SEARCH RESULTS

injury and even death. In some way, the police have a false sense of security in using these devices. Stun guns are thought to b...

as this deal with damage to property during public disorder where property is damaged, but this time it may be purposefully, but i...

(Ghilarducci and Guerin, 1999). SEMS incorporates the following: the "Incident Command System," which is the "field level" respo...

homeland security and especially the Patriot Act, it may well be that the law enforcement agencies of the nation are infringing on...

crimes * Intervene in the operation of the police force when the delivery of police services and the enforcement of the law is who...

(Deontological, Teleological and Virtue Ethics, n.d.). Kants bottom-line position is that individuals should act from the "catego...

Justice notes that in 1999 seven of ten law enforcement officers were employed by offices utilizing in-field computers or terminal...

they are truly a college that cares about what people want to do with their lives because many of the students come to the college...

have enacted certain laws on their own which sometimes provide for testing in a much wider arena. Consider Idaho as an example. ...

private industry employees, law enforcement officials began wondering why they should not be receiving similar rewards. In privat...

is actually weak. It only pertains to the individual. The person is supposedly getting what he deserves, but is society really ben...

of the popular culture. There are in fact many reasons to explain the police officers personality. The relevance of the article is...

In forty four pages this paper examines the law enforcement sector in a consideration of performance rewards and programs based up...

or heart attack. The use of the stun gun might add to the problem. However, studies on these guns suggest that they are not quite ...

as being subordinate to their white counterparts. This perceived image in the testing arena, where individuals are forced to perf...

contend, is fueled by nothing but a lot of "hot air and rhetoric" (Berry, 1995, p. PG). The cycle is not difficult to comprehend:...

national media fascination with the Crips and the Bloods ensured that gang formation would increase and soon be represented throug...

2002). Senior officers are expected to train their subordinates and all officers must have excellent communication and organizati...

or another. As people began to question the integrity of their own government during this time period the propensity for possessi...

"formal code of conduct" will generally be comprised of a guideline of official policies and procedures, as well as applicable st...

the profession in order to "beat people, violate individual constitutional rights or use excessive force" (Swope 80). No one beco...

the subsequent verdict has divided New Yorkers. Since the young, Haitian immigrant was riddled with bullets by police, there have ...

example, a parent might threaten to spank a child and the fear of the spanking would have a deterrent effect. Thus, the child woul...

IV. Conclusion 1. Police officers have a triple burden: a. They are in a helping profession and so are prone to burn ou...

Police Commander replied that "Community policing is about partnerships and problem solving. We do that currently, but we want to ...

a crime. Even a convicted criminal cannot be the subject of punishment meted out by officers whose emotions get out of control. I...

people closer to the processes of arresting suspects and investigating crime scenes than ever before (Getty, 2001). Law enforceme...

job" (Brewer and Wilson, 1995, p. 189). Members of the community feel betrayed when those they look to for protection are, themse...

tights, underpants and shoes were in a rolled-up heap about ten or fifteen feet away.2 She was naked from the waist down, with her...

definition of excessive force is, "the use of any more force than a highly skilled officer should find necessary to use in that pa...