Summary of the Incident Only eleven days into his new job as a New Jersey State Police trooper, Justin Hopson witnessed an act by his training officer that would challenge his moral convictions and change his life forever. During a traffic stop in March 2002, Hopson watched his partner arrest a woman for drunk driving who had not even been behind the wheel. Throughout the court proceedings in this case, Hopson chose not to violate his principles, and refused to validate his partner’s version of events surrounding the arrest. From that point forward, Hopson was targeted by fellow officers in an effort to silence him about this event, and other alleged police misconduct.
Based on the reasoning of the caliber of Officer Steele’s moral standards as applied to his civic duties, administration could have prevented this situation by not hiring someone possessing traits that might indicate such unethical behavior. Steele should have been held accountable by the department’s administration for withholding information from the prosecutor regarding the detainment of R.M. while in detention. The lack of team- policing would have restricted Steele’s opportunity to abuse the powers governed to him as a law
This article relates to law because the officers could be held liability for the death. The victim involved in this particular case is Freddie Gray. He died while in police custody from several sustained injuries. The six police officers that were involved in the case are being charged with manslaughter and second-degree murder. The article
One primary legislative cause of the difficulties in prosecuting police is the 1986 the United States supreme courts case, Tennessee v. Garner, which did not allows usages of deadly force by an officer unless "the officer has a good-faith belief that the suspect poses a significant threat of death or serious physical injury to the officer or others" but the rhetorically vague term "good-faith belief" allowed an objective reason to kill and created a barrier in proving an officer is guilty in court system. While this old legislative piece accounts the difficulties in prosecuting police, the traditional unspoken rule of police officers not to report against colleagues cause corruption in the process of prosecution which is another source of
After conducting my research, I will analyze the officer involved shooting incident that occurred in Nashville a little over forty days ago between Officer Joshua Lippert and Jocques Clemmons (Cardenas, Alund, & Sawyer, 2017). On February 10, 2017 at approximately thirteen hundred hours Officer Joshua Lippert was involved in a shooting that took the life of Jocques Clemmons (Cardenas, Alund, & Sawyer, 2017). Initially we will examine the facts of the incident provided to the media followed by the public’s response. The initial circumstances released to the public regarding the incident were Officer Lippert initiated a traffic stop on Clemmons’ vehicle for failing to observe a posted stop sign (Cardenas, Alund, & Sawyer, 2017).
Marshal we will first discuss three of the main ethical challenges. These ethical challenges are that of acting impartially, use of force regulation, and abuse of authority. When it comes to all law enforcement agencies the concept of acting impartially is one that should always be present. This concept can become challenging when you are dealing with serious offenders who at face value should are guilty and should be treated as such. But, under the law, you need to act a certain way and follow specific procedures so that to ensure that proper court proceedings can occur.
An officer’s memory loss is important to understand especially during life-threatening incidents. The book discusses how common it is for officers to be unsure about how many shots he or she had fired. This is because the brain is under a high amount of stress, and they are not able to remember everything that happened. The officer is nearing condition black after the incident, and he or she will have trouble trying to remember every single detail leading up to the critical
Police officers are trained to make split second informed decisions, often times officers decisions are called into question. One case that caught a lot of attention was the Philando Castile shooting on July 6th, 2016. Mr. Castile, an African-American male, was pulled over by Office Jeronmio Yanez due to the fact that he fit a description of a having a “wide nose”, according to CNN, that was similar to a robbery suspect. Once Mr. Castile was pulled over it was revealed through Ms. Reynolds, Mr. Castile’s girlfriend, Facebook live video, that he possessed a gun in the car which he was licensed to carry.
All too often media airs news reports with details only revealed that support their own political agenda. Even with that said, if the very officer that is supposed to uphold the laws in society is engaging in misconduct or illegal activity, the public will diminish an officer’s credibility and legitimacy. (Elliot) This is why body worn cameras are so important. Credibility is everything to an officer.
No assuming witnesses will be made towards many officers. As citizens, many are scared of officers just because knowing what they are capable of doing, and also seeing so many viral videos on the internet. All police do not enjoy being criticized by others knowing
The reason as to why police brutality is unethical is simple. It kills a lot of people and is not necessary. However, what are the reasons as to why police brutality has become such a problem in the United States? One can argue the police officers take advantage of how much authority their occupation comprises of. If a cop shoots and murders a person, they claim that they were using self-defense or some other kind of excuse.
Now there is two possible outcomes, there was police misconduct and abuse of power, or the police officer did everything correctly and by the book. Either way there needs to be something that can protect the public from police misconduct and also protect law enforcement from dealing with false accusations that can tarnish their reputation. That is why body worn cameras need to be mandatory for all police officers to wear because it protects the public and the police officers that are wearing them. A couple positive outcomes police officers wearing body cameras is how they can lower police officers misuse of authority and also lower false complaints against officers as well. These are two
There have been numerous amounts of deaths and accusations between officers and the victims who have had an encounter with them. Many people a questioning whether they want to actually protect them or do these so called “crimes” have to do with a they color of skin. Police are "supposed to be protecting you, but you can't trust them anymore," (A TEXTBOOK CASE FOR BODY CAMERAS) which is true, for the reason being people do not know what goes down between a cop and a civilian. Although you may have witnesses, a small video clip of the encounter, and the statement from the cop but what has been told it not always the truth and what is seen from a screen does not show the full
Police officer’s reputations are reduced and they lose the public’s trust as protectors. Specifically, society talks about the act of a white police officer savagely attacking a black citizen. The black population was enraged by this act and formed activist movements to prevent any police brutality brought upon them. As the controversy rise, society starts picking a side to defend. In this case, the nation is split into two sides.
Furthermore, citizens fear crimes being committed along with the officers that battled the crimes. While the media’s outtake may sometimes be truthful, the situation is worsened on
