...will continue to be a problem from because officers sometimes think just because they wear a badge they think that they have all the power in the world. The also think that they are required to protect each other no matter what. Here we look at the “Blue Wall of Silence” and “Police Culture” to distinguish what they are and their effects. There are still some good cops in this world that will stand up for what they believe in and they really do uphold the law by protecting and serving the citizens of this country. Then you have the cops that see that other cops are doing wrong and they don’t say a word, this is call the “Blue Wall of Silence”. The Blue Wall of Silence is a phrase used in law enforcement which means when an officer is observing another officer committing acts that do not uphold the law such as using excessive force towards another officer or a suspect and things of that nature. I applaud cops that believes that everyone should be treated with respect and one’s that follows the rules of being a police officer in their community because there are only so many of those types of officers. Cops that commit heinous acts while on duty should be punished and never have the ability to become an officer of any sort ever again. Misconduct amongst police officers will always be a problematic thing within a law enforcement agency and their are ways to reduce this type of behavior within the workplace of police officers. When we hear the phrase the “Blue Wall of Silence”...
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...It takes time being an undercover cop, it’s not an easy job especially if the cops are trying to catch the right person. If undercover cops were to go into Bogan trying to fit in as a regular student they would have to make friends, build trust, Look sullen, crack jokes, and get bad grades. While fitting in and making connections is important for undercover officers, it’s more important that their fellow students don’t realize they’re narcs. Officers adopt different strategies depending on their real-life personalities, but one obvious way to head off suspicion is to act as un-coplike the best way they could. Undercover cops would have to act like an normal troubled teenager that has to involve breaking school rules, ditching class, come to school late, hang out with the wrong crowd etc. In their first few days, they might act quiet or nervous but they would have to become comfortable around the teens, that’s how a normal teen would act on their first day to a new school. Appearance is also crucial. Shaggy hair, skateboard shoes, and chain wallets are popular accessories, I prefer that the cops choose a persona that’s not too far removed from their real one, to minimize the amount of acting necessary, A name that sounds like their own is also a good touch, talking different, acting different. But going undercover as a student has it pros and cons. Anything can happen during the time frame of how long a cop is...
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...officers. I. Introduction II. Body cameras provide accurate account III. Body cameras help civilians trust officers IV. Body cameras gives an idea of what it is like behind the gun V. Refutation VI. Conclusion Body Cameras Providing Accountability The shooting of Trayvon Martin has elevated a necessity around the country for police officers to be equipped with body cameras. Yes, it is necessary for police officers to wear these cameras for accountability for oneself and a potential victim. Body cameras can rule out possible suspicions of wrongful deaths or mistreatments, such as racism. Police officers should want to protect themselves and their jobs with this device that records what is actually happening and being said at the crime scene. Yes, body cameras should be worn by police officers because they provide accurate accounts of what happens at crime scenes, helps civilians trust police officers, and gives Americans an idea of what it is like to be behind the gun to more appreciate officers. Body cameras provide an accurate account of what happens at crime scenes. The use of body cameras is a great way to get first hand evidence. The cameras are able to keep track of the evidence and statements. Questions that the media, others, and family members would like to know would be answered through what is recorded. How did the officer try to resolve the incident? What measures did he take to calm down the shooter or robber? If things did end badly, things...
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...There are many pros and cons to Racial Profiling, and the law enforcement uses them in so many ways. Racial profiling is when people such as the Law Enforcement approach many people of the same races being accused of the same things that are most common in that race. Racial profiling has been around for a long time and it is very common. The law enforcement uses a lot racial profiling towards all the races. Policemen and Policewoman can easily pull over people because of their race. Mexicans are usually pulled over because they can be accused of being an illegal immigrant, or even drug dealing/using marijuana. African Americans are most commonly pulled over because they can be accused of drug dealing, being a thief or even being accused of doing cocaine. Caucasian people are usually pulled over to being accused of meth, unlawful possessions of weapons, or controlled substances. I think that in order to get the criminals off the streets it is okay to use racial profiling if they are using it in the right way. I think that if I were to see a truck or car with big rims and someone that gets out of the car is all tattooed up and is taking a smoke, I honestly would accuse them of being in the wrong and would be okay if a cop were to come and search them to see what they are getting themselves into. If a person is being suspicious then the law enforcement should be able to have a search warrant on them. Not only is it a good idea for them to stop the criminals from doing crime, its...
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...these days aren't agreeing with the law.Teens say they are getting into trouble the shouldn’t be in.There are a lot of pros and cons to having a curfew in your city. Curfews are one of the reason to keep kids out of the streets especially to keep from danger. In lakeside it's unlawful for a minor to be out without a guardian at 10 p.m-5am.Laws are meant to prevent things from being broken.It's also to prevent juvenile crime and to protect youth from victimization.But do teens today really feel this way?Teens don't think that this curfew is fair.Teens want this to stop.they want to be free for a bit,They want freedom.These laws aren't just made for nothing. all these days are very strict. change things that it's ok to be out of 10. But parents and other adults are fighting to keep this law. these days are fighting for Some of their rights.Kids feel like curfews should not be allowed.Some teens are doing everything they can.As it stated in the artical(‘Americas curfews law’) It stated that teens say “They think that all kids our bad”. Nowadays people are always assuming things.A lot of officers are very judge mental sometimes.In the artical titled (“Americas curfews laws”) It stated that “Teens complain that police go out of there way to hassle them”.We see it on tv a lot .Cops...
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...Many health care organizations have implemented the electronic health record (EHR) system. Assess the issues that are being presented by the technology and evaluate the benefits against the issues. Before the computerized era started, patient’s health records were kept on paper or other non-sophisticated methods. Those color tabbed folders are still in place, but all the information contained in those folders now can be stored in electronic files utilizing huge memory banks and backup systems to protect this information. Everything can be saved and preserved for a very long time. Health information management (HIM) has become a main concern of all healthcare organizations, not only to stay with law compliance, but also to run a more efficient operation. The pros of keeping electronic record versus paper out weight the cons. The main con could be the possibility of someone “hacking” those records. However, that someone could also have access to the paper records and use them illegally. The important issue here is that these records must be kept for a number of years depending of the state and federal requirements (five years or more depending on the state). ACA and HITECH (Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health) act have encouraged the widespread use of electronic records versus paper for obvious reasons. Now, HITECH act is designed to enforced HIPAA (Health Information and Accountability Act) standards, and prosecute major PHI (Protected Health Information)...
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...Blake Davis PS 201 Police Militarization 9/9/2014 PRO: Sometimes the only way for an officer to diffuse a situation is by using force. According to an article found on the website of the National Institute of Justice, the use of force is described as the, “amount of effort required by police to compel compliance by an unwilling subject” (International 2012). In some cases, the amount of force necessary to effectively compel compliance can only be obtained through use of military grade equipment. According to Radley Balko, proponent for the opposition of police militarization and author of Rise of the Warrior Cop: The militarization of America’s Police Forces, “There was unquestionably a need for the SWAT team approach in handling serious violent emergency situations, particularly those involving hostage taking and terrorist related incidents, and that was their primary use from their inception through the 1970s.”(Bickel 2013). There are clearly circumstances under which police militarization is necessary to ensure the safety of the public, as well as the police force. Statistically speaking, the police seldom use excessive force when interacting with offenders. During his lecture on August, 2 2014, Dr. Robert Press stated that nationally, it’s estimated that police only use force on 1% of citizen-police contacts. This statistic is verified by a report issued by the Seattle Police Department (SPD Report 2010). Statistically speaking, it is difficult to argue that...
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...A majority of those arrested by this law are african american and latino communities and with the decriminalization of marijuana voters of these communities will have a more positive outlook of our party and or state. The younger generation also known as millienials are the majority consumers of marijuana. Decriminalizing marijuana will likely win many points in the younger demographic. Legalizing would give the medical community much easier access to research the effects of marijuana on different diseases, disorders, and microscopic life. Those are all the known pros to legalizing it so now we will talk about the cons. Our government would have to regulate it as unregulated marijuana would just result in criminals not being afraid of getting caught and could lead to dangerous variants of the drug capable of doing real harm. It should be regulated the same way beer and cigarettes are regulated. People who view drugs as truly bad would see this as negative. Drug testing at workplaces would become complicated and probably a legal matter due...
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...Body cameras are seen as an invasion of privacy, as they provide state-owned footage. When police cameras are on, they will capture everyday civilian and police behavior that does not necessarily need to be recorded. Do all defendants want their arrests recorded? Do all bystanders want to be in those videos when shown in court? Another con that comes with wearing cameras is that you must have limitations. It is not practical to have cameras play constantly, there must be guidelines for when police should turn their cameras on and off. Many current policies encourage the cameras to be turned on only when police are among the public. “The only time people can know that the officers have not been turning on the cameras would be in a scenario where there is a complaint against the officer,” Bill Sousa, associate criminology professor at the University of Nevada told the Huffington Post. A technological malfunction or forgetfulness could incriminate officers when misconduct has not...
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...allow for the footage to be reviewed and used in court. Another contrary point is the possibility of not recording something which may seem incriminating to officers that are being examined. There are policies on when and when not the cameras would be on. Most current policies in check would only require cameras to be on while officers are interacting with people, or in the public in general. This would just have to be something cops would have to learn to remember in order to protect themselves. Although that possibility may happen, having body cameras would actually alleviate a lot of police brutality persecution, as citizens could not claim the police officer misbehaved when there is irrefutable proof otherwise. The Congress is trying to implement these programs around the country to allow for more data, and have even put forward money to help the process. Although there is not a definite version of how body cameras would be implemented yet, I believe the pros heavily outweigh the cons. The sheer number of deaths that would be avoided with this simple program seem worth the hiccups that police may face when getting used to wearing the cameras. It will add a sense of security that is not there right now, and will allow for a better relationship with police. It will also add accountability to those few cops that do use excess force because they believe they will not be caught. The simple act of recording an altercation could help with a lot of cases of police brutality, and will...
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...Legalization of Marijuana Medical and Recreational Uses Cullen Fitzsimmons ITT Technical Institute Authors Note This research is being submitted on August 17, 2015 to Hugo McPhee’s GS1145 course at ITT Technical Institute by Cullen Fitzsimmons. Abstract I decided that a very controversial subject was that of the legalization of Marijuana, both for medical and recreational use. I found that there are many health benefits to medical marijuana. There also can be many benefits to the recreational use/sale of marijuana. Like all controversial topics there cannot be positives without the negatives. Some of the negatives are accessibility to children, gateway drug and impaired driving. The legalization of marijuana has been a long debated and often heated subject. The federal government has not legalized the recreational use of Marijuana, but that did not stop four states from legalizing it with in their own borders. Through the course of this paper I tend to discuss the many pros and cons of the legalization of Marijuana. There are two main ways of legalizing marijuana; medical use and recreational use. Positives Currently there are four states and Washington D.C. that have passed the legal right to recreational marijuana, Alaska, Colorado, Oregon, and Washington. Besides the medical benefits from marijuana there are also multiple reason why making it legal is a good thing. Colorado has seen a recent drop in crime rate. According to Rough (2015) “violent crime...
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...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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...“Conflict Resolution at General Hospital” Christy D. Harris Dr. Jack Huddleston, Professor BUS520: Leadership and Organizational Behavior August 20, 2011 Discuss the conflict that is occurring at General Hospital. The conflict that is occurring at General Hospital is simply a case of making the right financial decisions and man vs. computer. What I mean by that is, in trying to make cost effective decisions on how to cut back on expenses they chose to replace capable human beings that gave accurate results with a computerized system that is not glitch free and has not been proven to give accurate readings and correct patient information on the right patients nor was it approved by the board. This machine has been set in place to handle serious information that affects the well being of sick people whom are in no position to be misdiagnosed. Also this decision can very well place an even more expensive charge on the hospital if someone should become mistreated and they find grounds to sue. In the case study the main issue is cutting cost for the hospital however the way that they are trying to eliminate expenses or find a cheaper way out was clearly not well thought out and researched in regards to the concern of the patients’ treatments. It seems as though the COO knew about the latest trend among other facilities and immediately made the change with absolutely no hesitation. Reading this study makes me...
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...Moyosore Bankole Communication 300 September 30, 2012 Critical Review Introduction Race and gender relations are one of the most explored themes in movies, music, books, and etc. Often times, ineffective communication leads to the misinterpretation of each other’s actions, leading to inaccurate race bias. This race bias can be referred to as racism. Typically people in society are somewhat discreet about their racism and it is not something they openly admit to. The movie Crash, daringly tackles the issues of intercultural communication, and race in an unconventional way. It takes racism and makes it an open conversation amongst the characters to ensure the viewers can clearly identify each characters racial bias. As the characters in this movie communicate, there is frequent use of racial slurs, profanity, as well as racially driven insults and stereotypes, to further exaggerate the bigotry present in the film. Crash provides a series of examples that show just how powerful effective and ineffective communication can be when it comes to social relations. This film touches on various communication theories and concepts, in which many of the scenarios presented in Crash can be explained. These theories and concepts include: symbolic interaction theory (self concept), assumptions of communication accommodation theory (indirect stereotyping), assumptions of expectancy violations theory (violation valence), and cultural communication. Synopsis Director Paul Haggis’s...
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...not be an obstacle. There must be a balance between the advantages and disadvantages of its application. Unfortunately, there still been resistance to adopt this system in all police department because besides the high cost, officers feel that instead of being used as a method of enforcement, it is used as a method of surveillance for the officers (2011). Before you enter your average gas station, you see a sign with intriguing yet captive words. The sign reads “Smile, you are on camera!” Signs like these are widely used today to warn the shopper that there is in fact eyes prying in on their activities to capture any illegal actions. These illegal actions are usually handled by police officers. But what about their vehicles and the daily dose of crime stopping action? Is a warning necessary inside a vehicle that carries out the tasks of the law? Recording devices, specifically video cameras, should be placed inside each and every official vehicle. An audible and visual proof of an offender’s behavior can be more than sufficient to allow the law to take charge and give such his or her amount of justice. Of course devices like these can and have been used against the will of officers. Nonetheless the pros outshine the cons on many levels in today’s rapidly growing technological world (2012). A burglar never warns a home owner about his future intent on infiltrating his home and abruptly taking everything with financial value to later sell and profit. A traffic accident never...
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