focus on the police use of force. Police use of force is the most controversial tactic in policing. Many claimed that the use of force is a direct tactic used against African-Americans and other nonwhite citizens especially during the civil right movement. In today’s society the use of force among police is still making headlines with the shooting of unarmed citizens triggering such movements such as the black lives matter movement. This summary is going to focus on the type of police training new
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when police officers use a form of deadly and lethal force‚ many people believe that officers are result to using deadly and lethal fore without necessarily having to do. However‚ that is not always the case. Although‚ officers have to use deadly force when contacting some subjects it is not fair to assume that deadly force demonstrated by the police officer is unjustified. Especially if the suspect is refusing to comply with the order and commands he/she is given by the police officers. Police officers
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Police officers are given a considerable amount of discretion due to the nature of the job. Officers are faced with many threatening situations forcing them to react quickly. A major concern with the amount of discretion officers have is their power to decide when to use force or when to use lethal force. Manning (1997) argues that it is generally accepted that police should be allowed to use force. He also explains that there are an uncertain amount people who agree on as to what constitutes excessive
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Professor Bates ADMJ 300 7 March 2015 Homework # 4 Deadly force is defined as the amount of force likely to cause death or great bodily harm to another person. In earlier years‚ deadly force was used by police in order to apprehend a suspect regardless of the crime committed or situation at hand. Due to many cases arising against police officers and their use of deadly force‚ the courts have put certain restrictions on it and have said only to use in situations where the lives of others are in imminent
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As a police officer here in Memphis this case is discussed in the academy and many have various viewpoints as to how this case changed police response to crime for the better as well as for the worse. Prior to this case it was not uncommon for deadly force to be used in a broad array of situations including property crimes such as burglary. Public sentiment up until this point was largely in support of the police and their need to stop the “bad guy”‚ a sort of don’t do the crime if you are not prepared
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Police officers have the authority to use force to ensure that laws are upheld and public safety and security maintained. The granting of that authority carries with it an expectation that the individual police officers and their law enforcement organizations will be openly and publicly accountable for any use of force. Police use of force is officially sanctioned‚ but questions remain. What is a reasonable use of force? Why and under what circumstances is one type of force chosen over another? What
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The Use of Force The Wichita Police Department’s policy and procedures on the use of force for its employees takes every measure of precautionary to ensure that the best method of force is used in making a lawful arrest. These policies and procedures go into great detail to inform officers when the use of force is necessary and how much force is needed. An officer of the WPD is justified in using force as long as they believe it to be necessary to effect the arrest and to defend one’s self or another
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improperly? As this is not an exact list of questions asked‚ these will be used to represent the use of force used by a police officer for the purpose of this paper. The most important decision an officer must make before using force to apprehend a suspect is the force that they are about to use justifiable? As stated in 609.06 in the Minnesota state statutes an officer may use force‚ “When used by a public officer or one assisting a public officer under the public officer’s direction‚ in effecting
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Landmark Case “Use of Deadly Force” Tennessee v. Garner‚ et al In October of 1974‚ a Memphis Police officer made a split decision to fire a shot that ultimately ended the life of 15 year old Edward Garner. This choice was made in an attempt to prevent the deceased from evading an arrest based on an eye witness account of a suspected burglary. This action was disputed by the State of Tennessee and the deceased members father‚ each was basing the argument of very opposite ends of the spectrum
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Use of Force Use of Force Serena R. Smith Grand Canyon University JUS 515 Use of Force Use of Force One night‚ a small-town patrol officer stops a car driven by two teenagers. The officer believes that one of them might be responsible for a string of recent burglaries. The teens are questioned‚ and the officer becomes angry at their responses. Over the objections of the teenagers‚ both teens are pulled out of the car and shoved around a little. They are both told that they are under arrest
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