To: Carson Earnest From: Victoria Smith Subject: Assignment #2 Police discretion is issued to officers for the purpose of maintaining a just society. Discretion is defined the ability to form decisions based on their own judgment. These decisions are concluded through copious reasons such an officer’s experience or through their own individual backgrounds. Police discretion has the ability to dismiss minor crimes‚ yet laws exist where discretion is invalid and officers must accomplish whatever
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K-9 police officers work closely with their dogs to enforce laws and apprehend criminals. With relatively few positions available in the field‚ an assignment to the canine unit is highly coveted amongst law enforcement professionals. Duties A K-9 handler can use their dog to enforce public order while on patrol. A primary role for police dogs is pursuing and apprehending suspects that attempt to escape law enforcement officers. Dogs tend to be trained for one specialty skill such as identifying
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Police Discretion Police discretion is freedom or the power of state officers to exercise various alternative actions towards a person. A police officer may choose to give a warning‚ issue a ticket of violation or arrest an offender. Not all circumstances allow police to have discretion. According to a research by Carrington and Schulenber (2004)‚ various factors affect police discretion. These factors include the seriousness and the nature of the crime‚ prior contacts with the police‚ injury to
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misguided treatment of civilians by police officers. Particular groups have been targeted more so than others because of either culture‚ religion‚ gender‚ or sexual orientation. A recent light has been shone on the mistreatment of the Aboriginal communities and Aboriginal women. This is an issue that needs a solution for higher quality of life for Aboriginal peoples. This essay examines underlying obstacles that may supply reason for this to occur from police officers and solutions that could possibly
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Police Technology Thesis paragraph Supporting paragraph 1 Supporting paragraph 2 Supporting paragraph 3 Concluding paragraph Police are a very useful law enforcement that will help community around us most of the police officers used their power so much that they take advantage of people. Police officers are here to help around use not to take advantage of people. They invented the new camera that officer may used they are very used full police officer can’t take more advantage after police officers
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Police Discretion Should all police officers of America be advised to enforce the law equally in all situations? Before a justifiable response‚ let’s create a scenario; a full grown man in his early twenties is walking in a residential neighborhood‚ carrying a baseball bat and smashing car windows. Authorities have been called and the man is obstructing both officers that arrived in a squad car- the man is swinging the bat in the direction of the officers and is creating a threat to their lives
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Police History L. Lynette Sweney CJA/214 Jeremy Leach Police History Law enforcement and policing within the United States is one of the components that go into the criminal justice system within the United States. Law enforcement along with the criminal and civil courts and the corrections sections such as jails all come together to establish the criminal justice system we follow today.
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Police Discretion Police discretion is the ability to choose a course of action because of broad limits of power. It "refers to the autonomy an officer has in choosing an appropriate course of action" (The Police In America‚ 113). It "includes authority to decide which of the various means of helping the helpless‚ maintaining order‚ and keeping the peace are best suited to particular circumstances" (www.worldandi.com/specialreport/1989/january/Sa15878.htm). The police need to have discretion
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Police Discretion Should Be Enhanced Police discretion can be defined as can be examined in many ways. A police officer’s belief system consists of his or her beliefs‚ attitudes‚ values‚ and other subjective outlooks. Regardless of any factors‚ there is always room for improvement and police officer’s discretion should be enhanced. All police officer’s use discretion in every situation they encounter. Officers realize they are constantly in the public eye and every move they make
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Republic of the Philippines National Police Commission PHILIPPINE NATIONAL POLICE SANCHEZ MIRA POLICE STATION Sanchez Mira‚ Cagayan SMPS June 01‚ 2014 CERTIFICATION TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: THIS IS TO CERTIFY that based on the Police Blotter of this station‚ as shown on Page No. 6‚ under Entry No. C-2014-014‚ dated June 01‚ 2014‚ the following entries of events exist‚ to wit: Jun. 01‚ 2014/1500H/C-2014-14 SERIOUS PHYSICAL INJURY Stated in this portion is the statement
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