Police discretion by definition is the power to make decisions of policy and practice. Police have the choice to enforce certain laws and how they will be enforced. "Some law is always or almost always enforced‚ some is never or almost never enforced‚ and some is sometimes enforced and sometimes not" (Davis‚ p.1). Similarly with discretion is that the law may not cover every situation a police officer encounters‚ so they must use their discretion wisely. Until 1956‚ people thought of police discretion
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force by police so disturbing? Are the police using more force? With so much going on in the media‚ the public is more terrified of the police. Many are not comfortable with calling up Law Enforcement. Many feel police officers abuse their authority. It seems as if they’re abusing their authority as police officers. In many situations claiming self-defense. Young teens and children being gunned down by law enforcement. Many afraid to call upon law enforcement‚ afraid of their own safety. Police officers
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Police Corruption and court cases are very common and prevalent. A common pleas judge reversed 53 narcotic convictions Friday which is based on investigations of police in drug units (Writer‚ 2013). Judge Shiela Woods- Skipper overturned convictions that were based on the testimony of former Jefferey Walker who was arrested in May as part of an FBI corruption inevestigatgion (Writer‚ 2013). The District Attorney in the case Robin Godfrey requested the reversals in the hearing he said afterward that
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I Officer Jacqueline Quiles‚ working for Cedar Park Police Department in my marked patrol vehicle‚ wearing my patrol uniform and displaying my badge of office. Working the night shift of 1800-0600 with my patrol car camera working and ready as well as my body camera and driving marked unit 345. At 2245 I was dispatched to a possible DWI collision. Upon arrival to the address of 2206 Rivera‚ I was met by the complainant Becky Waldron. Ms. Waldron met me in front of the residence listed above and stated
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past five centuries‚ black people have endured violence in many different ways. Today‚ police officers use deadly‚ excessive force that leads to inexcusable assaults‚ beatings and shootings. This demonstrates the governmentТs role in initiating and prolonging racial suppression and provides the explanation for police brutality to become a federal crime(Black Radical Congress‚ 3). In history‚ racist violence‚ police brutality‚ has been used to suppress the racial blacks and to preserve power and privileges
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Police Organization The function of policing is to provide overall public safety. The goal is to deter and prevent crime by immobilizing police units. There are various types of police agencies at the local‚ state‚ and federal level. The United States has one of the most complex law enforcement systems because of the various levels of their policing agencies. Within the United States‚ each state‚ city‚ county‚ town‚ and incorporated village has its own policing agency. Although there are various
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The Power of the Situation A week of urban mayhem was ignited by the April 29‚ 1992 jury acquittal of four white police officers who were captured on videotape beating black motorist Rodney King. The angry response in South Central produced its own brutal footage‚ most dramatically the live broadcast from a hovering TV news helicopter of two black men striking unconscious with a brick‚ kicking‚ and then dancing over the body of‚ white truck driver Reginald Denny. The final three-day toll
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at Long Island Business Institute in Flushing‚ NY. After I finish the school my plan is to become a Police Officer with a specialty in counter terrorism. My path is already in progress. As soon as I am granted Associate’s Degree‚ I will enroll at John Jay College in the Bachelor’s Degree Program within in Homeland Security Department in the school. I will also take the examination for Police Officer. Ultimately I will pursue a Master’s Degree
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In this paper I will answer several questions in regards to the following scenario. You are a police psychologist for a major metropolitan area. You are also a member of its hostage negotiation team. You have just been called out to a crisis incident at 3:15 p.m. on a Friday. It is a residential area about three blocks from a middle school and a public library. The information you have at this time is that the subject is a 42-year-old male who is holed up in his house with his wife‚ son‚ and family
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CASE STUDY MASSENGILL’S DEPARTMENT STORE 1. The utilitarian approach seems to best describe Marv Heimlers turnaround strategy at Massengills. I think so because his decisions would result in the majority of employees keeping their jobs although a smaller amount would be laid off. This shows he is doing what’s best for the company and still seeks the interest of the greater number of people. To him‚ if he had not made the decisions he made‚ everyone would be out of a job. a) Individual
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