2. The claim that is being made is that police officer shootings should be dealt with independently and treated as criminal investigations. This is because police officer shootings are usual dealt with as part of the investigation that lead to the shooting in the first place. However, after the shooting of Don Dunphy the question that is now being raised is that should police officer shootings be dealt with separately from the originating crime.
3. The problem is located in Newfoundland, Canada.
4. The groups of people that …show more content…
The imputed causes of the problem are that there are more police officer shootings that go uninvestigated and people are wrongfully killed when it could have been prevented. I believe the fact that police officers are having to shoot people on the scene is causing this problem and therefore the RCMP wants to change the way they are running their investigations.
10. The proposed remedy to this problem is having police officer shootings treated as independent criminal investigations. This would hopefully help police officers do their job lawfully and avoid people getting wrongfully killed. This is because having the shootings treated as criminal investigations puts a lot more responsibility on the officers to do their job correctly.
11. An obstacle that make it difficult to treat the problem is that people believe that police officers should be receiving more support and less suspicion from the RCMP. Some police officers believe that this makes it much more difficult for them to do their jobs if they must worry about the implications of their actions all the …show more content…
The claims-makers appeal to justice as they believe no one should be held above the law, not even the police. The claims-makers are more concerned with the rightful conviction of a criminal instead of protecting their own people, as justice is their main value that they want to uphold.
15. The social positions that the claims-makers hold are very important as the RCMP are the protectors of our society. This is because the RCMP are the law enforcers and they are the people that keep us Canadians safe from harm. That is why they hold such a large stake in the safety and protections of our citizens.
16. The claims-makers have a close relationship with the problem as they are the ones that can help solve the problem and hopefully lessen the problem occurrences. The claims-makers believe they can solve the problem by changing the way they conduct their investigations.
17. The audience for the claims-making are all Canadians as this problem effects everyone. This is because the RCMP are the protectors of our society. Therefore, they want us to understand the problem at hand and how they are coming up with solutions to try to solve the problem and uphold justice in our