Category: Police

Police misconduct is a vital concern as it affects the functioning of society and might cause much harm to individuals. For this reason, much attention is devoted to the investigation of the given issue. For instance, the Knapp Commission Report on Police Corruption outlines so-called grass eaters and meat-eaters. The first group includes officers who…

Within the context of policing, discretion refers to power, the ability to make decisions that directly affect the life of a subject who is being policed. When a subject in question is underage, naturally the degree of the leeway allowed becomes a topic of ethical debates. Police officers faced with a juvenile under arrest makes…

Table of Contents Background of the Study Racial Profiling and Discrimination in the United States The Current Status Racial Profiling in the US The Merits of Social Profiling Demerits of Racial Profiling Theories on Racial Profiling Conclusion and Recommendations References Across the United States, many minority groups suffer from racial profiling and discrimination not only…

Any organizations come to the point when change is necessary. However, to discern the exact nature of change, to gain propositions about it from different perspectives, and to implement it correctly, various approaches are used. On the way of introducing changes, an organization might face different obstacles: resistance of employees, erroneous methods of implementation, or…

It is believed that law enforcement officers are reliable defenders of the peace of citizens. People want to know that in trouble, such as, for instance, a robbery or car theft, police will come to their aid and guarantee protection. However, there are situations when officers cross the border of permissible powers, striving to find…

Introduction Rodney Glen King is a black American man who has had several brushes with the law. For example, in the year 1989, this man was arrested and arraigned in court for robbery. Police claimed that he stole from a store and intimidated the owner of the store with a crude weapon. For this, Rodney…

In the article titled How the Police Use Facial Recognition, and Where It Falls Short, Valentino-DeVries takes the opportunity to offer a guide on how the police use facial recognition and the weaknesses of the approach. In what she describes as the oldest technology, the author accepted that investigators can adopt the Facial Recognition to…

Table of Contents Introduction Lower Courts Decisions Supreme Court Ruling The Supreme Court Reasoning Facts of the Case Lower Courts Decision Supreme Court Decision Supreme Court Reasoning Conclusion Reference Introduction One afternoon in January 1998, Clinton Stoddard, a U. S. Border Patrol agent, was at a checkpoint on a highway north of Douglas in the…

This paper will analyze some of the critical issues found in the investigation of the Chicago police department by the United States Department of Justice. A publicly released video of a police officer shooting a black teenager and its aftermath caused DOJ to look into the work of CPD (USDOJ 2017). The investigation was conducted…

Abstract Timely response to possible terrorist threats and prevention of extremist attacks are a direct responsibility of law enforcement agencies. The purpose of this work is to determine how the police respond to this danger. This paper describes possible measures taken by law enforcement agencies to protect civilians from the threat of terrorist attacks and…