cheating. A wave of emotions come over as voices rise and neighbors call the police. Minutes later the police are on scene. With the adoption of police body cameras‚ the whole thing is caught on tape and kept as a federal record. Something personal and perhaps embarrassing is now out of that person hands and they have no control over what happens to the video. Police body cameras are thought to be the saving grace for police reputation and civil justice. Though the video data would no doubt be a valuable
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Recently there have been incidents of police brutality in the United States all over the internet‚ in newspapers and on TV. Police brutality is a huge problem all across America and sadly‚ it occurs everyday. The Dictionary of American History defines it as the use of any force exceeding that reasonably necessary to accomplish a lawful police purpose. (http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G2-3401803303.html) Most cases of this type of brutality are also racially motivated‚ which I will go more into detail
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Police Brutality or Legitimate Police Force? In the “Encyclopedia of Law Enforcement‚” retired police officer and law enforcement author Vincent Henry defines the term police brutality as the “excessive‚ illegitimate‚ and/or illegal use of force by a police officer or a group of police officers upon one or more civilians.” Henry explains how police brutality is a complex issue in today’s society‚ and in order to understand it‚ one must be able to differentiate legitimate and illegitimate use of
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There have been ongoing debates about the guidelines for police officers when conducting discretionary searches. One police department that has been in the headlines for its practices of discretionary searches have been the New York City’s Police Department. New York City’s Stop and frisk policy allowed police officers to stop and search an individual on the street at their discretion based on suspicion of criminal activity. One of the most highly publicized cases of NYPD’s stop and frisk tactic
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different from one another because they tend to respond to patrol officers in diverse ways. Patrol officers interact with citizens every day and the safety of the patrol officer comes into play when they interact with citizens. Most of the time patrol officers are going to be interacting with citizens who they do not know. Safety is important to a patrol officer at all times. However‚ there are some officer safety issues that patrol officers face. A patrol officer’s health can be impacted by the shift
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Hello‚ for my presentation my issue is about the brutal police throughout Australia. The actions of the policeman throughout nationwide have been an uproar. Australia are known and seen to have very brutal police men. Policeman who have been put in the publicity to be known as brutal from their wrong decisions‚ should they even be allowed to proceed in their job? I don’t think so! It’s horrible what stories you here from our local policeman and how they can just get let off so easily. If they do
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A career in police work is something I knew I wanted early on. While in 7th grade‚ my teacher assigned a research essay on a topic of our choosing. Every topic I considered researching involved real life situations resulting in real consequences; alcohol abuse‚ drug abuse‚ and teen pregnancy were some of the topics. Research showed communities throughout the country seem plagued with low income families who lack resources or education to change their situations. Unfortunately‚ often times this
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Amicus Brief IV: Police and Excessive Force It is hard to define what excessive force is. There’s no concrete definition of excessive force. Police have to subdue suspects every day. Under certain circumstances it may be necessary to use force. The reasonable levels of force are presumed by law enforcement officers on the street‚ second-guessed by police review boards and sometimes tested in civil lawsuits and criminal prosecutions on a case-by-case basis. When cops use more force than there
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My name is Brianna Knight. There are many reasons to why it’s my dream to become a police officer‚ but I’m going to highlight my top three reasons of why I would like to be a cop. “To Serve and Protect”‚ a phrase known by everyone‚ but only a few know the meaning and are willing to live by it. As a police officer it is their duty to serve and be loyal to their county‚ along with their officers and to do anything in their power to protect. I know what it takes to see and understand the dangers of
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prominent of these individuals would be police officers‚ prosecuting attorneys‚ and judges Police officers have a large amount of discretion. This stage of the crime is the most influential to a case. What a police officer decides to charge an individual for and whether or not they charge them at all can completely affect how a case is carried out. For example‚ let’s say that and individual was going 10 miles per hour over the speed limit and a police officer pulled them over for it. The individual
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