...When the media portrays officers in the wrong way it sways the general publics view on cops. When this happens it makes the job of an officer harder because not only do people watch them even more, but they are forced to be held to such a high standard or they too will be scrutinized. A perfect example of this occurred a few months back when the media had a field day involving a story featuring an off duty LAPD officer and a bunch of kids. When an argument ensued the officer felt threatened and had his gun pointed at a bunch of teenagers on his property. He accidentally fired and even though no one knew the whole story, the media ran with it. Headlines reading “off duty officer fires weapon at unarmed kids” and “off duty officer roughs up and tries to shoot unarmed 13-year-old”. These headlines put officers in the public spotlight and not only make the department look bad but also put the officer at risk because everyone is aware of who they are. Last year after a rash of shootings over a weekend, The Breckenridge police chief was afraid for his officer’s safety. Because of all the news coverage, people were claiming they were ambushes by cops. According to The Denver CBS local channel (2016), because of all the ambushes going on around the country and the media attention we were getting, we were afraid our officers would be at more risk. This is why we stopped social media posts and took other security measures...
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...that have occurred over the past few weeks are negatively affecting my job as a police officer. The relationship between the community and the police officers is not very good at the moment. After the first incident occurred where the suspect was shot by police officers the relationship between the community and police officers has turned hostile. The second video made the situation even worse. The suspect from the bank robbery was struck by an unmarked police car and was killed. This incident was questionable to a certain extent because the tactical solution that was used was not the best of solutions. If the suspect truly had a bomb and it went off when he was struck by the car the results could have been devastating. The police officer driving the car and civilians around the area could have been killed. The third incident that occurred this week has made the communities rage go over the top. If the community’s relationship with police officers is bad then police officers have a hard time doing their job. If the community’s relationship with police officers is hostile police work will suffer. When the relationship between these two groups is bad the community is less likely to call...
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...Growing up I was always fascinated by the idea of police officers. Even though I grew up around them most of the time it was interesting how they are here for the good of the people. They are there to protect and serve all of the civilians in town. When I was younger I decided I wanted to become a police officer. Seeing them was just like an honor, they are the military of the town. They deserve way more than just respect, for they are the backbone of our society. I first learned about State Troopers when I got my license. These men and women are the people that are parked out in the highways and wait for reckless drives, and enforce the speed limit. They are the first ones to a case of an accident. I was fascinated with them, I started to do my research and this was absolutely the field I want to get into. This position...
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...everyday tasks. In fact, police detectives are some of the smartest people out there. The job outlook is 5%, which is slower than average. A police detective requires a high school education, lots of training, and a good sense of judgment. For one thing, becoming a police detective takes lots of rigorous training and just like any other career, an education. The education requirements consist of a high school degree; usually a police department will prefer a college education and sometimes even require it. Something that is a great addition to the education requirements is the knowledge of a foreign...
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...American police academy should prepare future officers the same way they prepare officers in some European Countries. Officers in Europe are trained in many different ways and in the USA they follow the same protocol almost every time. Some European countries like Germany, Croatia, Hungary, etc. have different ways to become a police officer. For example, in some European countries, you can be a police just with a high school diploma. In Croatia you can go two years to a normal high school and junior and senior years you can go to a police high school. If you go to a police high school you are going to learn the same you learn in a regular high school plus you will receive classes on how to become a police officer. After they graduate from...
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...Immediately following graduation, I would emphasize the importance of keeping themselves fit psychologically, physically, and emotionally, I would highly recommend that each officer watch real videos of tragic occurrences that officers face with the ultimatum being death. Without raining on their parade, I know how it feels to put the uniform on for the first time and the feeling of immortality, but the reality is that Hollywood portrays the profession as a fast-paced and interesting job with many challenges, and it is (Doerner, 2016). However, the challenges faced by police officers vary from time to time and changes like the weather. Hollywood can illustrate the dramatic crime scenes but cannot portray the impact it has on a police officer...
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...Gathering Research Data Paper Hayley Lacy CJA/334 April 11, 2016 Rhonda Grant Gathering Research 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...
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...Gathering Data Research David Thompson CJA/334 Research Methods in Criminal Justice Dr. Lane Roos July 19, 2012 Gathering Data Research Prosecutions, Convictions, Acquittal’s and all forms of legal action in between play a critical role in the courts. However, none of what the attorneys do can be done without first having a firm grasp on each and every case set before them, the judge and the jury that will be making its judgment. But before they can make an informed decision there must have been a gathering of information, or data to support both sides of the case. The gathering of information or data is vital to the case and perhaps even more so to the individual/s that are on trial as their lives can and often do hang in the balance. No matter what profession one may have within the judicial system, researching information is something that at one time or another must be done. The ineffective of data gathering, research and analysis in often one of the primary factors behind an innocent man/woman going to jail and the guilty going free, therefore, the emphases placed on the gathering of information cannot and must not be understated. The goal of this paper The goal of this paper and my research is to define an officer’s duty, to discuss the importance of research and to address the kind of interview/s structures I would choose to use, the particular questioning style to use during the...
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... Introduction This paper explains issues that shape the role of ethics in policing. Police ethics involves hard choices as well as avoiding violations of basic moral standards. Police officers inevitably face ethical issues when it comes to what’s right or wrong. The authority that police officer are given to protect the public presents the temptation to abuse the power that’s given to them. This paper will explain the rule- of-law and how it represents societal standards that define police duties and responsibilities. Police officers are given a significant amount of discretion simply due to the nature of their 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 must use their power effectively. One major concern with a number of discretion officers have is their power to decide when to use force or when to use lethal force (Lee, Lim, Moore, & Kim, 2013) Additionally, public perception of policing will be discussed, police brutality and due process within the criminal justice system. Accountability is one of the most important components when it comes to public perception of police officers. When officers begin to use force to control the community, citizens began to review officers as authority figures instead of protecting and serving the community. This results in a breakdown between the officer and the community. Daredevil...
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...different people of why it should be changed d) The latest research of a warrant e) Factors influencing the decision of the legal requirements of why obtaining a search warrant should be changed III. Supporting Facts a) Data analysis b) Comparisons between why it should and shouldn’t be changed c) Research towards the legal requirements of search warrants IV. Conclusion a) An analytical summary of what my reasoning and fact is of obtaining a search warrant and should it be changed b) My thesis reworded to state the final paper Thesis Statement In this thesis statement we are going to explore the reasoning, should the legal requirements of obtaining a search warrant be changed. This is going to show you how it is all designed and many different examples of why it should be changed along with different cases that proves why it should be changed. The passage is going to demonstrate many sources and legal forms that result to this topic of study of why search warrants should be changed in this type of matter because to some citizens this seems to be a problem when going against their own rights. The most important thing that I would like to leave you guys with is the importance behind why this is a problem and why it should be changed legally along with the requirements in all states. Search warrants are something that is issued by a judge in order for an officer or any type of agency can have permission to go search and seizure...
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...Assignment # 1 Evidence-Based Policing Abstract [This paper talks about evidence based-policing. I describe evidence based-policing and discuss and analyze the advantages and disadvantages of evidence-based policing. I also discuss about examples of where evidenced based policing has been utilized and summarize the impact and consequences. This paper explains a great deal of information with evidence-based policing and how it has evolved.] Evidence-based policing is “The use of the best available research on the outcomes of police work to implement guidelines and evaluate agencies, units and officers” (Schmallager, 2011 pg.157). Evidence based policing uses research into everyday police procedures to evaluate current practices and to guide officers and police executives in future decision making, (Schmallager, 2011 pg 158). Evidence-based policing has been dated back to the discovery of police officers. Countries have done tests on different areas to gather more information concerning that area. For example, in Britain, the government invested heavily in police resources. However, they did not establish how to obtain best value the money in deploying those resources. Even today, evidenced-based policing is gaining traction and has been called the single “most powerful force for change” in policing today, (Schmallager, 2011 pg. 159). The organization of American law enforcement has been called the most complex in the world. There are three major legislative and judicial...
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...the internet. What is your personal connection to the topic? Why are you interested? we have seen many kids going viral because their parents would not let them have access to internet for specific reasons. Parents discover that their kids behave differently in the internet than the way they behave in front parents. Internet gives kids access to stuff that they should not been going without parent’s knowledge which become a big problem for kids fututre What makes you an authority on this subject? As a human being, I will have kids and I would like to know everything about what my kids will be doing on the internet. It is every parents will to know what their kids are up to or doing. At least 3 investigative elements that you can research to try to answer your inquiry question – 1) internet allows kids to have access to any websites 2) internet allows kids to expose themselves for predators 3) internet changes kid’s behave Thesis statement (question + investigative elements) – Body Paragraph 1 Restate...
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...Gathering Research Data Paper CJA/334 University of Phoenix Gathering Research Data Paper Looked upon as honorable individual’s who protect the community from harms way are those who fulfill the position of being a law enforcement official. Police officer’s dedicate themselves to striving in protecting and representing their community with the service in which they provide. Putting their lives at risk during the hours of work and aside from the career life these individual’s live like any other person. Much of their time is spent out on the streets patrolling and when they are not they find themselves in court being pressed for information from lawyers regarding cases. Emphases of this paper is to provide some of the data information on why people choose to become a law enforcement official. Why a Law Enforcement Official? Many may believe that officer’s take on the career to follow another family member’s foot steps. To specifically conclude on this matter the information in which will need to be attained will be through the process of intense researching online and via telephone interviewing. The first thought in which must be received is defining why individual’s choose the career of becoming a police officer. According to Nicole A. (2007) it has been noted that many officer’s become involved in law enforcement due to family tradition. Having the desire to follow parent’s footsteps in the same career path has been noted as being a huge reason...
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...8104: BUSINESS INFORMATION SYSTEMS Assignment #1: Concept Paper Presented by Paul Njaaga - 015118 Bryan Egessa - 09524 Moses Kihumba – 061619 Lemuel Mangla - 090716 Submitted: 2nd -October -2015 Research Topic The role that information systems can play in tackling security challenges in Kenya: Focus on digitizing the police occurrence books. Problem Statement Insecurity is amongst the top problems facing Kenya 50 years after independence. The widespread insecurity in developing countries can be attributed to poverty, corruption, unemployment and a big population of youths who are easily influenced by idealism and extremism (Koper, Christopher, et al, 2009). According to Goldman (2015) “The security challenges within Kenya are evident to Kenyans. There is need to pre-empt terror attacks, end localized violence, avert insurgencies and reduce crime.” Tackling the security problems in Kenya is going to take concerted efforts from varied sources and significant focus has been put in police reforms. The National Police Service Commission (NPSC) which was established under Article 246 of the constitution of Kenya, as part of several measures to ensure police reforms was tasked with among others duties, “Development and review of administrative procedures required for effective Police Reforms”, and “Ensure that the Service is efficient and effective” (The Constitution of Kenya, 2010). This paper will seek to propose the introduction of digital occurrence...
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...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, they hold a very prominent and powerful position in society that requires them to protect these people’s morals, principles and values. And, the way in which police officers go about their duties and enforcing the law should reflect these morals, principles and values in an evolving, dynamic, and complex society (Jones, 2000; Gaines & Kappeler, 2003). Discretion plays a role in nearly every...
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