The police actions were unjustifiable and unwarranted in this situation. In the court care of Tennessee v. Garner, the Supreme Court ruled that, “deadly force may not be used unless there is a reasonable cause to believe there is a significant threat of death or serious physical injury to the officer or others exists” (Hendrix, 2013, page 194). The use of physical force should not be used in the manner of vindictiveness, retaliation, or punishment purposes. This display of action is unprofessional and is against the code of conduct. The suspect’s actions of getting out of her vehicle warranted the use of force, because she approached the officer in a threating manner.
Dallas Police Efforts to increase Legitimacy The Dallas Police Department is constantly engaged in programs to increase its legitimacy and to maintain the assurance of having an approachable and trustful relation between Police Officers and the public. Also, the Dallas Police Organization is continuously implementing and enhancing programs to involve citizens of all demographic areas of the city, to bring their diverse ideas to have a better community. For those reasons, the Code of Conduct of the Dallas Police Department is designed to promote efficiency, discipline, and good public relations by setting forth policies governing the conduct of every member of the Police Department, both sworn and non-sworn, on-duty and off-duty. Researches
This creates a situation that allows police officers discretion in the way they think about what they see and how they handle those with whom they come in contact. There has been an effort by the research community to examine issues concerning how police act and respond in general and what police do specifically when they interact with citizens. A conspicuous void in the research effort has been the lack of attention paid to the process by which police officers form suspicion about a suspect whether or not a formal intervention such as a stop was made. Officers in Savannah, Georgia were observed and debriefed after they became suspicious about an individual or vehicle. Observers accompanied officers on 132, 8-hour shifts, during
I have a complaint, and wish a legal ruling prior to allowing a Correctional Officer to become involved in a legal battle or worse yet, injured: Currently, the Department of Corrections has the authority and directives for Officers to use force within the building or confines of their building. In some instances, where perimeter patrols are on duty, use of force directives apply. There are strict directives for Certified Officers to use force. When certified as a PTO and off institutional grounds these directives again apply. Moreover, these directives apply directly to those inmates who are property remand into the custody of the State.
There are many views out there that favor militarization of the police and just as many that oppose it. A common reason that shows the positive side of militarization is local police are given the resources where they can handle more types of events solely by themselves, without having to call for outside help from the National Guard. It can take hours and sometimes days for the National Guard to show up when they are called upon to assist a local police force. Another popular pro is police officers are equipped with better firearms and training. Police officers would also have access to bigger, more powerful military style vehicles to use at a moments notice.
This would imply that there is also a misconception view of how even black police officers are seen. The scenario was supposed to be an example of how to stop a person. However, because African Americans are seen as dangerous, the scenario described above does not imply the same idea as it does when there is a white officer pointing a gun towards a black person. The police officer present thought they saw a mugging more than anything else. People in society are not used to seen a black police officer in the streets stopping a white person as indicated by the scenario (Conlon 2).
According to Flatlow, “The video suggests that when a suspect with a knife is five feet or less from an officer, the officer may no longer even have time to draw a gun, and that at 15 feet the officer may have a shot at shooting a suspect before they reach an officer with a knife” ("Videotaped Police Shooting Shocked The Nation, But These Experts Say It Was Justified"). In this example, the officer felt he had no other choice but to shoot and kill the victim. However, in such a moment of intense hostility and emotion, the officer could not have possibly evaluated the distance the victim was standing away from him. Whether the victim was 30 feet or 5 feet away, the officer incorrectly acted out of fear. The officer was not alone in this scenario and could have had help, considering two guns are more powerful than one knife.
Situation: As a patrol officer, I am only doing my job when I stop a car for running a red light. Unfortunately, the driver of the car happens to be the mayor. I give her a ticket anyway, but the next morning I get a call into the captain’s office and told in no uncertain terms that I screwed up, for there is an informal policy extending “Courtesy” to city politicians. Several nights later, I observe the mayor’s car weaving erratically across lanes and speeding. What would you do?
An alternative perspective illustrates that while constables were very often caught in a ‘bind’ between those below and above them their extensive ties to their local communities could also be a strength, since the inhabitants would have known or trusted them to some extent. Therefore, when a crime occurred, for example when goods were stolen, the victim could turn to the trusted constable to seek assistance. For example, in 1628 John Tyler sought the assistance of a local constable, Nicholas French, after several items that were stolen from his home, including a fleece, was discovered ‘under several inches of hay stored in his barn.’ Upon the constable’s suggestion Tyler marked the fleece and returned it in his barn and set up watch by two
The police officer could have solved the situation in a hasty manner. Using deadly force is obligated on occasions such as self-defense or protecting other individuals from danger. Police officers have to make quick decisions, but they should know if it's correct or
Police officers are the wardens of our society, they are tasked with a duty that weighs on them like Atlas. The average man cannot not match this burden and even some police officers cannot reach the standards of their fellows. So, what happen when a police office is found to be corrupted? Having his fellow police officers collecting a case against him would make the whole situation bias and the corrupted cop could easily get away; this in peculiar has been a major problem in American police since 1900’s. A new method of dealing with police corruption has been adopted in liberal states like California, Washington, and New York, Civilian oversight.
and I was doing something and accused of doing something or possession of something that is illegal? What will the police officer(s) think? I will be viewed as a black man behind the wheel, who is committing a
However, current police officers will act more professionally, with accountability and ethics, when they believe they are doing so. Rowe (2007) identified that when officers’ discretionary powers are limited, officers felt frustrated due to the perception that their senior officers do not trust them sufficiently to make decisions. It can be translated that when discretion is less limited so does the feeling of professionalism. Therefore, discretion, when professionally delivered will lead to an ethical police service, with ethical decision making. (Neyroud, 2008).
The law enforcement are given the responsibility to uphold the law to protect the public regardless of race, religion or ethnicity. This is guided by the rules of policing that were set down in our Constitution. The United States law was created to establish a fair treatment of our citizens, to protect and ensure their rights of privacy are not violated against federal, state and local agencies (Hess, Orthmann, Cho, 2015) As member of the State Sheriff’s Association, there are some shared concern regarding the issues of our police officers engaging from various number of detailed pattern or practices of unconstitutional and unlawful conduct. Such as, officer involved in shooting, police brutality, allegations of racial profiling and officers’
LICEING THE 21ST CENTURY The police are the public and the public are the police - Robert peel When we talk about the criminal justice system the public at large plays a very important role right from the prevention to reporting to the investigation of the case. The criminal justice system cannot achieve its goal without the active participation of the general public. If we take a look at the ancient police setup in medivial and ancient india we come across that there were various provisions for the participation of the public working with the police. The word police, inspires confidence inspires a sense of truse, security, commitment, and public service.
