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Thursday Worksheet 5: Federalism and devolution
Instructions -- Follow the instructions below, answer the questions. and submit your
answer as a text submission to D2L. Feel free to work with your classmates, but your
work should be your own. You can submit until midnight tonight.
1.
The federal government has relatively limited authority over local policing. One of the
tools that it does have is a consent decree. What is a consent decree, and when does
the DOJ use it?
The consent agreement is a between local law enforcement and the doj
which is intended to promote police integrity within the Department and prevent conduct
that deprives individuals of their rights, privileges, or immunities protected by the
Constitution of the United States. The doj uses it in places where there is evidence of
corrupt policing of the city.
2.
Imagine that you are working for the Department of Justice. You are concerned about
excessive use of force by police officers, particularly in cases where force is used on
unarmed civilians. You are also concerned that this use of force is not evenly distributed,
but is disproportionately likely to occur in interactions between police officers and Black
and Latino civilians. Why might you want to influence local police activities? What
possible courses of action could you take?
I would like to influence local police activities in order to reduce the amount of actions
that happen that hurt black people.i would try to implement the consent decree into the
local police force in order to help influence local police activities.
3.
Next, imagine that you are the Chief of Police in a city like Tucson, and the DOJ has
approached you with concerns about racial disparities in use of force. They want to
discuss a consent decree with you. What would be your reaction to DOJ involvement?
What would be your concerns?
If I was a corrupt police chief I would probably not like this and would shoot it down but if
I wasn't I would still have concerns about what it actually does and what will happen to
the police officer's ability to police. I would be concerned if the decree actually works./
4.
Next, imagine that you are a police officer with the Tucson PD. What would be your
reaction to a consent decree? What might be your concerns or interests?
If i were a police officer i would be considered if in actual work or if it just slows down the
police officers from doing their jobs. I would be interested if there is funding involved to
help to train local officers like myself.
5.
Finally, imagine that you are a community leader in a neighborhood with high levels of
crime and a high degree of police mistrust. What would be your reaction? What might be
your concerns or interests?
I would like to know what is invloed and if it actually fixes the problem. I would also want
to know if it will reduce the crime rate and help to make the trusting of police easier.
6.
Do you think that there should be more or less federal involvement in local policing?
Why or why not?
I think that there should be a little federal involvement in policing but that states should
have a bigger role and that the federal government can get involved if the police are
committing violations of citizens rites.
7.
Submit your answers as a text submission to D2L.
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