News Story Lynchburg police have apprehended a man believed to be the sole suspect in the murder of his mother‚ Diane Wagner‚ and attempted murder of his father‚ Bert Wagner‚ October 5‚ 2011. Diane Wagner worked at a local daycare center‚ and Bert is a construction worker. Twenty-year old Ben Wagner of 134 Donald Street has been charged with the murder of his mother‚ and attempted murder of his father. According to police‚ Diane Wagner was found in the kitchen with two gunshots wounds to
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Various aspects of police operations Jose Sanchez Cja/214 November 23‚ 2011 Francisco Juarez Various aspects of police operations Being a police officer is not as easy as we all think. There are many risks that police officers take by trying to protect our community. Some of this risks police officers take can even take them to dead‚ every year a lot of them get injured and some they are just killed from all over the world. Let’s begin with some as simple as a car crash‚ the police officers are
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“We’re not anti-police‚ we’re anti-police brutality” This a quote by an American civil rights leader and former White House adviser‚ Al Sharpton. The police are using lethal force more often against innocent citizens even though some do not realize it. It becoming a massive problem in the United States and there has not been too much to help prevent the issue. Instead‚ when people try to get justice for the innocent victims‚ they get hate and told that they are just creating more problems. This is
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Police Work and Related Fields Bryan Watson Block F December 1 1995 CO-OP Christmas exam 1. The working conditions of a police officer can vary from easy to stressful situations where the officers life and the lives of others are threatened. The officer must deal with these situations in the way they feel is best but sometimes
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Historical Development of Police Agencies CJA/204 August 8‚ 2011 Abstract Historically‚ policing in America mimicked that of the English. American ideas expanded on the English way of policing‚ to start an era of ever evolving police agencies. In the beginning policing was considered the civic duty of members of a community. These “drafted” officers were not paid or trained. Appointed Sheriff’s were motivated by money‚ and lost focus on enforcing the law. Policing was considered reactive
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The Effects of Stress on a Police Officer Police Officers are stressed by allot of things on a daily basis to include loss of family time‚ fellow officers‚ irregular sleeping schedules‚ and citizen conflict. According to the Nebraska Department of Veterans ’ Affairs (2007)‚ Posttraumatic Stress Disorder is a psychiatric disorder that can occur following the experience or witnessing of a life-threatening events. Stress behaviors include recurrent recollections of the event‚ Emotional distancing
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the continuous acts otherwise seen as police violence. Police violence is a form of demeanor that is often led to an excessive force between police and civilian. Police violence is not a new act of law‚ rather‚ it is an ongoing epidemic that has only gained a considerable amount of attention due to the increase in technology usage. There is however a discrepancy in answering the following question: who is to blame for these unlawful acts of violence between police and minorities and is there a way to
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Police Officers use of Taser Guns Police Officers are faced with many obstacles throughout his or her career. A lot of research has been done regarding the work police officers do. Often time’s officers are faced with making decisions very quickly‚ without being able to think about his or her options. Most police officers carry a weapon‚ handcuffs‚ a baton‚ a flashlight‚ a knife‚ and a taser gun. A taser gun is a weapon that sends electrical currents through the body and causes the body
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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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