduct is the abuse of police authority. Police
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Work equals home: Police confined by residency requirements Introduction to Law Enforcement Professor Joseph Alkus Bethanie Sessoms April 11th‚ 2013 Introduction As a particular saying goes‚ “Home is where the heart is.” This statement rings true to many individuals who view home as an escape from the outside world‚ an abode‚ a place of relaxation and comfort. For police officers‚ they too hold a similar notion‚ viewpoint of home. Yet for some‚ officers are restricted to where exactly
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The Fine Line between Police Discretion and Corruption Abstract In today’s law enforcement agencies there is a fine line between discretion and corruption. Imagine that you are a police officer‚ you pull over a car that you suspect is driven by someone who has had too much to drink. Upon reaching the window you find that it’s an old friend from school. Do you take him to jail or do you take him home? Police officers have the power to make this decision. In the world of the officer this could
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people to see what’s going on in communities all over the world. Increased media attention chronicling incidences of police brutality on unarmed blacks has increased visibility‚ awareness‚ and subsequently sparked outrage in minority communities in the United States (U.S.). The 16-year-old Spring Valley high school student dragged out of her desk and slung across a classroom by a police officer for not putting her phone away in class‚ Philando Castile being shot in front of his fiancé and four-year-old
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Americans have been through‚ in many cases‚ protests do not put police in danger. The black community as a whole have suffered far more casualties than police have when it comes to protests. They have constant weights on their shoulder; they are always having constant reminders of what their ancestors have been through and what they’re going through now. On the off chance‚ the police are in danger‚ it’s not during a peaceful protest. The police force is not in danger during protests because the black community
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Introduction: The Police Department has a duty to protect and serve in the public ’s best interest. Working in this particular profession‚ at times‚ can be very dangerous. Many men and women who wear the police uniform are put into positions where excessive force is necessary; however‚ there are many instances where it is not. Causes of Police Brutality: The factors that trigger into whether police abuse their power are race‚ religion‚ socioeconomic status‚ and treatment of the mentally
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Police abusers are skilled in verbal intimidation and degradation. Women tell us their abusers scream at them like they talk to criminals on the street — their voices and faces change; they use filthy street language; they tell the victim she is "just like the scumbags he deals with every day." Some women describe fearing that the abuser has lost touch with reality‚ that he has forgotten who she is while he is in this rage. She knows that when the police arrive at the scene and learn that he is a
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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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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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I entered the 16th District Police Station through revolving doors constructed of metal poles and plexiglass. I first observed the wooden front desk that stretched from east to west of the lobby. Officers at the desk were wearing blue-collared shirts with brass name tags on the left and badges on the right with navy blue pants and duty belts with handcuffs‚ firearms etc. The four officers had hazel eyes; three male officers had chestnut hair but‚ the female officer had golden hair. They were amiable
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