...Braud Section 50 English 2000 22 April 2015 Police Brutality: Who’s To Blame? I. Introduction It’s a routine traffic stop, and the police officer is slowly approaching your car. You are asked to step out of the car to speak with the officer, but you are disturbed by the officer’s tone. The two of you begin to talk, and the officer begins to accuse you of violations you think you did not commit. Talking turns into arguing, and arguing turns into something much worse. Now you find yourself in handcuffs, and pinned to the cold, blue hood of the officer’s car even though you are now trying to obey every order. The officer does not care and begins to assault you. Moments later you are lying on the ground defenseless while the officer is calling for back up, and your worse nightmare has come true. Now what if I told you that the scenario you have read could have been avoided? That same officer had complaints filed against him, but nothing was ever done about it. Approximately 33% of officers are convicted of their crimes that commit police brutality meaning a staggering 67% are let back in the streets (Web). With more officers not being convicted of their crimes, there has been a steady rise in police brutality. This tells society that this behavior amongst the police has been accepted by the by the bureaucratic systems that oversee local law enforcement. Too many people around the country are being mistreated and killed by officers because of their misjudgment or their intentions...
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...Law Enforcement (Police Officer) Something that I wanted to do my whole life is to become a police officer. This is why, half of my parents friends are police officers and they show me what they do and not do. My match for the occupation was a 67% in www.yourfreecareertest.com. The category I was best placed for was Law Enforcement also know as a police officer. Police officer are very caring unless you break the rule or if you do something bad. Police officers make a lot of money when they do well and have a good degree but I found out that the starting salary for a law enforcer is about $33,050, the average salary for law enforcement is $55,770. There are many responsibilities that police officer need to do like Running a county jail, they need to do this to keep people from doing bad stuff like dealing drugs and sneaking stuff in, another thing law enforcers can do are to executing arrest warrants, they do this to tell the person or their lawyer what they did and why...
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...than violent action. Why is the command of temper important to the demeanor of the typical police officer? A police officer wants to defuse the situation as quickly and as quietly as possible without causing harm to him and others. Do you feel that enough has been done in law enforcement to develop the proper demeanor of law enforcement officers? The police offices have training to teach them a pyramid of how to respond to a specific threat level. If you were the chief of police of a local law enforcement organization with the opportunity to establish guidelines on developing the demeanor of law enforcement officers, what methods would you utilize? Make things as easy and as quiet as possible in order to keep the peace as best as you can when it comes to handling threats. The selection and training of personnel is perhaps one of the most important areas of responsibility that a department has for its employees. If you were the police chief, describe the areas in which you feel your officers would benefit the most from training, and explain briefly why you chose those areas of training. I would focus more on a person’s attitude and how to assess a situation with as little of threat as possible! Unit 1 Individual Project 3 Principle II 2. The securing and training of proper persons is at the root of efficiency. Why is the command of temper...
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...Tucker 4/8/2015 AIUOLINE Abstract Am a patrolman and the chief of police asked me to head up the training department which includes the police academy and annual training of the police officers? I have been asked to give a class to every police officer concerning the two principles and how they pertain to the questions that I will go over. The first principle is no quality is more indispensable to a policeman than a perfect command of temper; a quiet, determined manner has more effect than violent action. The second principle is the securing and training of proper persons is at the root of efficiency. The chief wants me to tell how these principles pertain to these questions. The first set of questions is why is the command of temper important to the demeanor of the typical police officer? What can be achieved with it, and what can happen without it? The next set of questions are has enough been done in law enforcement to develop the proper demeanor of law enforcement officers? Can you find research that suggests that demeanor training is a core part of law enforcement training, or is demeanor training needed to be included in law enforcement training? The next set of questions is if you were the chief of police of a local law enforcement organization with the opportunity to establish guidelines on developing the demeanor of law enforcement officers, what methods would you utilize? The chef wants to know how these principles are applied to each other and how they are applied...
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...THE DAMAGING EFFECTS OF BEING AN OFFICER OF THE LAW Traniecsia Walker Gathering Research Data Paper Week 2 CJA/334 - RESEARCH METHODS IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE Instructor: RHONDA GRANT Schedule:09/08/2015 - 10/12/2015 Police Officers And The Damaging Consequences of The Job Abstract Patrolling the country’s back-alleys and crime hotspots does not seem like something the average person would want to do. It takes an extraordinary person to dedicate their life to ensuring safety at home. Police Officers spend countless hours at work, answering the heralds of criminal activity that may endanger their lives. Some married divorced officers even blame the job for the destruction of their marriage. They suffer from paranoia, depression and insomnia, which could lead to a total mental breakdown due to the pressures of the job. There are instances in which officers express regret or guilt over certain decisions that they made while expressing how truly difficult it is to an officer of the law. What do they get for these years of torture? Are they satisfied with the treatment they have received from society post retirement? After a little research I reached the conclusion that most of them are and there are various reasons as to why they feel comfortable in a world in which they saw from a different light. Police Officers And The Damaging Consequences of The Job Psychological and Personal Risks to being an Officer Of The Law Thousands of man-hours...
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...DISCUSSION RESPONSES 1. Do you believe that the media plays a role in how families and the community perceive law enforcement after highly energized brutality event between the police and a minority member? Explain your answer Yes, the media like any other Television show makes their money when people tune in and watch the broadcast. So how can the media make the story more appealing to the public? They tailor the truth to fit the audience that is tuning in. For example Telemundo, a popular Spanish channel. When dealing with issues of immigration or Border Patrol they paint the Border Patrol as always in the wrong. Any time a Border Patrol agent gets in a shooting and kills a Hispanic member of the community. Telemundo will with holds facts and only puts out facts that will paint the victim as a saint. Why? The majority of people that tune in to Telemundo are Hispanic. Question pulled from the article "Police Brutality in America" at: http://dissidentvoice.org/2010/07/police-brutality-in-america/ 2. Why do you believe minority groups, families, and the community react so quickly and with such a strong beliefs of guilt, immediately after a police brutality event when the facts of the event are not known? Two reasons why this happens. One the past has showed that police brutality did and does happened. In the past due to racism it happened a lot more. The officer received no training in different culture that would allowed them to do their jobs properly. Now...
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...probation officer for the Santa Clara county. Since Mr. Adair retirement in 2001, he had over 30 years of experience working with adults and juveniles. During his years in the Santa Clara county, Mr. Adair worked side by side with police officers and judges to help better lives for paroles.It all started when he enrolled at San Jose City College in the late 1960s and had received his associate degree in Family Therapy. Once received his associate degree, Mr. Adair had a job opportunity to work with adults in the probation department. After hard work, he transferred to juvenile probation department. One of the first questions that was asked, is what led to me Mr. Adair down the career path of becoming a probation officer for the Santa Clara county? The journey started when Mr. Adair was a young up and always looked up to police officers in his hometown of...
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...Do you ever feel like you need to have an ordinary traffic stop recorded? With so many people putting rumors of police brutality out to the public, some people may feel unsafe with the police. Police should wear body cameras because it can give evidence, would show how an officer reacts to every situation ,and it would give people the feeling of safety. "Why did he have to do that," says a victims parent. With so many claims of people being shot for no apparent reason, it is hard to not be afraid that they are right. If you put a body camera on an officer and someone says they are abusing power, we would know who was in the wrong during an official trial. For example, you can see people being abused by a police officer. A police sergeant was shown instructing a citizen that they are not allowed to record a traffic stop. He is saying it is a new state law except there is no suck law in North Carolina... He was stopped at a labeled drug house picking up someone as a taxi. As he recorded the incident the officer pulled our a drug dog, and...
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...The Influence my Grandfather had on my Career Field, Criminal Justice Have you ever lost someone that was so important to you, that you just didn’t really know where your life would go from there? Well I lost my best friend, my Grandfather. He and I did absolutely everything together, and he is the reason why I’m studying Criminal Justice. My Grandfather was a police officer for fifty-two years. And he always told me to strive for my dreams, and never let anyone or anything stop me or hold me back. Before he passed away, he told me that he knew I was sad and I didn’t want to lose him. So he Proceeded to tell me how strong, smart, and determined I was. Then asked me what I truly wanted to do with my life and my future. So I told him that I wanted to follow in his footsteps. He smiled at me and said “I love you Ang, and if that is what you truly want to do, I will be with you, and guide you through your endeavors.” After he passed away, I slipped into a depressed state, and I missed a lot of school. Then one day, I woke up and it felt like a burst of confidence swept over me. I knew at that moment, it was my Grandfather telling me not to worry about him anymore, that he was in a better place where he didn’t suffer or hurt anymore. So I started going back to school, and graduated High School with a 3.6 GPA because I knew I could do and be anything in this world, because I had my Guardian Angel looking over me from Heaven. When I first started at Sinclair, I was weary at first...
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...The argument would be filing a complaint, which some police officers give such a hard time on citizens by refusing to supply them the form. The CBS4 News has evidence on the type of behavior police officers demonstrate when a citizen simply requests for a complaint form. A citizen has every right to request a complaint form. Although there are some, police departments that do not offer that option. Some officers in certain stations fight verbally and in some cases get a bit physical by restraining citizens. There is just simply too much drama to go through just for a complaint. The policies and procedures almost mean nothing to most of the Miami Police departments. Mike Kirsch was arrested by officer Perez on a felony count of resisting arrest by violence along with two misdemeanors; assault on a police officer and disorderly conduct. The title of the article is “Journalist Mike Kirsch Gets Criminal Charges Reduced” by author Tovin Lapan. With the help of Mike’s lawyer Michael Tein, they sought evidence on the officer that turns out has quite a record for being “rude and condescending”. This evidence helped clear his name and drop the charges except for the felony that was now a misdemeanor without...
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...Data Paper Police officers are viewed by the masses of Americans that they are sworn to protect as the men and women in blue. They have sworn to protect the innocent and keep them from harm’s way and in turn do much more than that for their community. It takes an extraordinaire person to be a police officer. They are someone who is willing to dedicate their lives, health and safety in order to protect those who depend on them. In this paper we will attempt to address and research an interest that has been voiced concerning police officers and their jobs. In this paper we will state the purpose behind our proposed research. We will inform you of the interview structure we will use and we will inform you as to some of the questions that we would ask. We will give distinct advantages of a qualitative data-gathering strategy, such as participant observation, over more qualitative approaches. We will inform you when conducting survey research the importance of informed consent and confidentiality. It is a common conception that police officers choose their particular career path simply because they are inheriting a family member’s desire. They choose to be an officer because their father or their mother or a relative was an officer. It is a common conception that officers are not chosen they are inherited and expected to be from family. This area of interest is something that would be well suited for that of research and a study. How many police officers performing duties...
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...witnessed police brutality either in person or on TV? In a Washington Post article by Kimberley Kindy, she stated “at least 385 people were shot and killed by police nation during the first five months of this year, more that two a day, according to a Washington Post analysis. That is more than twice as much of fatal police shootings tallied by the federal government over the past decade, a count that officials concede is incomplete”. Police brutality in the United States is a huge problem today. Each month you hear about more stories about the police using excessive force on a person. There have been endless cases of innocent, harmless, and unarmed people losing their lives or being assaulted because cops end up using excessive and sometimes deadly force to “protect” themselves from an absent danger. However the public had to do something about this. In many of these cases of police brutality someone has recorded it. Is recording a police interaction illegal? In an article by Steve Silverman, he states “you can record police interactions in 38 states legally, But in the other 12 states require the consent of all parties for you to record a conversation”. One of those states is the great state of California. Massachusetts and Illinois are the only two states that are cracking down on video recording. On December 9th, 2014 Illinois made it a felony for its citizens to record the police. Massachusetts didn’t make it a felony to record the police, but it was...
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...Police brutality has been a huge issue in the U.S. going on for many years now, millions have died due to police officers, and majority of the time the police claim they did their duty rightfully. Who is there to blame other than the citizen killed by an officer when there were no witness accounts, and the police officer acted dramatically in killing a citizen, whom didn’t do anything to be killed? Being a very controversial subject, America has always wanted to find ways to fix the problem. Police have already obtained dashboard cameras but is that enough? For the past few years, the dashboard cameras have been some help on catching police brutality. But what about body cameras? Would they make a better more positive impact in the police...
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...controversial topic today. Racism plays a key part in police brutality which increases the fear of Officers of the Law. Every day we see stories about how police officers abused their power and did actions that were deemed racist and unneeded. The typical victim of police officers is often the minority. Those that associate themselves with minorities often fear for their lives whenever they see a cop. This fear is because of how racism has become tied with police brutality. As each day goes on there stories about officers killing or hurting minority folks. The officers always claim the same few reasons; they looked like they were...
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...Westwood College is an associate’s degree in applied science. So, by me taking mathematics serious and working hard it would benefit me in the long run. Programs predominantly want people studying Criminal Justice to be competent in statistics in order to succeed in a data compelled career field. The specific career I want to perform when I receive my degree is becoming a police officer. Police officers use mathematics in the field everyday. Police are usually the first to the scene when an accident transpires. Police measure impact angles after car accidents, measure skid marks, build statistical models of crime patterns to put patrol officers where thy need to be and a whole lot more. Math is generally used to prevent crime because without mathematics crime would not be as detectable. All police officers use mathematics while patrolling the field. For instance, say someone is pulled over for a DUI, the police use Breathalyzer’s to measure the blood alcohol content of the person they suspect of drinking and driving. This may do most of the math for the officers, but they still need to know how the machine itself calculates the blood alcohol content. Police officers use math while handing out traffic tickets. The officers have to use basic math to know how much he or she was going over the speed limit. The officer has to use formulas based on how much the fine is for every mile the...
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