The two major roles for officers is the crime-fighting role and the order maintenance role. The difference is how crime is handled. For the crime-fighting role, their approach is more upright by battling and eliminating crime hands on. Another way to describe it can be “kicking ass and tacking names.” For the order maintenance role, they handle crime by tying to prevent before it happens. This role is a lot about peace, they want to keep peace like the crime-fighting role, but in the end, they don’t want to battle to be rewarded that peace.
The police role has more focus on terrorism since 9/11. I don’t want to say that terrorism was not an issue in America before 9/11, but it was for sure not focused on as much as it now. Especially …show more content…
- Legalistic is more of an enforcer of the law and doesn 't excuse minor crimes. - Service has more of a focus on the community. - What I see more of is more of the legalistic role. I feel like I see more officers enforcing the law and eliminating crime, rather than preventing it like the watchmen role.
3. Police discretion is the choice or power of the officer to let the violator go away with a warning or to take action. An example could be to give the speeding driver a ticket or to give them a warring. - Police officers use discretion as a way to show the community that they are more focused on crimes that are more sever. Discretion is also used as a way to show that officers are not robots without feelings that hand out tickets with no care. 4. I do think that police officers overuse their force at times. Sometimes too much power can go to a person’s head. Since officers are humans, it is not hard for an officer to make a mistake and abuse the power they have. - “Fleeing-felon is a rule in which an officer can not use deadly force on an escaping suspect unless they are a serious threat to the people around …show more content…
I thought the article I found was very interesting. It was about how officers in Milwaukee would be wearing cameras on the uniform. This article got me thinking because I thought it was interesting to think about all the new possibilities that officers would have when they equipped with these cameras. On top of having these cameras, police officers would have discretion to turn off the camera or keep it on when dealing with victims or witnesses. Some examples of turning off the camera would be when an officer is interviewing a sexual assault victim or child victims. Other than interviews with victims, the camera would be turned off in places where privacy is expected, such as restrooms and lockers. A 12-page body camera policy went for an initial review last month, giving it the first chance for public discussion. The policy was drafted after consultation with the Police Executive Research Forum, International Association of Chiefs of Police, the American Civil Liberties Union and Milwaukee beat
The police role has more focus on terrorism since 9/11. I don’t want to say that terrorism was not an issue in America before 9/11, but it was for sure not focused on as much as it now. Especially …show more content…
- Legalistic is more of an enforcer of the law and doesn 't excuse minor crimes. - Service has more of a focus on the community. - What I see more of is more of the legalistic role. I feel like I see more officers enforcing the law and eliminating crime, rather than preventing it like the watchmen role.
3. Police discretion is the choice or power of the officer to let the violator go away with a warning or to take action. An example could be to give the speeding driver a ticket or to give them a warring. - Police officers use discretion as a way to show the community that they are more focused on crimes that are more sever. Discretion is also used as a way to show that officers are not robots without feelings that hand out tickets with no care. 4. I do think that police officers overuse their force at times. Sometimes too much power can go to a person’s head. Since officers are humans, it is not hard for an officer to make a mistake and abuse the power they have. - “Fleeing-felon is a rule in which an officer can not use deadly force on an escaping suspect unless they are a serious threat to the people around …show more content…
I thought the article I found was very interesting. It was about how officers in Milwaukee would be wearing cameras on the uniform. This article got me thinking because I thought it was interesting to think about all the new possibilities that officers would have when they equipped with these cameras. On top of having these cameras, police officers would have discretion to turn off the camera or keep it on when dealing with victims or witnesses. Some examples of turning off the camera would be when an officer is interviewing a sexual assault victim or child victims. Other than interviews with victims, the camera would be turned off in places where privacy is expected, such as restrooms and lockers. A 12-page body camera policy went for an initial review last month, giving it the first chance for public discussion. The policy was drafted after consultation with the Police Executive Research Forum, International Association of Chiefs of Police, the American Civil Liberties Union and Milwaukee beat