Importance of Police Officer Essay

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    in response to the Rodney King video that showed LA Police officers beating an unarmed African- American motorist. On March 3rd 1991 King, a paroled felon led police on a high speed chase through the LA county, he was intoxicated and uncooperative during the arrest. Unbeknownst to the 3 officers, Laurence Powell, Theodore Briseno, and Timothy Wind was involved in the beating of Rodney King while arresting King someone was filming the officers beating King long after he was able to resist. The…

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    and/or verbally attacked by police officers? There has always been a lot of racial profiling all around the world. There are many videos around the INTERNET and on the news that shows police brutality against colored people. Many people have been shot and died right on the spot. Many innocent lives have been lost along the way. Racial profiling is a serious matter happening all around. Even though police officers feel the right to profile people, it is wrong because the police stop people for…

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    4. The officer's testimony is flawed. One of the more common defenses is challenging the observations of the officer that led to the arrest. This often involves introducing witnesses who can substantiate your version of the events. While most of these arguments will not negate a DUI conviction in and of themselves, they may poke holes in the officer's story or lead to a challenge of testing validity. Since much of an officer's testimony against you will be based on observations, you can…

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    In our society, it is important to control those who violate laws in order to keep the public safe. The criminal justice system is given this responsibility. Society relies on those in this system to effectively combat crime. This may sound simple, but many have debated how to efficiently fight crime for years. Two concepts that have been debated are the crime control model and the due process model. The crime control model is a model that encourages surveillance. Those who encourage this…

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    “What has happened is the ‘Stand Your Ground’ Law has become so overarching that the definition has been lost. There’s a lot of people claiming ‘Stand Your Ground.’ Therefore, the “Stand Your Ground” Law is not seen as the purpose of it being made. The “Stand Your Ground” Law is a law that gives the person the right to protect or defend themselves when attacked or threatened. These past few years, innocent African Americans deaths have happened after the law was passed. The defendants claim they…

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    that implemented for the Law Enforcement Officer in my state is Ethics Training. They undergo in the Ethics Training to be informed regarding the right and appropriate values that they need to increase awareness about possible political issues. Moreover, it tends to provide a tough decision in addressing the issues that will arise. The Law Enforcement plays a vital role for the Police Officers. They should be understood what it truly means. The Police Officer needs this oath to protect and…

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    Police brutality Police brutality has been a rising issue for what seems like forever. Every day we have adults and children dying due to the excessive force that some police officers use. The issue with police brutality is that we have less officers serving and protecting and more officers breaking the law. The imbalance in the justice system is ridiculous. Are police departments letting this type of ruthless behavior slide? This is an important issue for society because the police…

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    full account to a member of the police of what they have seen and who committed the crime etc. For example: A murder could have taken place, but many people may have been involved so there would be a full account from multiple witnesses at the scene to find out different suspects and what exactly happened. A good recollection is vital to arrest the criminal. The eyewitness testimony is one of the most accurate ways of finding the culprit of the crime as the police aren’t there to see the people…

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    January 24th, a few friends and I were caught with marijuana and paraphernalia. We hadn’t actually smoked anything yet, but it was clear to campus police that we were about too. After they found us, they searched us for weapons and led us up to a parking lot where their car was. I believe that this is because there was a camera on the back of the police SUV and they wanted to record everything that happened. Once we were up there, they gave us all a phone number and told us we had to call it…

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    Lies And Deception Essay

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    a very big sin depending on what an officer is lying about. A person of the law should never lie but some examples can be when a civilian reports an officer doing something they shouldn’t of done like speeding or turning their lights on to get through a light just so they don’t have to wait. Now when this gets reported an officer could easily lie and say he or she didn’t do this because there is most likely no evidence of this being done and it’s the officers word against the civilians. Now…

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