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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Throughout history‚ efforts to police society have been flawed by brutality in one way or another. Police Brutality exists in many countries and is only one of several forms of police misconduct. Abuse by law enforcement officers in the United States is one of the most serious human rights violations in the country. Police officers have engaged in unjustified shootings‚ severe beatings‚ fatal chokings‚ and unnecessarily rough treatment. The history of police brutality is cyclical‚ going through phases
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Police Corruption Second Essay for AJ 101 Krystal Lamas Victor Valley Community College Author Note This paper was prepared for AJ 101 for Mr. Ronald M. Field .M.A. Abstract Police corruption is a complex issue. Police corruption or the abuse of authority by a police officer‚ acting officially to fulfill personal needs or wants‚ is a growing problem in the United States today. Things such as an Internal Affairs department‚ a strong leadership organization‚ and community support are just
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Name The Power of the Badge: A Controversial Issue Strong‚ courageous‚ heroic‚ all words that we hear and use to describe what comes to mind when we think of “Police Officers”. In elementary school‚ the most common phrase students would be asked was “what do you want to be when you grow up”‚ and the most common response would be “a police officer”; and now sadly‚ most are rethinking this occupational choice. The authority that most cops these days believe they have is over the top; they think
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the Police Part I: Outline Eileen Garcia CJA/344 Cultural Diversity in Criminal Justice June 17‚ 2013 STEPHEN HUMPHRIES Police corruption and citizen complaints relative to ethnicity I. Introduction A. Police corruption Police corruption has become an international problem. This was initially a common practice during the period when the police institutions were being developed but the effect has been felt by many people‚ even affecting peacekeeping operations. The police abuse and
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Police Culture in the United States Internal and External Mechanisms Police Culture in the United StatesAlthough it is senior police management that makes decisions about police strategy‚ departmental policy‚ and the allocation of police resources‚ ordinary officers in fact make the great majority of day-to-day policing decisions. These police officers decide whom to stop‚ whom to question‚ and whom to arrest‚ as well as how best to deal with public concerns and complaints. See
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Police Protality: Introduction Police brutality has been and continues to be of major concern in society. First of all‚ police brutality is a term used to describe the excessive use of physical force‚ assault‚ verbal attacks or slurs‚ and threats by any law enforcement officer. Efforts to police communities‚ throughout history‚ have been tainted by brutality ans abuse of power to some degree. The term police brutality is commonly used very loosely to any and all forms of police
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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 Technology Thesis paragraph Supporting paragraph 1 Supporting paragraph 2 Supporting paragraph 3 Concluding paragraph Police are a very useful law enforcement that will help community around us most of the police officers used their power so much that they take advantage of people. Police officers are here to help around use not to take advantage of people. They invented the new camera that officer may used they are very used full police officer can’t take more advantage after police officers
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Police Brutality Did you know that Police brutality is the intentional use of excessive force‚ usually physical‚ but potentially also in the form of verbal attacks and psychological intimidation‚ by a police officer? Despite major improvements in police practices (since 1981) reports of alleged police misconduct and abuse continue to spread through the nation. Police Brutality still goes on around the world today with improvements of enforcing police brutality in police departments. There have
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