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the officers of the law use dishonest tactics in order to make false arrests, but it does not stop there, they often murder innocent people. It is a common event nowadays; you can see it in mass media: “another African American got killed by the police.” It happens over, and over. Furthermore, those tactics are not random acts committed by officers alone; in several instances, these acts are protected by their superiors. To become an officer of the law, they must take the Law Enforcement Oath of…

“Freeze! put your hands up”. The purpose of the Miranda rights is to safeguard the Constitutional rights of each citizen of the United States of America.The fifth amendment of the Constitution in particular protects the person from incriminating themselves. Imagine if you got arrested and the fifth amendment is not read to you. “Have you been to jail? ‘No?’ Well now you are going there.” Do you ever fear you’re going to jail for no reason without warrant of arrest or trial by jury? How would you…

Rocklin Police Department Thirty miles east of California’s State Capitol lies a unique town called Rocklin. This small town which was originally known as “Secret Ravine” originated in 1860, with a population of 440 and is recognized throughout history for its rock quarries and railroads. Rocklin built its first city jail in the middle of the 1880’s, and was crafted of granite, with a small steel window and door. Each night a watchman patrolled the streets and approximately every evening at…

In a corrections system that is comprised of 2.3 million inmates, an estimated 1 million of those individuals are African American. In 2008, 58% of all inmates were comprised of Hispanics and African Americans. This rate is alarming considering only one quarter of the U.S population is comprised of Hispanics and African Americans (Western, B., & Pettit, B., 2010). It is expected that two- thirds of young African American boys that dropout of school will serve time in the correctional system.…

San Francisco’s Top Bounty Hunter Shot Recent security footage from the San Francisco Police Department shows Dave Holden interviewing a mysterious man before getting shot in the chest with a laser gun. The man has not been identified as of yet, but Ann Marsten, secretary of Senior Officer Chief Garland, says that Holden was undergoing a personality test. The man appeared to be calm before suddenly reaching out for his weapon hidden below the table. After shooting three beams, he darted out of…

The North Hollywood shootouts was of 1997 was one of the reason why modern policing is moving toward militarization. As a results of this incident, made police agencies start to use military grade equipment’s. Sgt. James Zboravan was fresh out of the Police Academy ten years prior when he was made up for lost time in a remarkable gun battle with bank robbers that almost killed him and underscored a strengthening weapons contest in the middle of hoodlums and lawmen. He joined forces with others…

if they tell the police that they committed the crime instead of trying to maintain their innocence (Garrett). “Astonishingly, more than 1 out of 4 people wrongfully convicted but later exonerated by DNA evidence made a false confession or incriminating statement” (Garrett). When the police questioned Brendan they could tell he wasn’t there mentally so they knew they could easily trick him and force him to say what they wanted him to say. The thing that stands out is that police aren’t given…

the appeals from the lower courts. The Supreme courts are the last courts to see appeals and they make the final decisions on cases. The grand bench is composed of the chief justice and 14 justices. They’re 3 petty benches each composed of 5 justices. The cases are first given to the petty benches and then are moved up to the chief justice and 14 justices if the case involves the…

In September I accepted a position as the Mayor’s Chief of Staff at Green Bay City Hall. I worked this job until the middle of February. This was probably my favorite internship because I was assigned to do so many different tasks and assignments. I had done some things for the city where I could see the end result and things I did were brought in at a couple of city council meetings. Dr. David Helpap originally told me to apply for the internship at City Hall. He gave me the right…

“Everyone stay down!” said the chief police officer, Larry. A group of wanted robbers were trying to break into the Cobble Welt Bank and a police officer in training, Sam, was stationed right in front of the Bank exit. This was one of his first big missions and the other police officers put him here so could shut the gate if he wanted to, thinking it would be an easy first job for Sam. Although, Sam lacks self-confidence and is worried that by trapping the robbers in they will come back later…