...elsewhere, assess the strengths and limitations of overt participant observation as a means of investigating police attitudes Overt participation is usually a method of research carried out by those from a non-interactionist perspective, even though it is something that does focus on some interaction. When investigating police attitudes we mean attitudes of the police towards those who commit crime or are those causing deviant behaviour. As stated in Item B, we can see that statistically most police officers are white males, showing that this in itself could be something causing discrimination. However, this isn't something that is reflected on statistics relating to ethnicity and class, overall it would seem that most people that have been convicted are actually young, working class white males, so would not suggest that there is anything negative to say about police attitudes. Firstly, a practical strength of using participant observation in researching police attitudes is that it is easier to get in with the subjects the researcher is wanting to study. This also making it a strength, regarding ethics. In order for the researcher to get in, using overt participation they would have to reveal who they are to the police, therefore being honest and not carrying out their research without consent. However, a practical weakness, that could also affect validity is once the researcher is in with the subject e.g. the police force, in order to stay in the must be interested and put themselves...
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...Court Observation Report Prosecutor: Sgt. Glover, ID: GV117, Detachment: 488, Vancouver Police Department Vs. Dependant: Mr. Ma W. Yun File #: AH66110504 Vancouver Provincial Court Room 201 800 Hornby Street Vancouver, BC January 14th 2013 Start time 13:30 a.m. – Adjured 13:57 a.m. Summary of Facts Mr. Ma W. Yun was prosecuted for Trans-link ticket fraud. On November 8th 2012, Ma was caught boarding the sky strain at Broadway Station without purchasing a ticket. A police officer charged on Ma for failing to show a valid ticket. Plaintiff’s Argument The prosecution, Sgt. Glover, presented the crown case that Ma using public transit without producing the ticket when requested. Therefore, he suggested Ma to be fined. Defendant’s Argument Ma pleaded guilty with an explanation to the court that he was a student at Simon Fraser University. He had U-pass in his wallet, which he forgot at home. When he was caught, he told the officer that he forgot his wallet with the U-pass. He promised to present it and his identification to the officer within one hour. The officer took Ma’s information and let him go. Ma went home and came back with his wallet, identification, and U-pass showed to the officer. However, he was told that he still had to appear in court. In his argument, Ma mentioned to the Judge two facts which can suggest that he was not dishonest. That was at the time he was charged, he did not have any identification at all thus he did not lie the officer about his...
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...I would like to submit for the position of Field Training Officer (FTO) for the Oak Harbor Police Department. I believe I am qualified for this position as I have been employed in the Public Safety Field since 1995 beginning my career in the Fire and Emergency Medical Service field. I have worked in Law Enforcement since 1999 when I began my career working in the corrections system and as a Reserve Police Officer. Now I am starting in my 13th year as a Police Officer and have found my passion in teaching and coaching. I have had the opportunity to be an instructor in various “Force Options” fields. I have been previously assigned with previous agencies as a TASER Instructor, Firearms Instructor while working closely with the Defensive...
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...refine the Spokane Police Department. Chief Mangan knew community oriented policing would be challenges when he took the position as Chief of Spokane because he did not have a plan, but he knew the organization had a purpose. However, Chief Mangan’s goals for Spokane Police Department was a step-by-step move towards increasing resources and improving community relation. (Cordner, 2016) Even if the system approach had its share of stress; Chief Mangan decided to create a police organization that was community oriented. Chief Mangan knew for community policing to be successful; he needed the community partnership, problem-solving, and a change management. Chief Mangan, first step to improving the department of Spokane was upgrading the equipment to boost the morale. (Cordner, 2016) The Spokane Police Department was understaffed and working in poor conditions. Chief Mangan saw those circumstances as a safety issue. The Spokane Police Department personnel was too small for the population of Spokane, to even operate a...
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...The law enforcement field is one that is receiving a lot of media attention these days. This attention can be attributed to recent years of high profile events such as protests, uses of force, and misconduct. The public demands law enforcement professionals to adhere to certain standards and be accountable for their actions. As a result of changing times, law enforcement identified a need to record their interactions with the public on a daily basis in order to justify their actions to critics. This need could be fulfilled by having officers wear body worn cameras to document their interactions with the public. Law enforcement agencies must weigh the costs, benefits, and cons of acquiring body worn cameras for their officers. There are...
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...Recently, a video was released to the public of a South Carolina police officer using excessive force on a black, female high-school student. Another officer putting his career on the line by using excessive force in an incident that is really minor---a student refusing to put their cellphone away! While reading a book on police brutality and its opposing views, it referenced statements by teenagers and adults who claimed to have despair when around the police. Due to crimes happening around them, people who have had police encounters state they feel police unfairly put them under the category of being associated to crime, even when that is not the case. Teens are arguing that when they encounter police officers, they are being treated unfairly...
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...Information Technology (IT) is the technology side of an information system. In order for police departments to be able to manage their resources in combating crime in their areas they will have to adapt to new technologies. One of these technologies is CompStat which stands for comparative statistics. CompStat made its first appearance in 1994 in New York City. Since then many police departments have implemented the CompStat system. Once a police officer makes an arrest they have to fill out a report. This report must be as accurate as possible because the information that is obtained from this report will be entered into the CompStat system. The CompStat system has aided many police departments in the reduction of crimes in their areas. The way CompStat is used by the police departments is based on the type of information that is entered into the data base. They enter all types of information into this system which basically is who, what, where, and when. The system is designed to take this information, and predict where the next crime will possibly take place. This to some people is nothing more than an educated guess which putting it in layman terms is, but it really is more than just that. The CompStat system can maintain all of this information and produce a more timely and accurate report on where these crimes will occur next. This system can be very useful to the police departments as long as they keep putting accurate information into the system. Just like...
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...Should All Police Officers Wear Body Cameras? Sometimes, the words of one person are shaky and false, with the recording of occurrences, or actions, someone’s first words can be clarified without any doubt. Police officers should wear body cameras to find out which members of the staff are accountable. Body cameras should be worn by all police officers to capture interviews or police chases. It would greatly benefit court cases by supplying evidence to some cases by playback of a video captured on the camera. All police officers should have to wear body cameras to benefit law enforcement and other branches from it. People argue that if police officers were required to wear body cameras, it would be an invasion of their privacy as an individual....
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...Dave Althausen POLS 365Z October 12, 2015 Police Shooting In many cases, a man was slaughtered subsequent to displaying some sort of toy firearm, notwithstanding directing it at officers, a beyond any doubt welcome toward gunfire. Many individuals, at any rate, passed on in the wake of being stunned with electric immobilizers, some from pressure or stifling, and some from reasons that stay baffling. However, most were shooting. The slaughtering of an outfitted individual prompts dissents and is called unjustified, or the executing of an unarmed individual is viewed as advocated. Whether regular citizens believe the organizations of justice is integral to the idea of procedural equity. That is, the place the general population believes the success of the justice framework, it will present authenticity on those institutions. A noteworthy group of examination illustrates "open perceptions of the justice’s reasonableness framework in the United States are more critical in molding its authenticity than observations that it is effective." Where people in general have trust, it will authorize law authorization with authenticity; and when it does as such, it is flagging that the general population's ethical estimations of good and bad are adjusted to those of its police organizations. On the other hand, authenticity disintegrates when regular people are dealt with unreasonably and general society is left with the conclusion that police offices are not accountable. The absence of...
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...its admissibility is excluded by some provision of law. Section 24 excludes confessions caused by certain inducements, threats and promises..Section 25 provides that no confession made to a police officer shall be proved as against a person accused of an offence. The terms of Section 25 are imperative. A confession made to a police officer under any circumstances is not admissible in evidence against he accused. It covers a confession made when he was free and not in police custody, as also a confession made before an investigation had begun. The expression accused of any offence covers a person accused in an offence at the trial whether or not he was accused of the offence when he made the conclusion. Section 26 prohibits proof against any person of a confession made by him in the custody of a police officer, unless it is made in the immediate presence of a magistrate. The partial ban imposed by s 26 relates to a confession made to a person other than a police officer. Section 26 does not qualify the absolute ban imposed by s 25 on a confession made to a police officer. Section 27 is in the form of a proviso, and partially lifts the ban imposed by ss 24, 25 and 26. It provides that when any of the information received from a person accused of any offence in the custody of a police officer, such information, whether it amounts to a confession or not, as relates distinctly to the fact thereby discovered,...
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...only way that illegal evidence may be used in a court room, is IF and WHEN the lawyer can prove to the judge that there is nothing linking misconduct by the police and gathering the evidence. The exclusionary rule has one sole purpose. That purpose is to deter police misconduct instead of punishing the errors of judges. The rationale for the exclusionary rule that was given by the courts was unclean hands. Unclean hands is a legal document which states that a person that is asking for judgment may not receive any help from the court if they have any unethical actions in regards to the lawsuit (“The Exclusionary Rule, n.d.”). There are many different exceptions to the exclusionary rule. Good faith exception is a document that gives exception to the exclusionary rule when evidence is collected illegally. The only way it can be submitted in court is if the police officer is acting in good faith. Another exception to this rule is if a second un-poisoned or untainted source had a major role in finding the evidence. If there is evidence that can be used to criminate an individual during the cross examination, it also can and will be considered an exception. There have been many objections to the exclusionary rule. There have been arguments that the exclusionary rule in no way helps the people who are innocent of police mishaps. It has also been stated that the...
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...in media inspection of police interactions with black people in the United States. (Chernega, 2016 p. 234-245). In August 2014, eighteen year old Michael Brown was killed in his hometown of Ferguson, Missouri by a white police officer by the name of Darren Wilson. Michael was shot multiple times on his right arm and shot twice in the head. This event increased the media observations of the police action with black people in America. Since then the media has been overflowed with accounts of African Americans who have been killed by white policemen. The death of Michael Brown changed the public’s information about police brutality, producing a chance for change. After the shooting of Michael Brown by the officer Darren Wilson, in St. Louis region, the universities and colleges were challenged with task of crisis management in the wake of events that happened in Ferguson, Missouri, in August of 2014 when Darren Wilson of the Ferguson police department shot and killed Michael Brown. The predicted liberation of the grand jury’s decision of whether or not to bring Wilson to trial generated months of civil...
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...OFF-DUTY CONDUCT OF POLICE OFFICERS Off-Duty Conduct of Police Officers Dan Henderson Abstract Police officers are held to a higher standard and pledge to follow the Law Enforcement Code of Ethics both on and off-duty. Some officers knowingly violate laws expecting preferential treatment if caught. This creates a double standard and fosters a lack of trust and respect by the general public. Police departments must hold officers accountable for off-duty incidents to maintain public trust and department integrity. Officers must hold each other accountable and not accept unethical or illegal behavior of any kind from a peer. Off-Duty Behavior of Police Officers Introduction Police officers in the United States are tasked with protecting the public from all enemies foreign and domestic. A police officer’s duties range from basic documentation of crimes that have occurred, to the active engagement, and battling of criminals to protect the citizens they serve. Police officers learn the Police Officer’s Code of Ethics while training in the police academy. They are expected to conduct themselves, both on duty and off with the Police Officer’s Code of Ethics in mind. Public expectation of fair and equal treatment The public that police officers serve have an expectation of fair and equal treatment. The Constitution of the United States (Bill of Rights) provides guarantees to all people in the United States of America. Article the sixth (Amendment IV)...
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...many officers continue to get away with abusing their authority since the introduction of body cameras, because the images simply aren’t good enough and remain open to interpretation. A way to further preventing the possibility of police brutality is to have incidents of police wrongdoing tried by independent prosecutors, as opposed to District Attorneys who have often already have regular working relationships with police officers. This could be done through each state developing an organisation to scrutinise police officers on their actions. Another way to prevent brutality is by banning local police from getting specialised military grade equipment. A federal program called 1033 allows for states to request items such...
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...“Cowboys and Indians: The Shooting of J.J. Harper” is the author’s account of a Native man’s fatal encounter with police and the aftermath for years to follow. The book opens with a description of the incident where J.J. Harper was killed, and flows into the subsequent police investigation of one of their own members. The resulting court proceedings, inquiries, and inquests are examined where Sinclair cites witness testimony, evidence and exhibits, media stories, and his personal interviews with police and civilians involved. This essay will examine a series of analytical questions in response to the book including the main point and underlying themes, suggestions given by the title, content regarding Aboriginal/police relationships, the author’s attempt at a moral lesson and finally evidence of heavy bias shown by the author. The reason I have identified this book as “the author’s account” rather than “the true account” of the story is because Sinclair’s personal bias shines through nearly every page of this book. Many crucial details have been omitted because they would be oppressive to the Indian perspective and give credibility to the fact that the cowboys acted lawfully in eliminating the threat of Harper. This bias will be further examined later. Background The book opens with a detailed description of the early hours of March 9, 1988 where Winnipeg Police Service (WPS) members were involved in the pursuit of a stolen vehicle. This pursuit leads to the arrest of two youths...
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