Police officers in gun searches face disbelief in courts simply because judges do not believe them or their stories. This is an important issue because this has to do with both our court system and our law enforcement officers, which should be working together to enforce laws and provide justice to individuals that were wronged. For a judge to have this type of problem of disbelief in a court room from a police officer that is truly an ethical issue that should be fixed. I believe that police officers face disbelief because some police officers abuse the authority and power given to them by the state.
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According to the fourth amendment of the U.S constitution, police officers may conduct “reasonable” searches and seizures in order to look for illegal items, stolen property and evidence of crimes. Stop and frisk is used when an officer has reasonable suspicion on an individual, there are two parts to stop and frisk which is the stop and the frisk. For the stop there are two requirements that must be met in order to satisfy the guidelines for a valid stop. For this to occur the police officer must observe unusual conduct that leads him/her to conclude of his/her experience. While conducting a stop an officer must observe then approach that person and identify his/herself and after they can ask questions. Now the frisk is basically the pat down, this is used for the officers own protection and the protection of others in that area. The officer may conduct a carefully limited frisk for the outer clothing of that individual in an attempt to discover weapons that might be used to assault him/her. While conducting a frisk the officer must conduct the pat down, if there is a weapon they will confiscate it and arrest the suspect and finally conduct a full body search after the arrest. This proves to show that gun searches are essential to police officers as they provide reassurance to the officer that the person is not a threat to the
Police officers play a major role in society both crime fighters and public servants. They protect the people and the community while they fight …show more content…
According to the fourth amendment of the U.S constitution, police officers may conduct “reasonable” searches and seizures in order to look for illegal items, stolen property and evidence of crimes. Stop and frisk is used when an officer has reasonable suspicion on an individual, there are two parts to stop and frisk which is the stop and the frisk. For the stop there are two requirements that must be met in order to satisfy the guidelines for a valid stop. For this to occur the police officer must observe unusual conduct that leads him/her to conclude of his/her experience. While conducting a stop an officer must observe then approach that person and identify his/herself and after they can ask questions. Now the frisk is basically the pat down, this is used for the officers own protection and the protection of others in that area. The officer may conduct a carefully limited frisk for the outer clothing of that individual in an attempt to discover weapons that might be used to assault him/her. While conducting a frisk the officer must conduct the pat down, if there is a weapon they will confiscate it and arrest the suspect and finally conduct a full body search after the arrest. This proves to show that gun searches are essential to police officers as they provide reassurance to the officer that the person is not a threat to the