THE MILITARIZATION OF LOCAL POLICE Derrick A. Harris Abstract SWAT teams are increasingly being deployed across the country -- and it ’s happening with almost no supervision. For nearly half a century‚ America’s police forces have undergone a process of “militarization.” They’ve upped their cache of assault weapons and military defense gear‚ increasingly deployed SWAT teams to conduct ops-style missions on civilians‚ and inculcated a warrior attitude within their rank. While major metropolitan areas
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as too lenient; they may perceive the public’s opinion of police performance to be unfavorable; they often are required to work mandatory‚ rotating shifts; and they may not have enough time to spend with their families. Police officers also face unusual‚ often highly disturbing‚ situations‚ such as dealing with a child homicide victim or the survivors of vehicle crashes” (National Institute of Justice Journal‚ 2000) With the job of a police officer stress will be a factor in your life. But what
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Police Influence Police Influence on Society Cultural Diversity in Criminal Justice CJA/344 March 25‚ 2012 Police Influence Police Influence on Society The history of policing in diverse neighborhoods has not been
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Assignment: Police Discretion To me discretion is something that we always use like in how we choose things like a movie to watch food to eat we always have to be very discrete in what we choose to do. There are a lot of people that would think that it would be better if discretion was taken away from the police. What most of the people do not realize is that discretion needs to be exercised. Discretion is not the problem; the abuse of discretion by some people is. In this world there is
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For my information Interview‚ I went down to the local police department and asked them if I was allowed to interview any of them for a college project. I interviewed one of the cops whose name is Thomas Bartunek‚ and he is currently a patrol man at the Waldoboro Police Department. There were two cops on duty that day because it was thanksgiving and one was busy doing paperwork so I had to get in and out in case of a call. I told him I had to ask about 10 questions for a project and he told me he
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Checkpoint: Police Stress External Stress-This stress is produced by real threats or dangers‚ for example: gun runs and auto pursuits. I believe this type of stress would affect an officer’s job by carrying the fear of being injured or killed in the line of duty. This type of stress would possibly affect an officer’s social life and personal life because of the fear the family has to carry with them of their loved one being in danger on a daily basis. In order to manage or reduce these fears an
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Ezimde Momodu Mr. Ronnie Strahle Date February 26‚ 2015 Police Abuse Their Authority Law enforcement has come a long way since the turn of the century. 21st Century has brought in laws to protect blacks‚ other minorities and mainstream Caucasians. The rights to “bear arms” and “stand your grounds” give citizens the right to defend themselves if they feel that their life is threatened in any way; but the real question is has law enforcement/enforcers taken the law to the extreme? On a closer examination
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first thing that I would do is ask the victims and/or the witnesses what they know and saw. After I ask the question and get answers back. Then finding out that one of the suspects was apprehend‚ then I would walk the victim and witness over to the police car and let them tell me if that’s the person that they saw without letting the person see their faces. With the information from that it will give reasons to search the car and the property of the suspect. It will also determine whether I should
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enforcement officers killed each year has actually declined since 1973. Discuss some of the reasons for this progress and also the leading causes of injury and death to officers. In June 1971‚ executives from the law enforcement conference‚ “Prevention of Police Killings‚” called for an increase in the FBI’s involvement in preventing and investigating officers’ deaths. In response to this directive‚ the UCR Program expanded its collection of data to include more details about the incidents in which law enforcement
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improperly? As this is not an exact list of questions asked‚ these will be used to represent the use of force used by a police officer for the purpose of this paper. The most important decision an officer must make before using force to apprehend a suspect is the force that they are about to use justifiable? As stated in 609.06 in the Minnesota state statutes an officer may use force‚ “When used by a public officer or one assisting a public officer under the public officer’s direction‚ in effecting
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