Police Discretion Police discretion is the ability to choose a course of action because of broad limits of power. It "refers to the autonomy an officer has in choosing an appropriate course of action" (The Police In America‚ 113). It "includes authority to decide which of the various means of helping the helpless‚ maintaining order‚ and keeping the peace are best suited to particular circumstances" (www.worldandi.com/specialreport/1989/january/Sa15878.htm). The police need to have discretion
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power comes great responsibility. As police officers begin going through their training they soon realize the great power they will soon possess. As history and documented facts have shown us‚ many of them show great control and responsibility. On the other hand‚ there are a small percentage of officers who take advantage of their control and become corrupt. This brings scrutiny and lack of trust in police departments nationwide. Police corruption refers to police personnel who use their position and
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city that has a lot of great places to visit. For example‚ restaurants‚ little places to shop and most important educational places like the Museum of Tolerance. I chose the museum of tolerance to write my new assignment for my class because the name fascinated me and it is a place where I can go with my family. This museum gives examples of tolerance to its visitors by the setups it has inside. The museum is located on the west side of Los Angeles on Pico Boulevard. To enter this museum is not
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References: Dordiecht‚ 1999‚ pp. 361-374. 7. Object Management Group‚ “Fault Tolerance Request for Proposals‚” 1999; available online at http://www.omg.org/techprocess/meetings/schedule/ Fault_Tolerance_RFP.htm.
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Police Protality: Introduction Police brutality has been and continues to be of major concern in society. First of all‚ police brutality is a term used to describe the excessive use of physical force‚ assault‚ verbal attacks or slurs‚ and threats by any law enforcement officer. Efforts to police communities‚ throughout history‚ have been tainted by brutality ans abuse of power to some degree. The term police brutality is commonly used very loosely to any and all forms of police
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Republic of the Philippines DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT 10th floor‚ Francisco Good Condominium II Bldg. Esda cor. Mapagmahal St.‚ Diliman‚ Quezon City MESSAGE It is an honor for me to congratulate the Philippine National Police for it’s newly published “Compendium of Six Operational Master Plans”‚ that shall serve as a guiding tool of the organization to achieve its vision‚ mission and goals. This compendium will surely help all PNP uniformed personnel to fully understand
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Ethical Boundaries: Limits within Law Enforcement Ethical Standards for Police Officers The ethical standards for a police officer have socially been set higher in regard to their professionalism on and off duty. These guidelines allow police officers to take an important role in society that allows provides them with a specific role within Americans culture and social structure. A democratic government comes with very specific rules‚ regulations and laws that provide citizens with guidelines
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Police Culture and Police Misconduct M. Collins Criminal Justice 593 Dr. Jiabo Liu April 2008 Outline I. Introduction II. Main Issues III. Analysis IV. Suggestions and/or Recommendations V. Conclusion VI. References 1 INTRODUCTION In the United States‚ there are city‚ county‚ state‚ and national police forces. They have very difficult and dangerous responsibilities. These public servants are required to perform many different jobs. They
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Police Officer Interview University of Phoenix Student This paper will compare and contrast the thoughts of two police officers from different police departments. In fact one officer has been actively working in the state of Nevada while the second has been inactive for several years now. Both officers are male‚ one African-American and the other Caucasian. Both officers feel very strongly about the importance of police work and were not very shy at giving their opinions. The interviews
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Police Department Organization Paper “What if the structure of police organizations is shaped by factors beyond easy human contrivance‚ such as the size and age of the force‚ the degree of stability in the political environment‚ the complexity of governmental regulation‚ the geographical dispersion of the population‚ or the nature of police work itself” (Maguire 2003)? * In this paper I will describe in detail various types of police agencies at the local‚ state‚ and federal level and how
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