Police Discretion Police Discretion Discretion is defined by the Merriam-Webster Dictionary as “the ability to make responsible decisions‚ individual choice or judgment‚ power of free decision or latitude of choice within certain legal bounds.” In law enforcement discretion is left up to each individual officer on the field everyday. Police officers are given the authority to make reasonable and responsible decisions out in the field. Discretion is used in many situations‚ such as when
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MURDER BALL In the Documentary film Muderball‚ played by quadriplegia men In Wheelchairs. They experience a way to release all their built up anger. Wheelchair Rugby aka “Murder ball”‚ as they call it is played by players in custom built wheelchairs which have metal side plates added to them for support to be able to withstand hard impact although played in wheelchairs the game is a full contact sport. Many opponents throughout the game try to tackle one another. Each participant is given a ranking
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guilty of the murder of 3 exotic dancers‚ who were found dead inside a strip club called Night Awakened; popular in Los Angeles‚ early this weekend. CCTV footage was found and recorded the massacre. The reason for his revenge was the one of the women‚ who worked there‚ had apparently dated him and cheated on him with one of her co-workers. “One had seen how I stabbed [Jessica]‚” James ex-girlfriend‚ “and so I killed her and I killed Jessica’s girlfriend‚ who worked there too” Police men arrived
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Police Ethics and Deviance Police officers are presented to the community as a support system. Society is given a conception that the police are to protect and to serve the community. However when ethical standards are breached and deviant behaviors prevail in policing society is affected and intimidated. Ethics Ethics are values and a system by which acts are judged. Many ethical behaviors are learned in childhood‚ family‚ educational‚ and community experience. All levels
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Murder Victims in the U.S. between 2000-2010 Differences between Blacks‚ Whites‚ and Hispanics And between Males and Females The relationship between crime and race within the United States is still a heavily controversial topic. This research will help one to fully understand the differences between Blacks‚ Whites‚ and Hispanics and women and men murder victims‚ and also to decipher if geographic locations are causes of high murder rates within the U.S. In order for this to take place‚ one
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Alton sterling‚ Philando Castile and Gregory Gunn are just 3 out of 136 African Americans whose lives were taken by police officers this year. Those were not the only lives that were taken in 2016. Not only have these men lost their lives for unfair reasons‚ their families have lost somebody so important in their lives. Police brutality with black people is a serious issue. If these 3 men were white wouldn’t these stories sound different? Alton Sterling was 37 year old black man from Baton Rouge
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The Black Dahlia Murder case remains to be one of Hollywood’s longest-running mysteries and one of the most dreadful of the 1940s. On the morning of January 15‚ 1947‚ the body of a pretty young woman‚ Elizabeth Short‚ was found severed in half in an empty lot on the west side of South Norton Avenue in Leimert Park‚ Los Angeles. The body was discovered at 10:00 am by local resident Betty Bersinger‚ as she was walking with her three-year-old daughter. At first‚ Besinger thought that the body parts
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Global Business Management graduate of Central Lancashire University has had twenty years experience working in large mining projects at a senior level of big companies in Cameroon and Niger. His long term friend and mining entrepreneur‚ Abigail Jallow‚ who has made a fortune mining copper has contacted him about a new opportunity. The proposition is that he could set up his own company and take over a proposed gold mining opportunity in Sierra Leone. At present the opportunity is in its early exploration
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Term Paper Police Discretion Discretion‚ uncertainly‚ and inefficiently are rampant and essential in criminal justice. Nobody expects perfection. That would neither be good nor fair. Justice is a sporting event in which playing fair is more important than winning. Law enactment‚ enforcement‚ and administration all involve trading off the possibility of perfect outcomes for security against the worst outcomes. Policing is the most visible part of this: employees on the bottom have more discretion
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To: Carson Earnest From: Victoria Smith Subject: Assignment #2 Police discretion is issued to officers for the purpose of maintaining a just society. Discretion is defined the ability to form decisions based on their own judgment. These decisions are concluded through copious reasons such an officer’s experience or through their own individual backgrounds. Police discretion has the ability to dismiss minor crimes‚ yet laws exist where discretion is invalid and officers must accomplish whatever
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