not. From January 1st 2012 –October 15th 2012 there has been 99 Law Enforcement Fatalities through the United States. That number is far too high in the Law Enforcement world. Although 99 is a lot it is still down 34 from the same time span one year prior. A total of 1‚799 law enforcement officers died in the line of duty during the past 10 years‚ an average of one death every 53 hours or 164 per year. There were 163 law enforcement officers killed in 2011. All those deaths were because of different
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Corruption in Law Enforcement There are times within all careers that we ask ourselves‚ don’t we deserve better? We show up to work every day on time with a great attitude and ready to give one hundred per cent focus and hard work. Some job are more tedious than others‚ some people choose careers that demands physical and mental strength‚ like police officers. Chasing down criminals‚ dealing with drug abusers‚ long hours and less time with their family without making the kind of money that they
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What ever happened to the righteous law enforcement officers who abided by what they enforced? Today the numbers of people who have been exposed to unnecessary force by police officers has begun to rise substantially. In 2002‚ large state and local law enforcement agencies received more that 26‚000 citizen complaints. Statistics have shown that there is corruption in not only the officers themselves‚ but the law enforcement department as well. Most of the cases that are filed regarding inappropriate
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power that people of the law possess and their ability to bend it to suit their own selfish desires. The cause is our cash driven society that inspires greed even in the hearts of those who are supposed to protect us. Civilians and law enforcement officers alike will continue to be effected by this problem. Since its beginnings‚ many aspects of policing have changed; one aspect that has remained relatively unchanged is the existence of corruption. If you take a look in a local newspaper it is likely
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Motivating the Unappreciated | Crystal Tussey | | | | Trying to motivate employees who feel that they are under paid and underappreciated can be a daunting task in itself‚ but add law enforcement officers who feel that way and things can get more difficult. Communities rely on law enforcement officers to protect and serve‚ to be there when there is trouble‚ and be an example to those all around. Having a negative reaction to lack of pay raise such as calling in sick often and slowing
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Law Enforcement Angela Primiano CRJ 201 Instructor: Donald Mason January 13‚ 2012 Every society has rules to go by and laws that must not be broken and along with that is the criminal justice that even gives the criminal rights. Criminals in the United States are to be given their rights and not to have harm to them in any way under the justice system as they may be freed from their prosecution and their case be acquitted if found in their favor if an act of unjust or immoral conduct
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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.
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the police will listen to them and make laws according to them. Law enforcement officers gain their power and authority from the community. It is extremely important that law enforcement attend to the community’s needs as much as possible. There are five principles that law enforcement officers are expected to follow and maintain. Balanced enforcement of the law is the first principle that is mandatory for an officer to follow. Balanced enforcement of the law is asking the question‚ “How much is an
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Police Stress The men and women who work in law enforcement are trained to handle situations while being "excepted" to not be emotionally harm/effected by these duties of the streets. Police officers are all ways thought out to be tough and in control‚ but the experiences their job provides them can be too overwhelming for some. As a result‚ law enforcement is almost ranked at the highest stress-rated carrers in the US. The meaning of stress is when the body coops with emotional and physical
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The Law Enforcement Profession Abstract In order to understand comptemporary law enforcemment‚ we should recognize the conditions that impact our profession. It is agreed upon by many scholars that major changes in law enforcement occur every five years. Policing is sometimes characterize"... like a sandbar in a river‚ subject to being changed continuously by the currents in which it is immersed..." (Swanson‚ Territo and Taylor‚ p. 2). However‚ in recent years some major changes have occurred
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