The Powers That Be Of Five By‚ Wanda June Lingle February 9‚ 2013 Page 1 Power is defined by experts as the degree of potential one person has to influence another person ’s behavior‚ values‚ beliefs‚ or attitude. To quantitate the power one has is to determine the likelihood that one person will be influenced by another. There is a greater chance that one person will be influenced by the person with the greater power. Influence is the degree of change that actually occurs in one
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Auxiliary Police The Hong Kong Auxiliary Police Force (HKAPF) currently has 4‚500 auxiliary police officers and known as the best in Asia. It comprises volunteers from all walks of life and has a proud history dating back to its establishment in 1914. The original role of the HKAPF as a trained manpower reserve to support the regular force during times of emergencies has been maintained. The HKAPF continues to render the form and amount of support as determined by the Commissioner of Police in accordance
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Police brutality has been one of the major issues in America for decades and should be resolved immediately. Statistics say that In May of 2015‚ it has been analyzed the 385 fatal police shootings in the United States have occurred so far in 2015. The number‚ which came out to two officer-involved shooting deaths per day‚ was more than twice the rate that the government had recorded over the past decade. That same report found blacks to be killed at three times the rate of whites or other minorities
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Looking back on my eleven years of being a Memphis police officer‚ there has been several times in which I have been faced with an ethical dilemma. A police officer can encounter these types dilemmas on a daily basis. I remember one of the first ethical issues I faced‚ was during my probationary phase. We had been dispatched to a one car accident. The dispatcher advised the complaint was a motorist who observed a vehicle severe off the road hit a guardrail and split a pole. My partner who had relinquished
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Unethical Police Operations When a Police Officer abuses his authority‚ it is called police misconduct. Police misconduct is a broad term used to describe police corruption and police brutality which include violations of state and federal laws‚ the violation of an individual’s constitutional rights‚ the abuse of police authority for personal gain‚ excessive force‚ false arrest and imprisonment‚ malicious prosecution‚ and wrongful death. Police misconduct can often lead to the miscarriage of justice
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Police Brutality in NYC Police brutality is the use of excessive physical force‚ including beating citizens with hands or batons‚ or using guns‚ and even lethal weapons. For the vast majority of citizens‚ this is something they never have experienced. Many police officers go their entire careers without ever having to draw their weapon or even engage in a serious physical confrontation in order to protect themselves or the public from an offender. A very small percentage of law enforcement
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problems may seem different in the eyes of other individuals‚ what may seem major to one could seem like nothing to another‚ but they are still problems. One that interests me and I feel is of major concern happens to be alcohol abuse in police officers. Alcoholism itself is a major social problem‚ but when mixed with policing it may be more dangerous than we think. It all starts with the feeling of being stressed out on the job. Police feel that they have too much to deal with on the job‚ which
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PPP232 As a police officer it is our role to observe‚ think about‚ and solve problems objectively and systematically. Police officers attend a variety of scenarios when working as a general duties officers it is our job to discover the truth; this requires the use of critical thinking and the scientific method of investigation to find the truth. When attending a job and conducting an investigation into a crime or offence police must utilise these skills as critical thinking and the scientific
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Police officers argue that body cameras can deal with privacy issues. Privacy won’t become an issue if some of the police officers actually did their job right. Many of the police departments have been denying to wear body cameras because cameras may prevent people from coming forward as credible witnesses to help assist with investigations‚ due to fear of public exposure and the fear of someone coming after them to kill them. Technological issues related to the cameras may prevent proper functioning
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12/6/16 Police Corruption and Reputation Having a bad reputation can lead to someone being accused of a crime. Bad reputation kind of relates to police corruption‚ which is another topic I’m going to focus on. People’s reputation is being ruined every day and if they aren’t then people are probably talking around trying to ruin it. Police corruption is another issue that is in the world today still. Most cops respect the authority that has been given to them but some do not. “Police officers are
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