Running head: POLICE DISCRETION Police Discretion CJA/342 University Of Phoenix Police Discretion Police discretion is an important tool in police work due to the law sometimes being too vague or ambiguous. Police officers are trained on different scenarios that one may come across while they are at the academy. The problem tends to arise when a police officer comes across a situation that they were not trained for‚ and since the academy cannot cover every possible scenario that
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Functions of Law Law performs many functions and plays a central role in business and society. Melvin (2011) stated "A generally accepted generic definition of the law is a body of rules of action or conduct prescribed by controlling authority‚ and having legal binding force." (p. 4). Law is comprised of statutes and precedents‚ leading to rules that tell us how to act in business and society. Law continues to grow and expand and is open to reason and interpretation. There are several types
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The fourteen leadership functions that Yukl describes are planning and organizing‚ problem solving‚ clarifying‚ informing‚ monitoring‚ motivating‚ consulting‚ recognizing‚ supporting‚ managing conflict and team building‚ networking‚ delegating‚ developing and mentoring‚ and rewarding (Hall & Tolbert‚ 2009). Planning and organizing consists of determining goals and defining how those goals will be achieved. Problem solving involves identifying the problem‚ listing possible solutions‚ choosing the
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K-9 police officers work closely with their dogs to enforce laws and apprehend criminals. With relatively few positions available in the field‚ an assignment to the canine unit is highly coveted amongst law enforcement professionals. Duties A K-9 handler can use their dog to enforce public order while on patrol. A primary role for police dogs is pursuing and apprehending suspects that attempt to escape law enforcement officers. Dogs tend to be trained for one specialty skill such as identifying
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d) Using information from Items A‚ B and C and elsewhere‚ assess the view that the nuclear family functions to benefit all its members and society as a whole – 24 marks Functionalists see the nuclear family as playing a major role in achieving different social goals. Some of these goals include transmitting values and norms to the next generation and reproduce the shared values of the culture of society. They see the family as the most important social institution‚ meeting the needs of individuals
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force by police so disturbing? Are the police using more force? With so much going on in the media‚ the public is more terrified of the police. Many are not comfortable with calling up Law Enforcement. Many feel police officers abuse their authority. It seems as if they’re abusing their authority as police officers. In many situations claiming self-defense. Young teens and children being gunned down by law enforcement. Many afraid to call upon law enforcement‚ afraid of their own safety. Police officers
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Management Functions Being here at the University of Phoenix for only five weeks‚ and completing my first class‚ I am anxious and excited to start this class on management. Majoring in business management‚ I hope to learn an abundance of information that will hopefully‚ help me in my future careers. Management is a very important thing to have in every day life‚ whether management be involved in work‚ family‚ or social environments. Management has four functions‚ planning‚ organizing‚ leading‚
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B.T.A.A -The world seems to be under the impression that African rights are done‚ but realistically all the struggle is a sheet of paper saying that they’re equals. Although we fool our-selves into accepting the concept of equality‚ it serves to convince the vast majority to believe were making progress. For instance our domestic pillars of authority (police officers) are sometimes prone to stereotypical social rumors that may influence racism or natural racists that in turn may cause nationwide
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FUNCTIONS OF SEBI SEBI is the nodal agency which protects the interests of an investor in the India market. Otherwise regulation of the capital markets is primarily the responsibility of the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI)‚ which is located in Bombay. Some of the major functions of SEBI are: • " SEBI is expected to regulate the business in stock exchanges and any other securities markets. • " Registering and regulating the working of collective investment schemes‚ including
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Actin‚ a globular protein with a molecular weight of 42-kDa‚ is the most abundant intracellular protein in most eukaryotes (3). It plays important roles in many essential cell biological processes. Actin exists as a monomer called G-actin and as a filament called F-actin‚ a linear chain of G-actin subunits (2). Two F-actin filaments intertwine to form a microfilament‚ one of the three major components of cytoskeleton (2). Microfilament is important for generating cell movement. One mechanism involves
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