1. The number of law enforcement officers killed each year has actually declined since 1973. Discuss some of the reasons for this progress and also the leading causes of injury and death to officers. In June 1971‚ executives from the law enforcement conference‚ “Prevention of Police Killings‚” called for an increase in the FBI’s involvement in preventing and investigating officers’ deaths. In response to this directive‚ the UCR Program expanded its collection of data to include more details about
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Unit 8 Assignment CJ340 06 Professor Anthony Scarpelli Peter bisher January 06‚ 2011 My first interviewee officers jack Davidson‚ patrolman from Somers point police department. When interviewing Patrolman Davidson‚ I found the following to be his impressions of the police force in general. Officer Davidson spoke of why ethics and character are important in the field of law enforcement. His response was that ethics and character go hand in hand. In law enforcement it seems that there
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Police Officers Make Mistakes Too Everyone makes mistakes‚ even police officers. Police officers must make life changing decisions in a split second. Sometimes‚ these decisions are not the right decision based on the law. The Supreme Court recognized that police officers will make mistakes. Even the Fourth Amendment permits an officer to make mistakes and when an officer makes a mistake‚ the Court has ruled that the violation may not have a civil liability. Many times‚ the evidence discovered by
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Demeanor: Police Officers April Galvan-Usher CJRS 210 Professor Carlo July 28‚ 2013 Police officers all over the United States of America have to have specific sets of skills that will assist them in completing their duties daily. There are no specific traits that all officers must possess as different skill levels is what helps a group of people‚ not only police officers‚ at being a successful group. If all groups of people had the same types of skills‚ the group will not be effective
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I had an opportunity to interview a police officer while at work since the organization I work with has a good relationship with the El Paso Police Department because they provide informational workshops for our participants. Even though this particular police officer is now dedicated mostly to doing these types of informational trainings‚ he still practices regular police officer duties from time to time. When asked if being a police officer was something he always wanted to do‚ he responds “yes”
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Becoming a Police Officer \Protect and serve. These two words may be simple to any regular citizen. However‚ they are everything to any police officer. The honorable career of law enforcement is not always an easy one to enter. There are requirements in order to be recruited and employed by any policing agency. In addition to the highly competitive and rigorous application process to become selected as an officer of the law‚ there are training programs‚ continued education programs‚ and other
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Police Officers: Heroes of the 21st Century It is the bad things that the media highlights in the news when it comes to law enforcement and the bad things that people remember when it comes to police officers. The job of an officer changes daily and from one circumstance to another; they must use their best judgment to make the best decision in the most critical of times ensure the safety of everyone. With the advancement of technology and weapons of all sorts‚ law enforcement has come a long way
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Professionalism is key for any career not only police officers. However‚ police officers deal with the community everyday who look at them as role models. The uniform has an extreme effect on the community and it must be portrayed in a positive light. Police officers run around in dirt‚ blood‚ and really anything you can think of. However‚ during the job it is important to clean yourself up if you get dirty. In addition‚ a police officer must be able to be differentiated from a regular civilian.
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Interview Paper with Cumberland Police Officer Daniel Smith Before I start I should mention the odd way I ended up having the interview with Daniel Smith. Last week the security system in house malfunctioned. Even though it was not armed‚ it somehow sent a signal that our house had been broken into. He happened to be patrolling nearby the area and was sent to our location. The Officer that came happened to be him. He checked out and saw everything was fine and then I asked him to allow me to
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There are two types of personality trait designations that are used to describe police officers. The two types are the unique traits viewpoint‚ and socialization and experience viewpoint. Those who believe in the unique traits viewpoint are often referred to as predisposition personality traits. Also in this viewpoint‚ it insists that law enforcement attracts a certain type of individual to the job. Within this viewpoint‚ some of the traits included are authoritarianism‚ cynicism‚ racism‚ hostility
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