Police brutality has become a hot topic in several states around the country. Several grass root movements have begun to pop up. The majority of people view police officers as “heroes” ; However then realize that‚ that isn’t always the case. Sadly‚ all police action is being questioned‚ officers are also questioning each other. Several police officers have a mentality that makes them believe that they’re above the law and feel a sense of authority over society. They demand respect from civilians
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A Career as a Police Officer A Career as a Police Officer Abstract This paper discusses three major aspects of becoming a police officer: job description‚ qualifications‚ and compensation. I would love to become a police officer. It is a good job even though it’s a risky job depending on where you are working‚ but it is worth it. It has good benefits and a reasonable salary. Most important is that I think it will be a challenging and rewarding career‚ and I think with my natural curiosity
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of force inherent in the state’s police capabilities can avert the need for wholesale repression. But a colonial has to be cautious in arming a police force; most of them are recruited from a
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fatal police shooting has made it to court from 2010‚ two-thirds of police cases never went to a grand jury‚ and of those 49 cases that made it to the grand jury‚ only 9 involved an indictment because the grand jury was only asked to determine if the shooting was justified or unjustified (Schrade and Peebles). A shooting involved case that received national recognition (not military related) was the death of Kathryn Johnston‚ a 92-year-old woman who was tragically killed by two Atlanta police officers
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their platforms and getting it to millions of citizens. The media can greatly stress out police department in many ways especially when they release false information to the public. In today’s society people want information as quickly as possible‚ media outlets fight to get the information out first and gaining an audience no matter if the information they have is accurate or not. It is important for police departments to be transparent with the media no matter how it affects the department they
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What goes through your mind when you hear the word racism? To many people racism is the belief of someone’s physical characteristics is better than the other race’s characteristics. What racism brings is division and elimination of another race. Racism has been a huge part of history from egyptians enslaving Jewish people to America being divided to end enslavement. Racism took a great turning point when Martin Luther King Jr. fought for black people around America for equality and help inspired
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describing a mothers frustration with the lunch menu at public schools.“ The Veggie Police” and “ Lunch Menu Options” display a level of frustration as well as viable options. Both of these feelings were portrayed with different tones. This technique shows the readers how the same point can be made in different ways. The first email‚written in a familiar tone‚a problem as well as frustration is shown. In “ The Veggie Police” the author writes using popular short hand‚ for example the ending “ TTYL”. Emphasis
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Unit 8 Assignment CJ340 06 Professor Anthony Scarpelli Peter bisher January 06‚ 2011 My first interviewee officers jack Davidson‚ patrolman from Somers point police department. When interviewing Patrolman Davidson‚ I found the following to be his impressions of the police force in general. Officer Davidson spoke of why ethics and character are important in the field of law enforcement. His response was that ethics and character go hand in hand. In law enforcement it seems that there
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The term police state describes a state in which the government exercises rigid and repressive controls over the social‚ economic and political life of the population. A police state typically exhibits elements of totalitarianism and social control‚ and there is usually little or no distinction between the law and the exercise of political power by the executive. Pierre Claude‚ R. "Human Rights and Statistics". University of Pennsylvania Press The inhabitants of a police state experience restrictions
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they were in the 1800’s. Peel established the Metropolitan Police when he served as Home Secretary of England. Since Sir Robert Peel introduced his principles of policing in the early 1800’s‚ our country has continued to follow his ideas of effective policing. Community policing is based on Peel’s concept of prevention. According to one of Peel’s principals‚ the real key for policing is "The police are the people and the people are the police". Peel believed that prevention of crime could be accomplished
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