Criminal Justice Case Study Examples

On 11/6/2017 at 1400 hours, I Officer Graves, responded to 735 E Haggard Ave Elon, NC 27244 in reference to an assist. Upon arrival Detective Turney, Lieutenant Sweat, and Officer Peters were at apartment K executing a search warrant. I was requested to remain outside of the residence at the front door. At 1426 hours Captain B. Tillotson entered the residence and left at 1441 hours. At hours Officer Peters released Jacy Loshin from the premises after issuing a citation. At 1455 hours Officer Chavis entered the residence and remained until the search warrant execution was completed at 1530 hours, when all remaining officers cleared.

When a law enforcement officer or other public employee is accused of potentially criminal conduct, they may face three different kinds of interviews or interrogations. If an officer is interviewed as a criminal suspect, they have the absolute right to decline to answer any questions, or to insist that they have a lawyer of their choosing to attend the interview. The first is type is during a criminal investigation; the second is during a disciplinary investigation and finally during the course of civil litigation where there has been damages. During a criminal interview, there is no professional, ethical or moral duty to participate especially without the assistance of an attorney to represent the officer under investigation. It has come to a surprise that many experienced officers will waive their right to silence and give the investigators an audio recorded statement. Some of the inexperienced criminals do not make incriminating statements. The motive for cooperation is to avoid unfavorable publicity.

”(Moskos, 2009, p. 143). This shows how there is a lot of discretion used by each different officer, while some are more aggressive, there are some who are more laid back. This also goes into the point of how there are different types of policing styles, officer Lowe would take more of a reactive policing style while the officer mentioned on page 122 takes more of a proactive policing style. Moskos later on writes how this could be related to

Karen Jimenez was interviewed on Monday, February 15, 2016, at approximately 8:18 p.m., at the Edgecombe County Detention Center Annex located at 301 St. Andrews Street in Tarboro, North Carolina, by North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation (NCSBI) Special Agent (SA) J. A. Bode. SA J. L. Matherly was also present during the interview.

Every law enforcement officer is bound to a code of ethics. When sworn in to any police department within the United States you read the code of ethics out loud so that you may never forget them. As per the indictment case file (11-020053-01/02/03-KHV-JPO) Officer Daryll M. Forrest was indicted with having stolen an Apple iPod Touch, video game console, Nintendo Ds with games and 300 in U.S. currency. Officer Sillings was indicted for stealing while under the color of law while conducting searches and seizures 340 in U.S. currency, six Play Station game, possibly other items that haven’t been identified. Each one of these officers had the responsibility to report the unethical act they each committed. Officer Forrest mumbled that he was influenced

The family has been determined indigent for services. Samkisha has received public defender services for her criminal matters and Mrs. Beale has received Medicaid since she was 16 years of age. Mrs. Beale disclosed she is court ordered to receive child support in the amount of $202 per month from Mr. Robinson for Samkisha, but stated he seldom make payments of such. She also reported she receives unemployment in the amount of $204 per week and Social Security Income (SSI) for Samkisha in the amount of $670 per month.

In this scenario, my fellow Officer Steve Johnny is experiencing financial hardships due to his wife losing her job. This makes it hard on Johnny who takes in off duty security jobs, also violating department policy while in the process. On this particular night Johnny gets an assignment, and wants me to respond to it because he has security detail in a few hours that he must go to. Johnny then becomes irate and tells me all about what’s been going on and may get us both in trouble if no one responds to the call.

When the office gets their he asks for a quick run down of what happen. The officer askes

3. Procedures not followed. Every state has slightly different requirements when it comes to what information an officer is required to share, but there are a few warnings and pieces of advice that are either federally mandated or common to nearly all jurisdictions

In order to avoid officers from lying on the stand, they should be warned of the consequences and charged with perjury because they are committing a crime (England, n.d.). The act of lying while under oath is against the law (England, n.d.). It is the criminal justice system’s duty to find out the truth, and when an officer is

The ethical dilemma raised in this scenario is whether to investigate the Mayor for driving under the influence which could become public and end his career, or lie on my report and receive his help to further my career. This is an ethical dilemma because I must make a decision between what is right and what would be wrong based on my moral principles. As a law enforcement officer I have taken an oath to uphold my integrity, character, and the trust of the public (IACP, n.d.). Making the wrong decision can prevent me from being any different from those who do break the law.

The officer explained how negatively this encounter affected him. He said right when he got home from his shift the effects began and he turned straight to alcohol. Eventually his PTSD got so bad he decided he needed to commit suicide and he drove up with some guns in is car to take his own life but he was stopped by a patrol officer and was given a DUI. This officer explained how he was lucky he got a DUI because that’s when he finally got help for PTSD. One hardship from being a law enforcement officer is there is a huge area for discretion.

If an officer has a previous instance of falsifying testimony, any testimony he gives in the future could be thrown out of court, letting an offender go free.

Police office officers lie for many reasons, some are accepted and some are not. Lies could be important parts of an investigation or violations of law (Peak et al, 2010). “Accepted lying includes police activities to apprehend or entrap suspects” (Peak et al, 2010, p. 224). A good example would be, “We picked your partner up a couple minutes ago and he's being interviewed by the detectives right now. Do you really think he's going to protect you? Maybe you should help yourself out and tell me what really happened" (Hawk, 2014, par. 3). This is not coercive and should not lead an innocent person to plead guilty. Three other situations where forms of lying is accepted are “offering the illegal action as part of a larger socially

This not only shows your lack of character as a soldier but also as a liability. Due to your inability to tell the truth, you are more of a problem and restraining your fellow comrades from completing whatever task or mission is at hand. This will not be authorized in any way shape or from within the 75th ranger regiment. It is stated in the 4th standing order within “Rogers' Rangers 19 standing orders” that honesty is vital.