Running head: POLICE DISCRETION Police Discretion CJA/342 University Of Phoenix Police Discretion Police discretion is an important tool in police work due to the law sometimes being too vague or ambiguous. Police officers are trained on different scenarios that one may come across while they are at the academy. The problem tends to arise when a police officer comes across a situation that they were not trained for‚ and since the academy cannot cover every possible scenario that
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POLICE FRAGMENTATION Police Fragmentation The Nature of Policing in the United States will constantly change based on certain events that happen. The government will always look for ways to adjust‚ trying to make policing more efficient‚ fair‚ and effective. Unlike policing in other countries‚ the structure of policing in the United States is extremely fragmented. According to the Bureau of Justice Statistics‚ there are currently 21‚000 federal
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Emotional Intelligence Paper In today’s world‚ there is so much going on around us that we do not get enough time to think about what we are actually doing. Everything just seems to fly by us and if we look back to re-think and analyze we are sure to fall behind. Emotional Intelligence is a part of us which allows us to make decisions based on our emotions. It’s the part of us which we don’t always have time to bring out. However‚ if we practice to put it to use‚ it can help us make better decisions
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Police corruption is one of the oldest and a persistent problem in the police force. What is corruption? Corruption can be defined as the misuse of public power for private or personal profit. It is a problem that has and will continue to affect us all‚ whether we are civilians or law enforcement officers. Many aspects of policing has changed‚ one aspect that has remained unchanged is the existence of corruption. A local newspaper or police related publication on any given day will have an article
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Police Misconduct Amanda Winter University of Phoenix October 7‚ 2011 Police misconduct can happen in various ways in the criminal justice community. Police Brutality Police brutality is a type of police misconduct. This type of police misconduct can sometimes be confused with the police use of force. “Police brutality is a civil rights violation that occurs when a police officer acts with excessive force with regards to a civilian that is more than necessary” (US Legal Inc.‚ 2001-2011)
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Gathering Information and Writing a Research Paper xxxxxxx xxxxxxx xxxxxxx xxxxxxxx Gathering Information and Writing a Research Paper Writing a research paper for the first time can be a difficult task if not given the proper instruction to complete such an assignment. Breaking a research paper down into separate tasks and sections might ease frustrations for the researcher and give them some fundamental tools for future research projects.
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first thing that I would do is ask the victims and/or the witnesses what they know and saw. After I ask the question and get answers back. Then finding out that one of the suspects was apprehend‚ then I would walk the victim and witness over to the police car and let them tell me if that’s the person that they saw without letting the person see their faces. With the information from that it will give reasons to search the car and the property of the suspect. It will also determine whether I should
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Mass media has followed the events of police brutality‚ and their unrighteous killings which consequently have caused the nation to question the police.Many americans feel the treated by the police As of yesterday the law of integrity and social justice reform has been officially passed.The law is implicated throughout all states in the united states.After recent events concerning the black lives matter movement Obama thought it was pivotal to make one last assertion to the movement during his
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Police Corruption happens all around the world‚ and it has been going on for many years now. Police Corruption is a very large problem many local agencies face every day in the United States. Police corruption is defined as the “abuse of police authority for personal or organizational gain by a police officer acting officially”. (Singh‚ 2007) I believe that Police Corruption is a serious abuse of police power and that the decisions made throughout the corruption hurt more people then the benefit
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Police Misconduct Police brutality is the use of excessive force by a police officer. “Police brutality is a civil rights violation that occurs when a police officer acts with excessive force by using an amount of force with regards to a civilian that is more than necessary” ("Police Brutality‚" 2013). Police corruption is the misuse of authority by a police officer‚ including a range of actions encompassing an officer’s misuse of his or her authority for personal gain. Police corruption is one
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