The use of force by law enforcement becomes necessary and is permitted under specific circumstances‚ such as in self-defense or in defense of another individual or group. (Peak‚ (2015). I feel‚ law enforcement should acquire enough use of force which is necessary to gain control of a situation. The levels or continuum of force police use include basic verbal and physical restraint‚ less-lethal force and lethal force. (Peak‚ (2015). Throughout our history‚ police agencies have faced allegations
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) Police are a “body of officers representing the civil authority of government.” (Banton) Police are responsible for maintaining public order and safety‚ enforcing the law‚ and preventing and investigating any criminal activities. The existence of American law enforcement has been around since the first Europeans landed in North America. America inherited much of its government policies from Great Britain. “The first Europeans who landed on our shores‚ found a strange and wondrous new land‚ inhabited
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Integration of the Police Force The local police departments along with the Erie County Sherriff’s are soon too integrated into one force. This paper will talk about three problems that will arise from this integration and then three solutions for each one of these problems. With that there will be drastic changes‚ from rank structure‚ to pay grades‚ to how they will operate as one force rather than different precincts. This means that they have to find a way of going about this drastic change
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The Rise of Police Brutality Police in society have the role of maintaining order and safety by enforcing policies and laws. These roles provide a special authoritative power over the general population that can sometimes be misused. Unjustified loss of civilian life and other forms of assault by police officers can be explained by the following reasons: a fear of harm that causes knee-jerk negative fight or flight reactions‚ an invalid fear based on racism‚ and a lack of proper de-escalation training
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Regardless of the fact that both the Police College and Police Force have been striving to promote in its formal structure‚ this study shows that informal channels of bias were still largely affected by perceptions and influence cadets’ training the College or their duties in the Police Force. It is investigated that the Police College is highly gender-segregated‚ which female and male cadets merely know each other and have minimal interactions. We can tell little effort was paid to challenge and
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When examining the issue of police use-of-force‚ the issue of what conduct constitutes too much force must also be addressed. The legal assessment for excessive force is whether the officer reasonably believed such force was necessary to accomplish a lawful police purpose (McEwen‚ 1996). Another concern for many is the possibility of racial profiling among certain officers. Allegations of the use of excessive force by police officers have fueled the debate over possible racial profiling and have
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When American police officers become the criminals‚ who do American citizens call for help? It was not until 1838 when the city of Boston officially instituted the United States of America’s first police department‚ marking the start of the officer’s role in society‚ Throughout the years‚ it has grown to be one of the most popular occupation choices for children; respect for authority continues to course through the minds of most adults today. Regrettably‚ only a few adults learn about the sporadic
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agreed-upon definition of use of force. The International Association of Chiefs of Police has described use of force as the "amount of effort required by police to compel compliance by an unwilling subject”.” (NIJ‚ 2001) The amount of force used by police officers and whether it was appropriate or not is a battle the people have been having with officers across the country. In certain situations‚ the amount of force used by an officer has been necessary in settings where the officer feels that his or
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Looking briefly at the history of the American police‚ the police force is structure based off the English boobies in the 18th century. Drawing heavily on English practice‚ the United States police force had a rocky start. “Crime-particularly crimes like murder‚ robbery‚ rape‚ and burglary…was rare in the earliest colonies…this was largely due to the fact that they were settles by small and fairly homogeneous groups…”(Vila page 2). Not only did the police force have little to now power or structure in
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Gender Discrimination In Police Force Smarmy And Perfunctory Efforts Academic misconduct as defined in the “Guidelines on Ethical Scholarship‚ Academic Literacy and Academic Misconduct” is any activity or practice engaged in by a student that breaches explicit guidelines relating to the production of work for assessment‚ in a manner that compromises or defeats the purpose of that assessment. Students must not engage in academic misconduct. Penalties for academic misconduct vary according to seriousness
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