Crime And Victimization Case Study
Crime and Victimization
Week 4 Assignment One
Karen Bridges
Professor Richard Foy
CRJ-100 – Introduction to Criminal Justice
February 3, 2014
The scenario that I chose from Dr. Carla’s O’Donnell’s discussion was the following: The police are called to the corner of Pine St and 32nd Avenue, where Malcolm LaBelle is clearly in a drug-induced delirium. He has stripped down to his underwear, claiming that he has a fever. Two employees of a café nearby attempt to restrain him, but he throws them off and lunges at the officers as they arrive, clawing and biting at them. The correct response was to: Warn him verbally with the potential use of deadly force if he does not cease; if he continues, shoot …show more content…
14 as Ferrell looked for help after a car crash. Police say that Ferrell wrecked his car and went to a nearby house and banged on the door, apparently for help. The resident called police, and three officers responded. Investigators say Kerrick fired 12 shots, 10 of which hit Ferrell. Kerrick was the only officer who fired his gun. Earlier that week, a Mecklenburg County grand jury refused to indict the 27-year-old Kerrick, a former animal control officer, on a voluntary manslaughter charge. Attorney General Roy Cooper decided to send the case to another grand jury because the first grand jury was missing four members. The voluntary manslaughter charge carries a prison sentence of up to 11 …show more content…
In chapter 6, (pg. 132) it talks about deadly force, which is commonly used within the police force. The term deadly force refers to the actions of a police officer who shoots and kills a suspect who flees fro arrest, assaults a victim, or attacks an officer. In this particular case that I chose to discuss above, the victim was neither armed, didn’t flee or assault anyone. He was just trying to get help after a car crash.
According to what we have discovered in the Chapter, the police office should have used “nondeadly force”, in the above case, which begins with a verbal command and then escalate the force used when confronted with a resistant suspect. If the police officer would have chosen this type of force, which is very unlikely to cause death or significant bodily harm. Nondeadly force can range from the use of handcuffs and suspect compliance techniques to rubber bullets and stun
Week 4 Assignment One
Karen Bridges
Professor Richard Foy
CRJ-100 – Introduction to Criminal Justice
February 3, 2014
The scenario that I chose from Dr. Carla’s O’Donnell’s discussion was the following: The police are called to the corner of Pine St and 32nd Avenue, where Malcolm LaBelle is clearly in a drug-induced delirium. He has stripped down to his underwear, claiming that he has a fever. Two employees of a café nearby attempt to restrain him, but he throws them off and lunges at the officers as they arrive, clawing and biting at them. The correct response was to: Warn him verbally with the potential use of deadly force if he does not cease; if he continues, shoot …show more content…
14 as Ferrell looked for help after a car crash. Police say that Ferrell wrecked his car and went to a nearby house and banged on the door, apparently for help. The resident called police, and three officers responded. Investigators say Kerrick fired 12 shots, 10 of which hit Ferrell. Kerrick was the only officer who fired his gun. Earlier that week, a Mecklenburg County grand jury refused to indict the 27-year-old Kerrick, a former animal control officer, on a voluntary manslaughter charge. Attorney General Roy Cooper decided to send the case to another grand jury because the first grand jury was missing four members. The voluntary manslaughter charge carries a prison sentence of up to 11 …show more content…
In chapter 6, (pg. 132) it talks about deadly force, which is commonly used within the police force. The term deadly force refers to the actions of a police officer who shoots and kills a suspect who flees fro arrest, assaults a victim, or attacks an officer. In this particular case that I chose to discuss above, the victim was neither armed, didn’t flee or assault anyone. He was just trying to get help after a car crash.
According to what we have discovered in the Chapter, the police office should have used “nondeadly force”, in the above case, which begins with a verbal command and then escalate the force used when confronted with a resistant suspect. If the police officer would have chosen this type of force, which is very unlikely to cause death or significant bodily harm. Nondeadly force can range from the use of handcuffs and suspect compliance techniques to rubber bullets and stun