Scenario 1
Being on the parole board puts you in positions that require you to make life changing decisions for a variety of people. You have the final decision for the inmate trying to get their life on the right path and also the responsibility to look out for the best interest of the public. Releasing a dangerous individual that’s likely to reoffend can cause numerous of problems later on down the road which may include lawsuits and potential loss of job. Every decision a parole member makes has to be made with a strong conviction that the offender will not reoffend. They have to take into consideration,
“primarily the risk to the public of a further offence being committed at a time when the prisoner would otherwise be in prison and whether …show more content…
She has to make the choice to help her fellow officer or lock up a potential drug dealer for a night. Linda should tell the dispatcher that she’s available for backup due to the recent chastising her department has received over petty crimes. For this situation we have to look at the bigger picture because it impacts more than the individual. As of right now the police department has decided to prioritize certain crimes because some are time extensive and do not have a high success rate of clearing. They have been overworked and overbooked for a long time and the prosecutor’s office has issued complaints against them. It would be in Linda’s best interest to stay loyal to her unit and play a supportive role. The burglary in progress call could potentially go south and put a fellow officer in danger while the suspect Linda confronts didn’t pose an immediate danger. We also have to consider that releasing him back into the public without knowing who he is can be dangerous. I think it would be best to destroy the vials before letting him go just to discourage any further bad behavior for the night. You don’t want to overload the court system with a petty case like this, Booking and processing the person wouldn’t be worth the department’s time because they are likely going to drain resources and manpower. Linda shouldn’t put herself in a position that isolates her from the department. She should look to maintain that sense of loyalty and unity within the department. A four hundred dollar drug bust isn’t worth causing conflict within the department. Arresting this individual on these miniscule charges is just going overload the stressed department. Linda just has to be careful about the amount of discretion she’s using. She can’t let this become a habit of letting petty individual crimes go. This gives the police force too much
Being on the parole board puts you in positions that require you to make life changing decisions for a variety of people. You have the final decision for the inmate trying to get their life on the right path and also the responsibility to look out for the best interest of the public. Releasing a dangerous individual that’s likely to reoffend can cause numerous of problems later on down the road which may include lawsuits and potential loss of job. Every decision a parole member makes has to be made with a strong conviction that the offender will not reoffend. They have to take into consideration,
“primarily the risk to the public of a further offence being committed at a time when the prisoner would otherwise be in prison and whether …show more content…
She has to make the choice to help her fellow officer or lock up a potential drug dealer for a night. Linda should tell the dispatcher that she’s available for backup due to the recent chastising her department has received over petty crimes. For this situation we have to look at the bigger picture because it impacts more than the individual. As of right now the police department has decided to prioritize certain crimes because some are time extensive and do not have a high success rate of clearing. They have been overworked and overbooked for a long time and the prosecutor’s office has issued complaints against them. It would be in Linda’s best interest to stay loyal to her unit and play a supportive role. The burglary in progress call could potentially go south and put a fellow officer in danger while the suspect Linda confronts didn’t pose an immediate danger. We also have to consider that releasing him back into the public without knowing who he is can be dangerous. I think it would be best to destroy the vials before letting him go just to discourage any further bad behavior for the night. You don’t want to overload the court system with a petty case like this, Booking and processing the person wouldn’t be worth the department’s time because they are likely going to drain resources and manpower. Linda shouldn’t put herself in a position that isolates her from the department. She should look to maintain that sense of loyalty and unity within the department. A four hundred dollar drug bust isn’t worth causing conflict within the department. Arresting this individual on these miniscule charges is just going overload the stressed department. Linda just has to be careful about the amount of discretion she’s using. She can’t let this become a habit of letting petty individual crimes go. This gives the police force too much