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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In performing their duties‚ police are allowed to use a wide range of discretion. Police discretion “is defined as the power enjoyed by a public officer to make a choice among possible courses of action or inaction”(Green & Kelso‚ 2010). Using police discretion‚ officers can decide whether to make an arrest‚ and make decisions about the amount of force to use during an altercation. Factors that affect these decisions are race/ethnicity‚ the seriousness of the offense‚ the suspect’s demeanor‚ poverty
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The recent police shootings which have taken place across America‚ and the fabrications stirred up by many mainstream media publications like CNN and MSNBC have led many Americans to be ambivalent towards law enforcement officers‚ and to wonder if‚ in fact the majority of cops are racist or hold racial biases towards minorities. Many who lead this argument state the hackneyed phrase “Black Lives Matter” and form rallies and protests‚ which have led to violent riots in several cities like Dallas‚
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Sample Police Report The text below is an example of a police report. Notice the following points about it: * It is written in clear‚ simple English. * Dates‚ times and other details are recorded as precisely as possible. (Find some examples of these.) * The "register" (i.e. the level of language) is formal. For example‚ there are no short forms such as "didn’t" and no colloquial words such as "nicked". Similarly‚ the formal word "purchased" is used instead of "bought". What
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Police Officers Make Mistakes Too Everyone makes mistakes‚ even police officers. Police officers must make life changing decisions in a split second. Sometimes‚ these decisions are not the right decision based on the law. The Supreme Court recognized that police officers will make mistakes. Even the Fourth Amendment permits an officer to make mistakes and when an officer makes a mistake‚ the Court has ruled that the violation may not have a civil liability. Many times‚ the evidence discovered by
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framed‚ thus forcing the viewer to follow the director’s vision and progressions. Making a Murderer’s pilot episode starts with Steven Avery coming home after his eighteen year sentence. Already‚ the “antagonist” of the issue is identified as the police force for the wrongful accusation and the episode continues by delving into Avery’s personal life that had led to this. Furthermore‚ a viewer becomes empathetic when they imagine what damage and pain Avery had sustained in his time that was taken
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Police integrity means that the officers are doing their duty to the fullest extent of the law. Their integrity is defined by three key factors: ethics‚ discretions‚ and professionalism. Police ethics refers to the morality of their actions and how acceptable they are in terms of professionalism. In doing so the community is able to build trust through the wizened decisions and ethic choices. To be ethical is to be an officer. In Situation 1‚ one of the officers was accusing his partner of drinking
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The way that the police uses excessive force with any minority class men is considered brutality disregarding their ethnicity or economic status. Police brutality has a dramatic change on how the community looks at the law enforcers. Nobody will look at policemen the same way after all the accusations and prove that shows how they are abusive of the power granted to them by the government. Every human‚ regardless of ethnicity‚ the color of skin‚ being a minority‚ and having legal status in the country
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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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For years‚ the police force has been jeopardizing the rights of human beings while receiving no repercussions. The government’s and the police’s tolerance to reoccurring acts of horror continues to occur‚ causing police brutality to be one of the most serious human rights abuses in the United States today. Standards for what constitutes brutality vary widely‚ though‚ two major international human rights treaties‚ to which the United States is a party‚ explicitly prohibit police abuse. The International
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