In performing their duties‚ police are allowed to use a wide range of discretion. Police discretion “is defined as the power enjoyed by a public officer to make a choice among possible courses of action or inaction”(Green & Kelso‚ 2010). Using police discretion‚ officers can decide whether to make an arrest‚ and make decisions about the amount of force to use during an altercation. Factors that affect these decisions are race/ethnicity‚ the seriousness of the offense‚ the suspect’s demeanor‚ poverty
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ASSIGNMENT #2 – Police Discretion When enforcing the law‚ no two situations are ever the same‚ there for becoming difficult and impossible‚ in some cases‚ to enforce the law equally. There are different circumstances in every crime‚ take murder for example. A ruthless‚ sadistic murder that was intentional. A pregnant woman being beaten by her husband until she‚ out of desperation‚ grabs a knife and stabs him to death. Two very different circumstances but they both fall under the same crime‚ murder
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There are a number of stressful situations that a police officer is put into daily‚ and how a police officer handles these situations can determine their future for many years to come. Police brutality can be caused by several factors whether it be subconscious or on purpose (Lee). However‚ these situations are not always black and white. In the heat of the moment‚ officers can shoot on impulse to protect themselves‚ and to make sure they get back to their families (Lee). There could also be issues
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Law Enforcement 30 July 2011 New York Police K9 Units A police dog‚ often referred to as a K-9 dog in some areas is a dog that is trained specifically to assist police aand other law-enforcement personnel in their work. In many jurisdictions the intentional injuring or killing of a police dog is a felony subjecting the perpetrator to harsher penalties than those in the statutes embodied in local animal cruelty laws‚ just as an assault on a human police officer is often a more serious offense
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the police department are a form of social control established to keep peace and eliminate crime within communities. It is important to analyze how the public perceives their community police because it aids in helping to decipher which reforms should be enacted to improve the police and community relationship and effectively fight crime. It is not only policing behaviors that affect public attitudes‚ but other elements on the micro and mezzo levels which influence public perceptions of police officers
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Police Ethics and Deviance Ethics and the police is a subject that most people are interested in. When people use the words ethics and police in the same sentence‚ people usually think of police deviance‚ police corruption‚ misconducts such as drug and alcohol abuse‚ sexual violence‚ domestic disputes‚ and violence within families. Most common subjects people most associate with police ethics is police brutality‚ police deception‚ and abuse of their authority. Police officers in the United
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83. Police Reforms. Police forces are the ones that have been entrusted to guard the internal security situation of the nation‚ but with the increasing rise in the maoists threat perception the police forces should be leveraged with a corresponding degree of increase in their ability to deal with the situation. Hence a need for comprehensive police reforms comes as an obvious answer. The very fact that it has not happened so far tells the enormity of the efforts required to be undertaken. The
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Police Performance Management: Practical Guidance for Police Authorities June 2006 This guide has been produced by the Home Office Police Standards Unit and the Association of Police Authorities with the help of PA Consulting. We are very grateful for the contributions provided by all police authorities and other contributors during the development of this guidance. Foreword Police performance makes headline news: it affects people’s daily lives. There are many stakeholders in police performance
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The way that the police uses excessive force with any minority class men is considered brutality disregarding their ethnicity or economic status. Police brutality has a dramatic change on how the community looks at the law enforcers. Nobody will look at policemen the same way after all the accusations and prove that shows how they are abusive of the power granted to them by the government. Every human‚ regardless of ethnicity‚ the color of skin‚ being a minority‚ and having legal status in the country
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States has been victims of police brutality‚ being accused of committing a crime you did not do just because of how you look. Or‚ being treated differently just because of where you are from. Regardless of how you look‚ Police Officers are there to help people‚ not hurt them. This is affecting many people in the United States‚ many have been victims or has a relative that experienced this. Police Brutality is using excessive or unnecessary force when dealing with civilians. Police brutality can be illustrated
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