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    speech urban legends

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    mourning/afternoon fellow classmates and teacher‚I if you didn’t guess by now I’ll be talking about urban myths or otherwise known as urban legends. First I’ll be talking about what is a urban legend. Right away you think of the urban legend bloody Mary or now the infamous Slender-man‚ those are probably the most famous one of them I’ll be talking about throughout my speech‚ that one being bloody Mary. Urban myths really started as long ago as Vikings and before that the Chinese imperial armies. They

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    Urban Crime in Kenya

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    the general area of research problems about the escalating insecurity in Nairobi which has focused on quantitative approaches to understanding patron use and little has been done of a qualitative nature. Existing research has looked at how poverty‚ police laxity‚ drug abuse‚ street families and other factors have correlated with crime rates. This study will provide insight into why the last one decade or so‚ Nairobi County has experienced rapid changes and socioeconomic transformations impacting directly

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    Mumbai Police

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    establishment of a Police out-post in 1661. In 1669 East India Company was given Bombay Island from king Charles II. who had acquired it when marrying a Portuguese princess a few years before. The origins of the present day Mumbai police can be traced back to a militia organised by Gerald Aungier‚ the then Governor of Mumbai in 1669. This Bhandari Militia was composed of around 500 men and was head quartered at Mahim‚ Sewree and Sion. In 1672‚ the judicial overview of police decisions by courts

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    Police Reform

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    have become a major concern today in the United States. The citizens of the United States confidence and trust in policing of the police are at the lowest point since the Rodney King beating. Many Americans still report confidence in the police‚ however an unprecedented number of Americans also report no or very little confidence in policing. Throughout history poor police/community relations in minority and low-income neighborhoods has documented. It has been exacerbated by egregious acts of misconduct

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    Summary of Urban Sprawl

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    Finished on April 5 In the article‚ "Urban Sprawl‚ Global Warming and the Limits of Ecological Moderization"(2005)‚ Gonzalez argues that the rapid development of urban sprawl has been environmentally harmful due to the emissions of greenhouse gases and the narrow solution to global warming through further development of technology proposed by business groups. He criticizes the shortcomings of the business groups approach and states his own concept. Urban sprawl brings business corporates a great

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    Bangladesh police

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    on Bangladesh Police Accountability mechanisms for Bangladesh police are evidently weak. Internal disciplinary mechanisms have long collapsed. Courts have failed to play a proactive role in bringing officers to account. A national human rights commission has been set up recently but it lacks the necessary powers or teeth. External accountability mechanisms solely set up for the police are absent in Bangladesh. Without external oversight‚ police are essentially left to police themselves. Victims

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    Police Brutality

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    Proposal for: Police Brutality Introductory Statement: Police brutality is one of the biggest human rights violations in the United States. The reason why I choose this topic is because I (amongst others) believe that police brutality happens all the time all of over the United States and still remains unrecognized. Additionally‚ the public should be knowledgeable about this topic because of how serious this crime can be and the serious outcomes that police brutality can have on other police officers

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    Police Brutality

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    Alberto Rodriguez English 12 Per.2 19 March‚ 2012 Police Brutality Police work is dangerous.  Sometimes police put in situations that excessive force is needed.  But‚ because some officers use these extreme measures in situations when it is not‚ police brutality should be addressed. The use of excessive force may or may not be large problem‚ but it should be looked into by both the police and the public. For those people who feel racism is not a factor in causing the use of excessive force

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    police brutality

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    speech Do cops believe they are above the law? Police brutality is wanton use of excessive force‚ usually physical‚ but potentially in the form of verbal attacks and psychological intimidation‚ by police officers. (Wikipedia). Police brutality exists in many countries police brutality is one of several forms of police misconduct‚ which includes misconduct‚ false arrest; intimidation; racial profiling; and sexual abuse. Although illegal‚ police brutality can be done under the color of law. Let

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    Police Misconception

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    There are many popular misconceptions about police officers. One popular misconception is that they protect their own. What people don’t understand sometimes is that police officers are properly trained‚ they went to police training and the trainings main goal is to ensure that officers avoid taking unnecessary risks. This means calling and waiting for back-up‚ and always having a partner when using direct confrontation‚ the way the media portrays police officers on television‚ in movies is like their

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