One of the most controversial aspects of police work comes about in the phoenix police department operational orders 1.5‚ Use of force. Reasonable amount of force to conduct lawful public safety activities. Force typically depends on what is reasonable as well as the totality of circumstances. Employees who are involved in use of force must be a able to articulate it actions and explain their actions through reports and memorandums. Such reasonableness may include severity of the crime‚ whether
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This week articles focus on the police use of force. Police use of force is the most controversial tactic in policing. Many claimed that the use of force is a direct tactic used against African-Americans and other nonwhite citizens especially during the civil right movement. In today’s society the use of force among police is still making headlines with the shooting of unarmed citizens triggering such movements such as the black lives matter movement. This summary is going to focus on the type of
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Professional Regulation and Criminal Liability Many natures of complaints occur throughout the health care workforce. Because of the dramatic changes in how health care is delivered over the past few years‚ consumer concerns about liability issues have increased. Patients put their physical health and trust in the hands of health care providers daily. Unfortunately‚ there have been periods when the treatment provided‚ has been accidental or intentional and caused physician harm to the patient.
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Topics in Criminal Law May 25‚ 2010 Abstract Strict liability crimes require no culpable mental state and present a significant exception to the principle that all crimes require a conjunction of action and mens rea. Strict liability offenses make it a crime simply to do something‚ even if the offender has no intention of violating the law or causing the resulting harm. Strict liability is based philosophically on the presumption that causing harm is in itself blameworthy regardless of the
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Liability for Omissions The law has historically been reluctant to impose a general liability for omissions as opposed to positive acts. This means that there is no general duty of care in tort to act in order to prevent harm occurring to another. In Smith v Littlewoods Organisation‚ Lord Goff stated clearly that “the common law does not impose liability for what are called pure omissions”. Similarly‚ in Yuen Kun Yeu v A-G of Hong Kong‚ Lord Keith stated that people can ignore their moral responsibilities
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“The Use of Force” and “Girl” although very different in many ways both portray the same main idea. The idea is that sometimes you have to hurt the ones you love in order to save them from future pain. However‚ in doing this‚ an unexpected feeling of enjoyment seems to captivate whoever is causing the pain. This tactic of “Tough love” as an educational technique was very prevalent in the time periods these stories took place. Although in modern society “tough love” is seldom seen due to instructional
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The use of force was about a family that went to visit a doctor because their daughter had a fever for a few days and the family doesn’t know what was causing it. The doctor noticed that she has been eating up her cold‚ having steady eyes with no facial expression. The doctor asked the parents if she has a sore throat because there’ve been number of cases of diphtheria in the school. The doctor asked her if he could check her throat but she refused to and fought back as the doctor tried to stick
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debating is “A Victims Deliberate Use of Deadly Force is a Just Response to Repeated Domestic Violence”. Domestic Violence is a pattern of behavior which involves the abuse by one partner against another in an intimate relationship such as marriage‚ cohabitation‚ dating or within the family. I value the life of both parties including the person who is committing the act of domestic violence. The victim of domestic violence isn’t justified in using deadly force unless the person is committing an
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Use of Military Force for International Conflict Although making war is not a popular way to solve an international conflict‚ it is a fact of history that nations are never really free from wars since the time of ancient Greek. The 20th century seemed to be the most blood-sheding century of many conflicts‚ either inter-state or intra-state‚ ended in wars. The wars that took place early in the century and the 1940’s had given us lesson that mankind should build an international defence system to
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Products Liability 1. Construct a fact pattern [an example] to clearly delineate: a. A Manufacturing Defect: A car’s braking system that does not work properly and causes the driver to get into an accident. b. A Design Defect: A type of sunglasses that fail to protect the eyes from ultraviolet rays. c. A Marketing Defect: Prescription drugs advertised as “virtually non-toxic‚” “safe‚” and “free of significant side effects” when they are not. They failed to state
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