Police Essay

On Police Misconduct Abuse of authority is not a new idea. Existing since literally the dawn of civilization, it is easily recognized as human nature. Regardless, there has never been, and will never be, an excuse for combining power and malice. Police misconduct has been brought to the public’s attention with the relatively recent rise in availability of video recording. This analysis of police misconduct will examine cause, effect, and prevention. Causes of police misconduct aren’t regarded as…

Anti-Police movement in the USA About 1.2 million law enforcement agents in the United States are good citizens who risk their lives to protect and to serve the innocent. But with high tech now capturing dubious incidents caused by unprofessional acts of very few Police Officers, it is easier for some people to stablish an argument and in many cases, easier to distortion the truths and condemn the entire Law Enforcement community. Police Officers are citizen in the service of their country with…

To become apart of New York’s finest police department, you must complete 639 training hours stretched over a six-month period. That is just under twenty-seven days total to become someone who has a very powerful task to perform for the next 35+ years of their lives. In comparison, a hairdresser in the state of New York has to undertake 1000 hours of training to become licensed. That is a little under forty-two days to cut, color, and style hair in the state of New York city. More training is…

Police officers have three main functions, which are law enforcement, order maintenance, and the service function. Police interact with a lot of different people on a daily basis, ranging from criminals to law abiding citizens. Depending on the person they are interacting will depict the way they would react. Furthermore, if they are dealing with a criminal they would act more in law enforcement mode, if they are dealing with a citizen they may be in the service mode by providing assistance to…

century policing, the shift from the police being solely responsible for policing cyberspace have been extending to the people that need the policing as well as partner agencies both private and governmental. Following Nolan’s standard of conduct in Public Office namely: Selflessness, Integrity, Openness, Objectivity, Honesty and Accountability, each failure listed can be found to be lacking in one or more of these standards. It is the lessons learned and the recommendations from these inquiries…

Historically, the police force of this city has not at all been reflective of the community in which it operates, particularly with regard to racial and ethnic characteristics. To that end, this document outlines a recruitment and hiring campaign for the police force that will endeavor to create a police force that is more inclusive, increasingly diverse, and can hopefully then begin to bridge the many gaps and heal wounds that currently exist between the community and the police force that…

Has Police Use of Force Become too Excessive According to the National Institute of Justice, police enforce social order through the legitimized use of force. Use of force describes the “amount of effort required by police to compel compliance by an unwilling subject (http://www.theiacp.org)”. The levels, or continuum, of force police use include basic verbal and physical restraint, less-lethal force and lethal force (http://www.nij.gov). With that being said, an officer’s goal in apprehending a…

Suspect demeanor is an often-studied extra-legal individual determinant on police behavior. It is believed that the likelihood of arrest increases when a suspect displays hostile demeanor or disrespect toward a police officer (Klinger, 1994). Researched in this area has focused on determining the legitimacy of this claim. Does displaying hostility toward police officers directly increase the chance of arrest? A majority of the research conducted in this area would agree that hostility does…

The Militarization of State and Local Police in the United States Military functions and police functions vary. The main function of the police is to maintain order within a community. While crime fighting is one aspect of their job, according to a study conducted in Baltimore by Christine N. Famega, James Frank, and Lorraine Mazerolle, about 76% of an officer 's time is undirected, while only 19% of their time is actually spent answering calls for service and the other 5% is directed…

Studies of police effectiveness over the last 30 years show that the most effective police strategies are those that are focused on areas, places, and offenders that account for disproportionate amounts of crime and disorder. When police focus on problems, areas, places, and specific offenders, they can have a significant impact on overall crime levels. No matter how many police officers a city has, there never seems to be enough to do all things that the community ask of them (Boba Santos and…