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On March 16th, 2011 the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) Civil Rights Division released an Investigation of the New Orleans Police Department. The scathing report found that too many officers within the Department lacked regard to constitutional policing; that respect for the civil rights and dignity of the people of New Orleans has been absent (Department of Justice Civil Rights Division, 2011). Additionally, the report found that those officers are just the tip of the iceberg of a…

Public interactions with the police have been highly publicized throughout the news lately. Most of the publicity portrays police officers abusing the system and using violence in order to get the public to do what they want. The technological era is supporting this statement with videos of police officers making questionable decisions. Others believe that police officers are in a tough position and have one of the hardest jobs in the world. They have to make split second decisions that might…

A police officer is given glorious force to protect and serve others behind the reinforcement of government laws to keep the equal powers and stone strong rights we have been given; among the aspects of Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness. Since the early eighteenth century they have been under the light as superhero figures, however in some cases this powerful position has been contradicted through the abuse of individual rights with victims of society. It not only corrupts their…

Rodney King’s case has become one of the most controversial cases in American history. The case in which King was a victim of excessive police force. It exposed the horrific truth of what police forces were capable of doing. The following excerpt of the incident is provided by "Long Road to Justice - Policing the Police and Prosecuting the Klan." “The beating of Rodney King by officers of the Los Angeles Police Department on March 3, 1991, captured on videotape and broadcasted around the world,…

Police officer have been serving and protecting citizens for decades, to first understand what is about to be introduced in this paper we first must understand what police are, and who are the citizens that serve under the badge. The police were invented in England and in the United States roughly around 1825 to 1855, the police were not in a sense created to solve crime, crime was at a low and technically it did not matter because crime had more to do with the acts of an individual. The ruling…

Abstract Civilian Complaint Review Board was put in place for the citizens, whom believed they were being wrongly accuse by the police department. A first assignment to be taken up by the proposed police responsibility commission is a thorough reassessment of the Civilian Complaint Review Board investigative operation, including the procuring, advancement, preparing and supervision of agents; and the foundation of important execution models and suitable caseloads. This reassessment must be…

In the year of 2014 alone, more than 100 unarmed people of color were killed by United States police. Mistaking pill bottles for firearms, running people down with their police cruiser, the causes of death to these 100+ individuals are too high (Unarmed Victims of 2014, 2015). In the modern age, the US police act as though they can do whatever they want, using their badge to justify the actions acted out by hate groups. This leads to the murder of hundreds of unarmed civilians, most of which are…

The image I chose is a photograph of UC Davis students peacefully protesting while sitting down and being pepper sprayed by a University of California Police Officer. The photograph was taken on November 18th, 2011. This image has many elements in it which include the Police Officer using pepper spray, the students sitting peacefully being maced, the spectators watching in shock and anger, and a group of armed officers in riot gear in the background. I found this image interesting because I am…

Scenario #1 Scenario number one begins with team one, my partner and I, we are assigned to conduct traffic enforcement in one area of the city. The next day is my partner and I were praised for a job well done; however, our colleagues in another sector were ridiculed for not making the standards. The second traffic team based our team’s success on the differences in product, the radar detectors, not our work ethic. Finally the second team threatened our team saying “you both better watch out…

This was a significantly fundamental advancement in law enforcement as it was the first time in British history that an organised policing force was introduced and it updated the predated system of watchmen and bow street runners. However, the force was met with varying attitudes from the public, much of which was sensationalised by the media[2]. Other major Acts were implemented to support the Metropolitan police, especially forces outside of London, for example; the Municipal Corporations Act…