) Police are a “body of officers representing the civil authority of government.” (Banton) Police are responsible for maintaining public order and safety‚ enforcing the law‚ and preventing and investigating any criminal activities. The existence of American law enforcement has been around since the first Europeans landed in North America. America inherited much of its government policies from Great Britain. “The first Europeans who landed on our shores‚ found a strange and wondrous new land‚ inhabited
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Police brutality is a form of misconduct within the police department. It could be false arrest‚ surveillance abuse‚ sexual abuse‚ racial profiling‚ and police corruption. Some police officers take advantage of their authority and innocent people end up paying the price. According to a survey done by graphs.net‚ 6.6% of police officers will have a complaint filed against them for misconduct. The reason for this behavior sometimes comes down to racism‚ money‚ sex‚ or to prove power. This improper
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The question of body cameras for police officers has historically been a pressing issue in America‚ but after the recent incidents it is being taken into serious consideration. Body Cameras should be provided for all law enforcement personnel so that citizens can get a clear understanding of how they are implementing their force onto the citizens of United States. A lot of evidence and claims have been brought up by citizens saying that police officers have taken wrong actions while in pursuit of
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P1 There are two types of businesses‚ private and public. The difference between public companies and private companies is their ownership. Private held companies are under control of a single or group of shareholders when public companies are owned by the government. [pic] Ownership of the business Top shop is operating in private sector. It is a Public Limited Company this means they sell their shares on the stock exchange and that it’s available to the public to purchase
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Injustices in the World: Racism and Police Brutality – Rough Draft There are many injustices that happen in the world. These injustices‚ more often than not‚ inflict some sort of suffering and pain on someone or a group of people. Throughout organized religion‚ there is a common motif of suffering. Many are taught that suffering‚ like most pains in the world‚ is inevitable. Nevertheless‚ many will concur that injustices in the world should be eliminated for the benefit of those encountering the
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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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information available to the police” (Surette p. 199) the media control how we think. New media have the ability to chance the video to‚ “I feared for my life” and then they chance it to a police officer being charged with the suspect murder. By the new media having the technology‚ they are able to video- tape police patrolling the area they were assign to. The new technology also show when a police officer pull a person over and they are able to hear and see what the police is doing when they are interrogating
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Police stress is important to control and to deal with. Some officers have to seek help to control it. In the police business there is no telling what you run in to on a day by day schedule‚ there is not the same work day twice. One day you will by just giving people tickets to the next day dealing with someone being shot. Anyone can understand if you see someone being shot then it makes you a little stressed out. Stress plays a part in the lives of everyone. Some stress is not only inevitable‚ it
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Hello Future President‚ I am Rex Smith. I just wanted to inform you of my concerns about police brutality.First let me start by saying that police officers have a dangerous job and there will be situations where law enforcement must act for the safety of others and also for their own protection. With that being said I feel that it comes down to inherent biases.I feel that the society has portrayed an image in America that makes some people of white ethnicity fear black people.And I feel that is wrong
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Police Analysis Paper Intro to Police Work‚ Professor Phifer Thursday 8-12pm Ivana Simmons March 3‚ 2010 Certification of Authorship: I certify that I am the author of this paper and that any assistance I received in its preparation is fully acknowledged and disclosed in the paper. I have also cited any sources from which I used data‚ ideas‚ words‚ either quoted directly or paraphrased. I also certify that this paper was prepared by me especially for this course. Student Signature __________________________
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