Training Day Even though extreme‚ Training Day shows its audience a real life scenario of the power of temptation and the terror that is happening everyday in many of our inner cities. This film attempts to open our eyes to the idea that no one is immune to corruption‚ not even our police. Training Day is a thought provoking film that addresses the issues of corruption and violence that many people face everyday in our society and makes us face the fact that there is a darker side of the law
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Training Day "In the state of nature the man lives a war on all against all. The man is a wolf for the man." Thomas Hobbes. The movie talks about the inner streets conflicts each day in the U.S‚ a war between residents‚ drug dealers and the people who tries to protect from the other. In the movie this war has a principal character‚ one member of L.A.P.D. Detective Sergeant Alonzo Harris‚ a 13 year veteran narcotics officer who has a hidden methodology that passes the line between legality and
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INTRODUCTION For as long as policing has existed in America‚ there has been misconduct and corruption associated with any given policing agency. Police officer malfeasance can range from minor cases of misconduct to the downright criminal acts that are considered to be corruption. It is important to state here that not all police officers are guilty of misconduct and/or corruption‚ but like everything in our media-based society‚ the ?bad? cops are of much more interest and therefore are what this
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Week 1 Assignment In order for a Police agency to prevent and deter Police misconduct‚ there must be a definition to what actions and behaviors that the term will encompass. The term ‘police corruption’ has been used to describe many activities: bribery; violence and brutality; fabrication and destruction of evidence; racism; favoritism or nepotism. Many different scholars differ in their own examples of the definition. Before attempting to the question of whether a precise definition is possible
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Corruption through the ranks of the United States Criminal Justice System is detrimental to the ethics of the justice system as a whole. Police corruption is undoubtedly a complex phenomenon which affects all parties within a society. A majority of officers show great control and use their authority responsibly and for the overall good of the community. However‚ there are a few officers and departments who have been engrossed by corruption and abuse their authority‚ highlighting the importance of
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The job of a police officer is extremely prestigious and commands a great deal of respect. It can also be very controlling and demanding. They work long and vigorous hours to sustain law and order‚ provide services to the public to guarantee their safety‚ and protection of their property. The satisfaction obtained from knowing that they can protect and defend public lives and property is a big deal. But even with this great deal of responsibility‚ some police officers still tend to break laws and
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The Fine Line between Police Discretion and Corruption Abstract In today’s law enforcement agencies there is a fine line between discretion and corruption. Imagine that you are a police officer‚ you pull over a car that you suspect is driven by someone who has had too much to drink. Upon reaching the window you find that it’s an old friend from school. Do you take him to jail or do you take him home? Police officers have the power to make this decision. In the world of the officer this could
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Police Corruption In America Abstract Police corruption can be dated back to the 1890’s. This is still a major problem with many police agencies as of today. There are some cases where the officers are being paid off by the drug dealers. Police corruption can be resolved by tighten supervision‚ increasing the rules and by the amount of paperwork. Back in the 1890’s corrupted cops where being paid as little as 20 dollars a month
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Deviancy and corruption within police organizations has influenced public’s negative perceptions and attitudes‚ as well as negatively impact the social relationship between the two groups. Policing in America‚ was established to maintain social order by enforcing rules and laws‚ protecting citizens‚ and taking appropriate action to ensure safety and justice. Police officers are expected to exercise “power and authority” while preserving moral character‚ but it is not always the case. Individual morale
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“When you have police officers who abuse citizens‚ you erode public confidence in law enforcement. That makes the job of good police officers unsafe” ― Mary Frances Berry This quote could not be any more accurate during these past few years. Time and time again we have seen how police officers have used their power in ways that they shouldn’t. Due to this‚ society has lost all trust on police officers making the job of good officers unsafe‚ like the quote stated above. It is obvious that there
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