Police Officers: Heroes of the 21st Century It is the bad things that the media highlights in the news when it comes to law enforcement and the bad things that people remember when it comes to police officers. The job of an officer changes daily and from one circumstance to another; they must use their best judgment to make the best decision in the most critical of times ensure the safety of everyone. With the advancement of technology and weapons of all sorts‚ law enforcement has come a long way
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Ezimde Momodu Mr. Ronnie Strahle Date February 26‚ 2015 Police Abuse Their Authority Law enforcement has come a long way since the turn of the century. 21st Century has brought in laws to protect blacks‚ other minorities and mainstream Caucasians. The rights to “bear arms” and “stand your grounds” give citizens the right to defend themselves if they feel that their life is threatened in any way; but the real question is has law enforcement/enforcers taken the law to the extreme? On a closer examination
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Law Enforcement 30 July 2011 New York Police K9 Units A police dog‚ often referred to as a K-9 dog in some areas is a dog that is trained specifically to assist police aand other law-enforcement personnel in their work. In many jurisdictions the intentional injuring or killing of a police dog is a felony subjecting the perpetrator to harsher penalties than those in the statutes embodied in local animal cruelty laws‚ just as an assault on a human police officer is often a more serious offense
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INTRODUCTION Diversity management and equal opportunities are important values that need to be upheld in today’s work environment. Given both the past and recent history of discrimination cases against the Met Police‚ such as the cases of Stephen Lawrence and Carol Howard‚ institutional racism in organizations is still being questioned in British society. Over than last 50 years‚ changes in discrimination law have indeed impacted the behaviour of employers and institutions. These laws have made
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Militarization of Our Police I strongly feel that military tactics‚ training‚ and equipment do not have a place in American law enforcement because dozens of needless deaths and injuries have occurred because of it and it ’s extremely expensive to supply these things. First‚ the American law enforcement has become much too aggressive with its citizens. There are several reports of police going above and beyond‚ using extreme measures‚ to take down the general public. One perfect example would
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83. Police Reforms. Police forces are the ones that have been entrusted to guard the internal security situation of the nation‚ but with the increasing rise in the maoists threat perception the police forces should be leveraged with a corresponding degree of increase in their ability to deal with the situation. Hence a need for comprehensive police reforms comes as an obvious answer. The very fact that it has not happened so far tells the enormity of the efforts required to be undertaken. The
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Private and Public 1. Relationship between Private and Public Police Lillie Johnson CJS 250 Gregg Herchek April 11‚ 2010 Private and Public 2.
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Police Report Assignment Debbie Smith CJA/304 11/5/2012 Ryan McNeal / Axia College Police Report Assignment This man‚ Ernesto Arturo Miranda had a huge part in shaping the American Miranda Rights Policy. Born March 9‚ 1941 in Columbus‚ Az. The name Ernest Miranda is well known in the state of Arizona because he fought and got his case overturned because there were mistakes by the police when they arrested him. This whole story began on the night of March 3‚ 1963 when Patricia
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A detective is a police officer‚ whose duty is to detect criminals‚ by in-depth investigation of cases. When attempting to solve a crime‚ detectives conduct a criminal investigation that seeks all the facts about a crime to help determine the truth: what happened and who is responsible. This involves making a preliminary and final investigation. A detective’s task is to gather‚ organize‚ and use information about social behavior. To effectively complete that task a detective should possess
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There are many reasons for a police officer to exercise discretion. Police discretion is a choice by a law enforcement officer based on his or her training and experience whether to investigate or apprehend‚ the disposition of suspects and the application of sanctions (Schmalleger‚ 2015). Perhaps the most common practice for using discretions would be in those instances were the police handbook falls short‚ better known as the gray areas. Furthermore‚ police officers have also been known to use discretion
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