Police Morale The University of Tennessee at Martin Ripley Campus Police Morale Morale‚ such a simple word‚ six letters in a combination to make up a word that by its very definition means confidence‚ enthusiasm‚ and discipline. This word‚ morale‚ when coupled with a human being‚ can be a very powerful word. Morale is a great contributor to a healthy or unhealthy workplace. Morale‚ in the sense of police‚ can make or break a department. A high morale‚ and the department is firing on all
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criminal and noncriminal events” (Boivin &ump; Cordeau‚ 2011). Every police officer has a great deal of discretion concerning when to use their authority‚ power‚ persuasion‚ or force. Depending on how an officer sees their duty to society will determine an officer’s discretion. Discretion leads to selective enforcement practices and may result in discrimination against certain groups of people or select individuals (Young‚ 2011). Most police officer discretion is exercised in situational situations with
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no different when it comes to police action shootings. Mistake-of-Fact shootings happen all too often. Although officers are trying some less lethal options‚ 18% of police action shootings in LA in-between 1998-2002 were thought to be mistake-of-fact shootings. Steps need to be taken to lower numbers of mistake-of-fact shootings. In my opinion officers need more low-light training‚ less lethal training‚ and usage of sight alignment. A lot of mistake-of-fact shooting are due to three major things:
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Professor Moore English 101 October‚ 2015 Mass Shootings According to WWW.NATIONOFCHANGE.ORG‚ a mass shooting is defined as an incident involving multiple victims of gun violence. In most mass shooting cases‚ the gunmen often have similar personality traits that go unnoticed before the actual incodent occurs. In other cases‚ these traits were detected by others but no effort was made to get the murderer the help that they needed
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Police officers are around to keep us safe and are viewed as individuals who not only follow the law but ensure that others do the same. Though this is the usual case‚ not always do our police officers practice these ideas. Problems amongst the police force have been around since prohibition and are only increasing in our dangerous and corrupted society. Corruption‚ on-the-job dangers‚ and the use of deadly force are all issues facing the police departments today. Since the days of prohibition
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ABUSE OF POLICE POWERS IN PAKISTAN With intervening dictators and historical autocracy‚ it is now after sixty five years of independence that Pakistan has evolved to a culture “partially” democratic. The military and police institutions must function under rule of law in order to uphold legitimate separation of powers. The Oxford Dictionary defines the term Police as‚ “the civil force of a state‚ responsible for the prevention and detection of crime and the maintenance of public order.”1 With
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community where the police‚ who are supposed to protect and serve the community‚ assault‚ harass‚ and discriminate the people for no apparent reason? First off‚ that is called police brutality and it sure does not go down well at all‚ police brutality is a serious crime and should not be taken lightly at all just because they are police officers. Police officers tend to be looked at very negatively from a civilian’s point of view‚ and to me the main reason why they are is because of police brutality. In
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Police Corruption happens all around the world‚ and it has been going on for many years now. Police Corruption is a very large problem many local agencies face every day in the United States. Police corruption is defined as the “abuse of police authority for personal or organizational gain by a police officer acting officially”. (Singh‚ 2007) I believe that Police Corruption is a serious abuse of police power and that the decisions made throughout the corruption hurt more people then the benefit
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Police Discretion David Gonzalez University of Phoenix Introduction to Policing CJA/370 Professor John W. Feltgen June 23‚ 2005 Abstract In this paper I will discuss police discretion and the use of these discretionary powers in the law enforcement workplace. I will explore the mythical aspects of police discretionary powers and the source of this myth. I will further discuss the control of discretionary authority. I will name instances of law enforcement officials using their discretionary powers
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Alberta Taber School Shooting: A 14 year old boy who had been bullied at W.R. Myers High School in Taber Alberta had entered the school on April. 28. 1999 with a .22 Calibre rifle and opened fire. He killed a 17 year old young boy named Jason Lang. Another 17 year old boy was shot‚ but fully recovered after the shooting. 14 year old “Todd Cameron Smith” a high school dropout showed signs of depression before the school shooting. Todd Smith had been bullied since grade one. The shooting happened 8 days
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