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    FYS-Presentation/Midterm test October 14‚2014 Topic: Abuse of power in the police force – There has to be an invisible sun that gives us hope when the whole day is done. Introduction: Nowadays a lot of killings have taken place in various parts of the world e.g. U.S.A‚ U.K and many more. There have been a lot of misconduct with the police force. The reason why I picked this research‚ is due to the abuse of power in the police force. A lot of young people have died‚ because of petty incidences or racism

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    Danny Conroy Police‚ Law & Society Paul Moke 9/20/12 Struggles Facing Women in the Police Force Women have made major progress compared to where they were a hundred years ago. Women once did not work outside the home‚ now they are right up there with men in the jobs category. Most thought that to be a police officer you had to be a male because they are stronger and show less weakness‚ but overtime woman fought back to be allowed in the force. The first woman to become an officer was

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    the security system – the police and the armed forces. Traditionally‚ the police are expected to play the central role in policing that has a narrow law enforcement and crime control or crime repression focus (Greene‚ 2000). Police are therefore traditionally responsible for public order and safety maintenance‚ for law enforcement‚ for intervention in a variety of situations‚ for preventing‚ detecting‚

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    “Have you ever used force?”‚ In the spiel “The use of force” by William Carlos Williams‚ a physician uses force to save a child’s life. Doctors make a promise called the “Hippocratic Oath”. This oath assures that doctors do no harm. The story reveals how force is portrayed by all characters. The doctor uses force by holding the little girl down and the little girl resists which just makes the doctor use added brunt. The parents try to help hold her down but she continues to kick and scream. Using

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    they get to work. It is important that when joining the police force that the agency are able to change the system that will help make sure that the women can do well without worry of being discriminated. Reason with the lack of women not joining the workforce is simply because they don’t get enough awareness of the potential of joining the police force to begin with. There is no one encouraging them to even consider the idea of being a police officer. For men‚ it is already considered for them since

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    Philippine Military and Police Force Today Mendoza‚ A. Pol sci 11 MHG. October 2013. Corruption‚ inefficiency and politicization are the common characters of the Philippine military and police in status quo. The emerging issues and concerns regarding the military and police are what make them be labelled as weak‚ corrupt‚ and insensitive by Filipinos. Soldiers of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) have been demoralised and have done inefficient work on establishing peace and order as

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    Introduction The Virtual Police have set up a Departmental Task Force it has been established to combat the juvenile gangs that plagues our city. This juvenile gang has a violent tendency known to have committed murder‚ sexual assault and robbery. This task force is set up to increase the ability of the VCPD to better serve the people of Virtual. This composed of many police and non-police units‚ which allows for many different approaches to the problem we face. This task force has 6 units and 2 non-departmental

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    James Temple Coms 356 Paper on Lighting I believe an important theme of Touch of Evil is the abuse of power and corruption in the police force. The film follows detectives as they try and find out who planted dynamite in a car which blew up. Detective Hank Quinlan shows up on the scene and has a feeling that the dynamite was planted by someone on the Mexican side. Detective Quinlan is a corrupt detective who does anything he can to drag evil doers to justice. His fellow officers awe him

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    Should the English police carry and use firearms? This essay explores the debate whether the English police carry and use firearms? It is a debate that has been a focal point in the public‚ policing agency‚ government and political arenas since the formation of the police. The English police are well known for their ‘unarmed’ tactic of policing and are only a few police forces worldwide that do so. It was this model of policing that Sir Robert Peel tried to distill from when he first formed the

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    the officers of the law. With the framing of police officers changing from being outstanding citizens who uphold the law‚ to vicious animals who abuse their power‚ one begins to question the reasoning for all the brutality. In

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