Recently‚ police departments across the country have received much scrutiny for recent actions. The latest installment to the never-ending saga‚ that we all follow on the evening news‚ is the highly controversial topic of police body cameras. These cameras would attempt to provide an officers perspective to difficult situations and might help explain the actions of our police officers. Two recent articles published by the L.A. Times and The New York Times outline the pros and cons to making body
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Are Police Body Cameras Necessary? “How one tragedy affects so many others.”(Kenneth Eade) The many accusations of unnecessary police brutality is one of the primary causes of the introduction of police body cameras. The government was trying to find a solution to the slowly growing tension between the police and the common people. There are many different views on if these cameras are affective and necessary to keep around. Ever since the government has introduced the police body cameras in 2013
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Pros and cons of hiring police officers to engage in private security work Abstract Hiring police officers to perform private security work has positive aspects and potential pitfalls. Business owners vary in their opinion on hiring police officers. Liability and cost are reasons some prefer to hire private security guards or take other security measures. Other business owners prefer the training‚ professionalism‚ deterrence‚ and authority that come with hiring a police officer. Due to lawsuits
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The United Nations has its own self-made problems recruiting police contractors. Latham says United Nations must better match attitudes and skills to tasks. To be able to do this‚ more standardized training is necessary. Training‚ however‚ takes time that current United Nations recruitment methods for United Nations police officers do not allow for. After the United Nations issues its request for officers‚ the member state must review the application and make sure it agrees with the mandate.
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Police body cameras are quickly becoming a hot topic both in Congress and in articles. There are several opinions on them‚ but one thing for certain is that they have their benefits and limitations. Three authors use various rhetorical strategies to convince their audience that body cameras should or should not be used. "Cameras in the Station House" is a peer reviewed article written by no ordinary authors. The contributors and reviewers of this article consist of a state chair man‚ a criminologist
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make on a daily basis in regards to police pursuits. This also includes the potential safety risks to the public‚ officers and suspects that are involved or not involved in a police pursuit. This paper will also highlight the statistics of police pursuits as well as the efforts and processes that are involved in making police pursuit policies. Police pursuits are often sudden decisions that have the potential to affect many other people’s lives. Police pursuits are a hard subject to fully understand
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Police brutality is a huge problem in America today‚ and few steps are being taken to prevent this injustice. One way of eliminating some of this from society is having police officers wear manually activated cameras on their bodies to record any interactions with civilians. Recently‚ multiple cases revolving around police brutality including two extremely controversial cases from 2014 where two black men (Eric Garner and Michael Brown) were killed by white officers who later were not charged. The
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Standardised Testing Name: Institution: Abstract This paper explores two published books that touched on pros and cons of standardized testing in schools. Popham‚ (2001) and Sacks‚ (1999) suggest that through pros a student will have to pass certain tests to determine that he or she has acquired proficiency in various fields of study. According to the two authors‚ in cons the students who have mastery of the content‚ don’t show in the test; it mostly promotes teachers to teach tests and evaluate
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PROS AND CONS English Comp 1 7/17/2014 Firearms‚ are they good‚ or are they a safety hazard to everyone in this world? Are they so dangerous that no one should be allowed to own them or are they so necessary that we can’t live without them? Are we to strict on the laws involving firearms? This argument has been going on for many years. Controversial‚ of course. Beneficial lifesaver‚ definitely. Easy to control‚ no way. Guns are useful. Every day‚ they are responsible for killing
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time periods. The two stories both have their pros and cons of the society that is being portrayed in the text. The pros of the societies in the stories are found more in “The Voter” than in “Tribal Scars”. This mainly has to do with the fact that the society in Achebe’s story was based in a more recent time which allowed for the society to be more far and democratic and this would be the most noticeable pro throughout the stories. Another pro for “The Voter” would be that almost all of the
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