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    twice as President of the United States before being assassinated on September 6th 1901. On October 13th 1903‚ the Ohio Battlefield Commission dedicated the McKinley monument in his honor‚ on the spot where he delivered coffee and food to the men of his regiment. The Ohio Battlefield Commission was appointed by George K. Nash Governor of Ohio on June 11‚ 1902. The commission “was charged with the duty of erecting suitable monuments to mark the positions of Ohio troops on the battlefield of Antietam‚ Maryland

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    Future of Policing With the many challenges that police officers face today the trends of policing may hinder them more than not. Our society has become more computer savoy over the last decade forcing our police departments to step up and keep up with technology in order to stay ahead of the average criminal. It is almost impossible today for the average police department to operate without the means of new and advance technology. The new generation of criminal mind is one that has had access

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    Jru Venerable Eng. 100 T. Witcher 15 November 2010 L.A. Confidential‚ directed by Curtis Hanson in 1997‚ depicts the corruption in Los Angeles of 1953. Hollywood‚ a world of glamour‚ deceit and desire is represented as a false society where illusion dominates the headlines. The city is governed by corrupt politicians and police who control the activities of the city for their own personal greed. People come to Hollywood to fulfill their dreams but on the way to their ambition are prevented

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    ABUSE OF POLICE POWERS IN PAKISTAN With intervening dictators and historical autocracy‚ it is now after sixty five years of independence that Pakistan has evolved to a culture “partially” democratic. The military and police institutions must function under rule of law in order to uphold legitimate separation of powers. The Oxford Dictionary defines the term Police as‚ “the civil force of a state‚ responsible for the prevention and detection of crime and the maintenance of public order.”1 With

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    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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    ensure a peaceful society and avoid disorder. The government enforces law through the police‚ courts and other agencies. Power can produce many positive results‚ but this power the government controls is often abused and in many cases they enforce law with brutality which is completely different from its original purpose. Law was established to benefit the people but sometimes through the abuse of power like police brutality‚ its enforcement defers its original purpose. The concept of law is very

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    Pakistan and its Chronic Unemployment Pakistan is a nation that has been plagued by many problems throughout it’s more than 6 decades of existence. But one problem that has plagued it persistently is that of unemployment. It has an unemployment rate of 15.4% and ranks on 152/199 on the world employment table. Having one of the world’s largest populations also means that this 15.4% is a very large number in its own right. Now we know some basic problems as to why there is so much unemployment in

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    Analysis & Application Police Complaints November 21‚ 2011 Abstract Conducting ourselves as mature individuals could determine whether or not we’re taken seriously within society. Since the beginning of time‚ black‚ white‚ Hispanic‚ etc.‚ have filed complaints against police officers‚ regardless of their maturity level or regardless of their own fault level. Is society too disrespectful to law enforcement? If civilians could walk in police officer shoes for one day would the complaint

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    Cross and Egerton Commissions: 1880s In 1888 the Egerton Commission obtained authority from The Cross Commission to work with the ’feeble minded’. The Egerton commission originally set up in 1886 to oversee educational provision for deaf‚ dumb and blind children had extended it’s area of responsibility to what they referred to as ’other cases as from special circumstances would seem to require exceptional methods of education’. The way events developed at the time dictated the way special educational

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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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