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and experience to the test” (Inner body). Special Weapons and Tactics were first created in the 1960s by young commander Daryl Gates. LAPD team is the most talked about by many departments and people. It was created in Los Angeles after a couple of sniping incidents against civilians they feared gunman outperforming police in a shootout. The first Special Weapons and Tactics unit had 15 four teams. The men that volunteered had military background. The SWAT is trained to control riots, high risk…

This “Dirty Scandal” took place in the New York City Department in 1992-1995. Thirty-three officers were charged with several law violations, including extortion, civil rights conspiracy, grand larceny, and narcotics distribution. It was one of the largest collection of police officers with corruption charges in almost a decade. Those officers were not acting alone, they were organized group under the leadership of - mentioned above - Kevin P. Nannery. Because of this scandal, not only that many…

Lastly, many officers commit unfair actions, overstep their boundaries, and blatantly break the laws when detaining suspects. Police officers are obligated to remove threats to society, otherwise there would be chaos within society. Be that as it may it does not excuse their actions on people who for all they know is a regular person,“Police responded to a police station to take custody of a person wanted on a state warrant. When they arrived, they encountered a different man — not the subject…

Police a force designed by governments around the world to protect citizens and enforce laws for various countries required to have peace. In recent times police brutality in the United States has gone to far when officers try to apprehend criminals in major cities like Los Angeles, Chicago, New York, and Washington DC, etc. There have been many major cases of police brutality in the USA, one major case being the death of Freddie Grey in Baltimore. There any many things people are doing to stop…

Why is there such wide spread hatred towards police in the world right now? Especially in the United States? Some may say that is was sparked by the Michael Brown shooting in Ferguson Missouri in 2014. Michael Brown was an 18 year old who was fatally shot by Ferguson Police Officer Darren Wilson. Mr. Brown before the shooting was strong arm robbing a local convenience store. Officer Wilson was dispatched to the call. Wilson approached him and started to back up towards his car. They then…

In today’s society being a police officer is more difficult and dangerous than it has ever been before. An officer has many duties and they consist of enforcing the laws while making sure not to infringe on a person’s property or life. Officers are forced to make many split second decisions and when they don’t react correctly the media heavily scrutinizes them. This causes the community to mistrust its officers and can lead to a bad relationship between both parties. Along with the stresses of…

Police Brutality and Chest Cameras In recent years, we’ve noticed an increase in claims of police brutality. However, without any hard evidence, they’re just that: claims. With such controversial events such as the Mike Brown, Eric Garner, and John crawford shootings, police brutality and racism has become more and more in the forefront of the public eye. Some have suggested improvements and precautions for the police to take, such as chest cams in addition to already existing dash cams. Are…

Ever since sophomore year of high school I’ve always wanted to become a police officer. When we were told to go to the website ihaveaplaniowa.gov to take tests to figure out what kind of jobs we would like, corrections were one of the first results. I knew I didn’t want corrections, but something along those lines seemed to sound right for me. I thought about it then I knew I wanted to be a police officer. Dealing with crimes while they were taking place, chasing down ‘bad guys’, and just simple…

people who were upset there were a number of different social groups and people from different ethnic groups who also saw the wrong in the actions of the officer. It caused the mayor to take action and change some laws and precautions as to how the police force runs in Chicago. Then you have other politicians and government officials who exposed how much hatred they had for different races and how stereotypes can consume the thoughts and minds of individuals. It was quite sad to see a teenage…

Wal-mart is a large big box retail store that sells a wide variety of products. In the past, Wal-mart has done some dishonest things, “A New York times story alleged that Wal-mart bribed officials in Mexico to allow the company to open stores in Mexico” (Mielach 3). Also that is not all that has been learned about Wal-mart, notice that in general, “The only studies that support Big Wally are funded by or through Wal-mart” (Barrison 3). That is just a bit suspicious is it not? However, the…