Juveniles Toward the Police One well-known researcher in particular has been highlighted for his ample research on race as a determinant of attitudes from African-Americans toward police. He was one of the first researchers to explore this topic. His theory was that African Americans’ difficult past has led them to believe that there are active unethical practices within the justice system today‚ and that this belief leads to their generally unfavorable attitude toward police. In many of his findings
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Identify the traditional performance evaluations used to evaluate police officer performance. Discuss some of the criticisms of these performance metrics According to CALEA‚ the Commission on Accreditation of Law Enforcement Agencies‚ the four traditional measures of police performance are crime rates‚ arrests and citations‚ clearances‚ and response time (CALEA‚ 2003). Crime rates are important to all police departments because the main goal is to reduce crime to as low a rate as possible‚ so
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Are We Really Being Protected By The Police In Our Communities? A middle age man rides through his city of Los Angeles intoxicated. Who would have ever thought he’ll get pulled over before making it home? King did not expect for his night to become a disaster after having a wonderful time out with friends. Although driving under the influence in any state is illegal; what made this particular case make the front page of multiple news articles? King led officers on a high- speed chase endangering
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Police Undercover Work In Middle & High Schools Derrick Smalls English Composition 102 Ms. Tanya Klatt September 29‚ 2010 The importance of having undercover police officers’ in today’s society plays a big part when apprehending criminals and getting a conviction. In this paper I will discuss the Theory‚ the early stages‚ the training‚ the middle stages‚ the late stages‚ the selection Process and how to avoid being made. I‚ took the following method to search
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Running head: POLICE DEPARTMENT ROLES AND FUNCTIONS Police Department Roles and Functions xxxxxx Axia College of University of Phoenix CJA/214 xxxxx Police Department Roles and Functions Law enforcement agencies range from local counties all the way up to state and federal levels. Communities are dependent of these agencies to conduct and perform many different roles and functions. All policing agencies perform the same basic duties and responsibilities‚ which are‚ maintain law and
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her free to make a choice among a number of possible courses of action (Gaines‚ 2011 p.219). Police discretion is the power or authority that is given to a police officer to act officially in a manner that appears to be just and proper under the presented circumstances. Discretion is not doing as you please. Discretion is bounded by norms (professional norms‚ community norms‚ legal norms‚ moral norms) (Police discretion). The various control mechanisms available for internal control mechanisms are
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Should Police Officer Who Lies Be Terminated? There are many instances where police officer need to take the stand or go to court due to the reports that they take. When under oath you are supposed to tell the truth and nothing but the truth‚ how can you do this when you are known to lie as a police officer. A police officer is an employee of the government‚ when a person is hired to become a police officer there are code of conducts that you learn in the police academy (Spector‚ 2008). These codes
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with the Gloversville Police Department‚ I learned many skills‚ values and the ways of this Police Department. Many of the calls and situations I went to often could relate to a certain theory that I learned in any of my law classes. I would recommend any student majoring in Criminal Justice to try to take an internship with a local law enforcement agency. I am currently signed up for the civil service test for Gloversville Police Department‚ If I do qualify for the Police I believe that this internship
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Mieles Police Role Description in the Media CJA/333 Policing Theory & Practices Instructor – Patrick S. Montes‚ MSCJ University of Phoenix May 18‚ 2010 Week One Crime Fighter Men and women who fight against crime‚ not only in uniform of the police force they work for but also as civilians who want to keep their neighborhood free of crime‚ are considered Crime Fighters. This title is not limited to just men and women‚ it may also be a title for the piece of equipment that the police officers
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cuffed‚ Morse picked him up and slammed him against a patrol car. Morse ’s attorney claims that Jackson had gone limp and the officers did not want him on the ground as a crowd was gathering. Jackson then grabbed Morse ’s testicles‚ according to the police report filed immediately after the incident‚ provoking Morse to hit him in the head.
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