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    a disproportionately low number of public offices when compared to their percentage of the overall populace‚ attend school with significantly less funding‚ live in less well off neighborhoods‚ and are discriminated against in everyday life by law enforcement at a much higher rate than their white counterparts. However‚ all those problems having been recognized‚

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    In the essay “How much Force is Necessary in Law Enforcement?” the author shows many strengths and weaknesses. The author’s shows weakness in the way he structures his or her sentences. It was hard to sometimes follow along because some of the sentences were hard to understand. There is part of the essay where I believe that there was too much statistics which makes you want to just skip over it. The structure of the essay was good because it was not all over the essay. I would advise the author

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    Law Enforcement Today

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    As one may correctly assume‚ law enforcement agencies face multiple issues in today’s society. There are many stressors in police work. Much of the stress associated with police work comes from recruiting and retaining police officers. One of the chief stressors of recruitment and retention flows from the nature of our diverse societies. Both the U S. and Canada have significant ethnic populations living within their borders. In areas of each country with non-English speaking minorities‚ police

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    Law Enforcement Cameras

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    are effective or not can cause a great divide among any group of people. Proponents of the cameras say that they are effective in reducing accidents and those against them are adamant that they are only in place to increase revenues for local law enforcement. Red light cameras are cameras that are placed at intersections and connected to traffic signals. The camera is triggered by any vehicle entering the intersection above a certain speed and after the signal light has turned red. While

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    Law Enforcement Deviance

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    Law Enforcement Deviance Never before‚ had the city of Los Angeles been involved in a scandal like the one it faced within the department’s Rampart Area. Allegations of perjury‚ false arrest reports‚ evidence planting‚ police brutality‚ and even murder plagued the department. What started out as an attempt to stop the growing number of “gang related” crimes in the Rampart Area of Los Angeles‚ had turned into one of the worst scandals to disgrace the city and permanently tarnish the department’s

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    Stress in Law Enforcement

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    PED Professor Davidson Stress in Law Enforcement Stress plays a part in the lives of everyone. Some stress is not only inevitable‚ it can be good. For example‚ the physical stress of “working out” improves your cardiovascular system‚ and feeling pressure that causes you to study harder for an exam can improve your score. Police stress‚ however‚ refers to the negative pressures related to police work. Police officers are not superhumans. Law enforcement officers are affected by their daily exposure

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    Stress In Law Enforcement

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    The trust of all human connections‚ we as the people should know that our officers are also in a lot of stress in today’s society. The pressures of law enforcement put officers at risk. We as the people must remember that without laws we cannot walk the streets and live in this beautiful country. I know that policing is psychologically stressful for them. I know it’s sad when I see most African Americans getting shot by officers‚ when they are unarmed it’s tragic‚ but we must also think maybe our

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    Rules of Law Enforcement

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    Assignment: The rules of law enforcement I believe the police detectives conducted a lawful search and seizure because they were investigating robberies at two local electronic stores and during the investigating they received enough information to get a possible suspect. The detective suspected a person whom was wearing a heavy coat in a summer in Phoenix. That appeared to be strange‚ and he fit the height description so the detectives pulled over to speak to him. The suspect’s fourth amendment

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    intro to law enforcement

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    Compare & Contrast the Justice System of another country to that of the United States CJ 231 Intro. to Law Enforcement Abstract For my essay I chose Iran to compare with the Unites States. I feel that it’s an interesting country to look into their judicial system. To see how their laws are made‚ formed and enforced; in comparison with that of the United States judicial system. I found a lot of are to cover‚ but to keep it within standards I only chose three (3) differences and one

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    Discretionary Power

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    DISCRETIONARY POWER The power to punish a delinquent conferred on the disciplinary authority and the appellate authority is a discretionary power and the question what is adequate punishment is a question of discretion. According to Black’s Law Dictionary (5th Edition) discretionary power means "one which is not imperative or‚ if imperative‚ the time‚ manner or extent of execution of which is left to donee’s discretion." Discretion‚ when applied to public or statutory functionaries‚ means a power

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