...obvious benefit is that use of force will decrease. Another is that people will be less likely to complain about police actions, which means less money spent on following up with those complaints. One of the potentially most useful benefits is that the cameras will give a clearer understanding in any case, making it unnecessary to speculate on a certain matter. Of course, there are some complications, since this is no clear-cut matter, with many viewpoints. Some assert that with body cameras, people who may not want to be on camera might end up there. Others say that according to recent events, police body cameras aren’t worth the hassle and their cost. Analyzing these points can lead us to an objective conclusion as to whether they really are worth their cost. Police body cameras can be used in order to decrease cops’ use of force. As the article “Should cops wear cameras?” by Brandon Griggs points...
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...000 lives were taken by police officers in the US. Many are outraged by the excessive force taken by officers who vowed to keep the citizens of our nation safe. When police officers are placed in danger they use their extensive training to handle perpetrators to the best of their ability, but what happens when a police officer uses that training improperly and cannot effectively justify themselves? In an effort to hold those accountable for the violence attributed to police brutality, the public should have access to evaluate police body camera footage. With a large number of deaths claimed to be an act of racism, body cameras must be shown to the public in order to find those responsible...
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...technology like dashboard mounted cameras, and now law enforcement agencies are looking to equip their officers with body cameras that can be worn on an officer’s lapel, glasses, and on their chest. The idea of equipping officers with these body cameras has been a hot topic of debate in light of recent past events, such as the unarmed shooting of Michael Brown by Officer Darren Wilson in Ferguson Missouri Mandatory use of body cameras should be put into place because it will protect civilians from the use of excessive force and hold officers responsible for their actions, not invade the privacy of both the public and police officers with the proper guidelines in place, and lower the rates of police use of excessive force, while lowering the rates of false claims against officers. With more and more cases of use of excessive force against civilians, people across America are becoming outraged by the actions of police officers and feel that taking the word of an officer is no longer good enough to explain their actions. Americans across the nation want answers of why an officer resorted to the use of excessive force and body cameras can provide Americans with those answers. In the 2015 article “Considering Police Body Cameras,” In the summer of 2012 Marcus Jeter was arrested and charged with eluding police, resisting arrest, and aggravated assault on an officer. Neither officer was wearing body cameras, but their police cruisers captured the incident...
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...A Vile Blue Criminal justice has dealt with police brutality and citizens rights are taken away by the officers whom sworn to serve and protect the public. Officers that take advantage of their power unfortunately have an impact on all cops, including respectable cops. Not all officers are bad, but when you hear and see repulsive actions on the news or paper, it can make someone think twice on how police work is being managed in the line of duty. Officers are given the power to takeaway someone’s freedom or even takeaway someone’s life, and that can be a huge concern when officers are not conducting up to part with the power they’re responsible for. Evolution has been a major role for the criminal justice field; and for many years’ police brutality had a different definition; much of what we see today was ok to do in the past. Learning how the psychological aspect works and, how internal affairs deal with police brutality can help many understand why it occurs. When becoming a police officer they’re many serious of test and physical challenges that need to be completed before being accepted as part of the brother hood. One actual test being one of the most important to decide weather a candidate would be suitable to becoming a police officer is passing the psychological test. Many would think the psychological evaluation is to test a candidate’s sanity, but failing this test does not mean he or she is crazy; but would only prove a career in law enforcement is not suitable for...
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...Case Study: Captain Edith Strong Managing Criminal Justice Personnel CJA/474 Case Study: Captain Edith Strong In recognition of law enforcement and the task that men and women adhere to it is important from every levels of the police department to succeed in inspiring and uplifting morale in the department the mission is crucial. The case study of Captain Edith Strong accentuates that the patrol officers are less than satisfied with the division and workload. Problems evident are; the job itself is no longer satisfying, the response times are long, low morale, citizens complaints are increasing, rapid turnovers, and disabilities claims by officers are increasing (More, 2012). The student will address the case study to determine the philosophical approach of Captain Strong. Moreover, how she will carry out the project, the motivational strategies in consideration, if the E.R.G. Theory is applicable, and if job enlargement or job enrichment is applicable. What Philosophical Approach do you believe Captain Strong should take in carrying out this Project? Describing the case study of captain strong the philosophical approach the student believes she should take in carrying out this project is finding the core underlying problem. Captain Strong's philosophical approach is to find the measures of building motivation and confidence among the patrol officers within the department...
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...Case Study: Captain Edith Strong Managing Criminal Justice Personnel CJA/474 Case Study: Captain Edith Strong In recognition of law enforcement and the task that men and women adhere to it is important from every levels of the police department to succeed in inspiring and uplifting morale in the department the mission is crucial. The case study of Captain Edith Strong accentuates that the patrol officers are less than satisfied with the division and workload. Problems evident are; the job itself is no longer satisfying, the response times are long, low morale, citizens complaints are increasing, rapid turnovers, and disabilities claims by officers are increasing (More, 2012). The student will address the case study to determine the philosophical approach of Captain Strong. Moreover, how she will carry out the project, the motivational strategies in consideration, if the E.R.G. Theory is applicable, and if job enlargement or job enrichment is applicable. What Philosophical Approach do you believe Captain Strong should take in carrying out this Project? Describing the case study of captain strong the philosophical approach the student believes she should take in carrying out this project is finding the core underlying problem. Captain Strong's philosophical approach is to find the measures of building motivation and confidence among the patrol officers within the department...
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... Police officers are given a significant amount of discretion simply due to the nature of the job. Officers are faced with many threatening situations forcing them to react quickly, yet appropriately. They have the power to infringe upon any citizen’s rights to freedom and therefore they must use this power effectively. One major concern with the amount of discretion officers have is their power to decide when to use force or when to use lethal force. Manning (1997) argues that it is generally accepted that police should be allowed to use force. He also explains that there are an uncertain amount people who agree on as to what constitutes excessive force. The line between what is necessary and what is extreme is very thin and hard to see. Use of force is no doubt one of the most important aspects in policing; however, force should also be used with great discretion. The community policing style is defined by David Allender (2004) as a philosophy of full-service, personalized policing where the same officer patrols and works in the same are on a permanent basis, from a decentralized place, working in a proactive partnership with citizens to identify and solve problems. The most important factors to community policing include personalization, partnership and problem solving (Allender, 2004). The idea is to create a relationship with citizens that are both trustworthy and honest. When officers begin to use force to control the community, citizens begin to view officers as authority...
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...Author Bio Gemma Halliday is a teaching assistant in the School of Law Enforcement and Justice Administration at Western Illinois University, where she has commenced study on a Master of Science in Kinesiology and exercise science. She holds a Bachelor of Social Science (Criminology) from Bond University Australia, where she was awarded undergraduate outstanding academic achievement. She is a recent graduate of Western Illinois University with a Master of Arts in Law Enforcement and Justice Administration, and was made a member of both Phi Kappa Phi and Golden Key International Honor Societies. Ms. Halliday has worked with and studied criminal justice issues in Australia, the United States, and the United Kingdom. Her current research interests include transnational sex and drug trafficking, and police fitness testing and standards. LEJA 518 - Issues paper: Police discretion. Gemma L. Halliday Western Illinois University “Enforcing the law without fear or favor” (Goldstein, 1963, p. 141). The very nature of police work is extremely complex in today’s society. Police officers play an important role comprising of many different tasks concerning; actually enforcing the criminal law, performing order maintenance and other miscellaneous services. It is through these duties and services that police are constantly intersecting and interacting with the community on a daily basis. Thus,...
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...Robert Barton Case Study LaTasha Lindsey CJA/474 March 27, 2013 Jim De Primo Robert Barton Case Study The concepts related to groups and group dynamics explain that Officer Barton is the type of person who wants to be a stand up individual who stands firm for what he believes in. His desires their acceptance, which is fueled by his desire to be a good police officer. He has conformed to a new group that causes him to sacrifice the cultural acceptance that it comes with. Baron wants to succeed and he is conformed to the beliefs of his fellow officers to accomplish his success. Barton knows what the outcome will be if he does not act the way they expect him to act. He knows the mentality of the police department, and it has developed into one that he does not like, but knows he has to adhere to it to have success within the department. Group cohesion cease to be positive when there becomes a clash of personalities within the group, disagreement among members of the group concerning tasks or social roles, and termination in communication among group members or between group leaders and a member. Group cohesiveness will also cease to be positive when one or more members struggle for control, a recurrent turnover of group members, and when there is a disagreement on group goals and objectives. Group cohesiveness becomes pathological when members fear losing rank or becoming alienated, and it prevents them from voicing creative but unwanted ideas or from raising the...
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...known as autocratic. The autocratic leaders are mostly known for making decisions with little to no input of others. In my opinion, there are four examples which make Lieutenant Colonel Yaron an authoritarian type leader. The first example is Lieutenant Colonel Yaron subordinates had no motivation in getting the operation completed. The second example is he conducted training on how the evacuation operation should be conducted. The third example would how he started focusing on possible junior officers for replacement so he could be in better control of the evacuation. The final example Lieutenant Colonel Yaron showed he was a authoritarian type leader is asking the Brigadier General that he have personal involvement in the missions on the part of the dispatching units so he could have more control of the evacuation. There are positives for being authoritarian type leader. With the evacuation needing to be conducted within a short time line you would want an authoritarian type leader to take control. Another positive for authoritarian type leaders is determining the responsibility if the evacuation was to go wrong. Authoritarian type leaders are quick in determining disciplinary actions as well as changing direction when needed. An example of this in the case study is how Lieutenant Colonel Yaron started focusing on junior officer replacements. There are negatives for being authoritarian type leader as well. One negative side is even though they can determine who is responsible...
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...LEADERSHIP STYLE, A CORRELATIONAL STUDY IN LEADERSHIP STYLE AND USE-OF-FORCE BEHAVIOR OF POLICE OFFICERS by Tommy Sickels Copyright June, 2015 A Dissertation Presented in Partial Fulfillment Of the Requirements for the Degree Doctorate in Educational Leadership University of Phoenix The Dissertation Committee for Tommy Sickels certifies that this may be the approved version of the following dissertation: The Dissertation Committee for Tommy Sickels certifies approval of the following dissertation: A CORRELLATlONAL STUDY IN LEADERSHIP STYLE AND USE-OF-FORCE BEHAVIOR OF POLICE OFFICERS Commiittee: Orlando Ramos, PhD, Chair Peggy Coplin, DPA, Committee Member Jack Phan, PhD, Committee Member ,,__.____ _ ,,__.____ _ Jeremy Moreland, PhD Dean, School of Advanced Studies University of Phoenix ABSTRACT Leadership style and police officer use-of-force are two important functions of law enforcement. What could be more important in a law enforcement agency than to have these two variables coexisting in an organization in a harmonious manner? By investigating whether a relationship exists between these two variables an answer to this question could emerge. In law enforcement today, the cost associated with excessive use-of-force civil law-suits against police officers and their departments can be staggering. Exposing police officers to a specific leadership style may influence the dynamics in the use-of-force behavior during...
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...Case Guidelines: 1. Analyze Space Engineering Services (Case Study #1) in the Studying Leadership textbook, 2. Not to exceed 3 pages, 3. Double spaced, 4. Times New Roman Font size 12 5. Due via Blackboard Where appropriate, students should reference information discussed in the text and by external academic resources, using proper APA citations, to support relevant issues in the case. Do not simply reiterate content from the case study. A case study analysis is the application of critical thinking to understand and evaluate the case. Your Case Studies analysis should: * • Briefly introduce the paper and closes with a thesis sentence * • Define the industry, external environment, and organizational culture * • Identify the problem * • Define the stakeholders * • Evaluate the actions or decisions made within the case * • Compile action based recommendations to improve the business situation discussed in the case * • Use proper grammar, spelling, and APA references (in-text citations & end of paper full references are both required) * • Apply course learnings (textbook theories, concepts, and principles) The case primarily introduces a performance reviews project in Space Engineering Services, which was to design and implement a performance management process, looking at measuring and monitoring performance through an appraisal. Space Engineering Services is a refrigeration engineering company. Within the...
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...These guidelines can then focus in-house evaluation of what works best across agencies, units, victims, and officers (Sherman, 1998).” One of the advantages of applying evidence-based policing is that police can root their decisions upon findings and proven methods of investigation. Furthermore, they can form on previous evidence and move onto other procedures through innovations based on the experience other of police officers. A disadvantage of evidence-based policing is that polices and procedures, or regulations and events (another way of looking at it), will only be taken for the research that was founded on the subject. In many cases, people that found the information may not be acceptably thorough with their statements, retrieved data, experimenting methods. If any of these subjects are negative, the conclusions that came from that research may be a contradiction. It just goes to show that many police officers may not be sufficiently versed in research methods to properly implement these strategies; or qualified for the today’s standards. Lastly, people have to be careful when they simply attach the term "evidence-based" to policy decisions. By doing that it can lead to giving evidence-policing a bad reputation and it may give the community a false reading of security that existing policies are, instead its really the best and most effective. “A good example of a contemporary evidence-based resource-management issue, and one in which I have become...
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...posted speed limit, obeying all traffic laws, and you car is in perfect working order. All of a sudden, flashing red and blue lights are behind you and you’re being pulled over. The officer treats you as a suspect right off the bat, smothering you with questions concerning what you’re doing, where you’re going; yet never really telling you why you’ve been pulled over. Without any warranted reason the officer wants to search your car. After much hassle you are finally free to go, yet still have no explanation as to why you were pulled over to begin with. Now imagine you are black and the officer is white. You have probably just experienced racial profiling. Racial profiling is a problem which is gaining widespread notoriety in the United States. It may be the most important homeland issue we face today. Racial profiling is a clear violation of the civil rights of United States citizens. Not only does racial profiling affect civilians, but it actually makes law enforcement ineffective. Most efforts to investigate and eradicate racial profiling have failed due to unclear findings and a lack of accountability on the part of law enforcement. New measures must be taken in conjunction with current measures to curb racial profiling. A stringent federal program to monitor and survey our nation’s police officers is needed. The public also needs to become more involved in efforts to stop racial profiling. Until these measures are taken, racial profiling will continue to eat away at the heart...
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...Chapter I BACKGROUND OF THE CASE THE EE 304 CHEATING INCIDENT Those cadets who collaborated on the EE 304 examination knew beyond any doubt that such action was prohibited. Although they may not have believed that their conduct made them morally corrupt or dishonorable, they knew it was wrong. Their action cannot be excused. But to place full blame on these cadets is to ignore institutional factors which contributed significantly to such a "choice." inadequacies in the Honor System, in the Academy environment which was to have supported this System, and in the administration of the EE 304 examination combined to make a cheating incident practically inevitable. A. Honor System Perhaps the most fundamental of the Honor System's inadequacies has been the expansion of the Code well beyond its intended purpose. Cadets have been found guilty for isolated conduct which cannot fairly be characterized as having made them dishonorable. Recently, for example, a cadet who reported himself for stating that he had done 20 sit-ups, when in fact he had done only 18, was found guilty of violating the Honor Code. A similar incident had occurred in 1970. in July of 1974, a new cadet who reported himself for telling his squad leader, who "did not remember the particular incident," that he had shaved, when in fact he had not, was separated. In 1975, a third classman was found guilty by the Cadet Honor Committee of "intentionally deceiving" in that "he wore a second class dress coat to a...
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