Police pinned down Alton Sterling to the ground when he was selling CDs outside a Baton Rouge convenience store in Louisiana on Tuesday after receiving a tip from an anonymous caller on 911 about Sterling pointing his gun at someone. As Sterling lay immobile‚ the police shot him several times. In the video released on Youtube‚ one of the police officers is seen yelling‚ "He’s got a gun!" After a few seconds‚ Sterling is shot by the cops. Baton Rouge Police Department spokesman Cpl. L’Jean McKneely
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Searches are to protect the officer First affirmative constructive: Resolved: The United States federal government should substantially decrease its authority to detain without charge or to search without probable cause Starting with definitions first is Federal Government “an organization established by the US constitution to make and enforce the laws for the US”. We would like to draw a distinction between the government authorities ( such as police officers‚ DEA‚ FBI etc) and u.s armed
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With so much fire going towards the police department about corrupt or crooked police officers what is the true definition of a corrupt officer? Well‚ a corrupt officer is a police officer that is going against the law for personal gain‚ such as‚ taking drugs for themselves and selling back into the community‚ taking bribes from crime lords and going after people who caused them grief in high school. The dictionary definition of a corrupt is‚ “cause to act dishonestly in return for money or personal
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circumstances revolving around this incident revealed. Officer Dossey attempted to conduct a traffic stop of a bicyclist for a vehicle code violation he observed. The bicyclist fled and a short vehicle pursuit ensued. The suspect made an unsafe turning movement during the pursuit by swerving to the right almost colliding with the patrol vehicle and then back to the left. The suspect then suddenly decreased his speed without signaling causing Officer Dossey‚ who was making a left turn to pursue him‚ strike
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assessment: Being a police officer is an extremely difficult career as they are tasked to deal with a lot of negative aspects of human nature‚ while having to operate within the law and their agency policies. (Dantzker‚ 2011) Being involved with law enforcement is considered to be one of the most dangerous and stressful jobs in existence‚ and because of this‚ agencies must find suitable recruits who can handle these demands in an adequate manner. (Dantzker‚ 2011) For well over 50 years‚ police agencies have
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As a law enforcement officer‚ the fundamental duty is to serve and protect the community. How the police interact with the community‚ influences police ethical and moral behaviors. Police behavior is influenced by ethics and ethics is an important role in a police officer’s everyday life. Police are giving a high level of dependence‚ trust and authority which if provoked‚ can easily cause unethical behavior among certain police officers. Ethics‚ integrity and moral decision is an example of what
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Once a pool of potential candidates for police officer jobs has been established‚ the selection process begins. Candidates will be rated based upon the information gleaned from the recruitment process including an evaluation of each candidates Knowledge‚ Skills Abilities and Other relevant criteria. Candidates will progress through a series of events leading to becoming a New York City police officer beginning with a pre-hire interview‚ a medical exam‚ a written psychological profile exam‚ a physical
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Mexico State Police Officer. An officer’s career can be fulfilling due to the pros‚ although there are also cons. A New Mexico State Police Officer usually patrols a specific area‚ responds to calls that are non-emergency and emergency‚ monitors traffic‚ obtains warrants‚ and arrests. One pro of being a state police officer is that speaking‚ listening‚ and problem solving skills are developed. Along with pros there are also cons. Some of the cons of being a state police officer are: the job
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How Necessary are Body Cameras to Police Officers? Body cameras will catch all misconduct‚ either from a civilian or a police officer on camera and will be used in an investigation if need be. Police departments got the idea to use body cameras because of the recent complaining of civilians over‚ said to be police misconduct. When police officers wear their body cameras‚ police misconduct decreases due to the fact that they will have video proof of the encounter and will be prosecuted if that is
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to not indict the police officer involved in that shooting‚ protests erupted across the country and community leaders called for all police officers to be equipped with body cameras.” There has been many incidents with people police officers killing young people for no reason for no reason. In most cases officers say it was an act of protect because the suspect was going to “hurt them” so they acted first. Nobody really knows what really happened besides the suspect and officer‚ so why not know the
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