Intimate Dennis Case Study

Police officers have the California Penal code 835a under their disposal. 835a lets officers use reasonable force to effect the arrest, prevent escape and overcome resistance. Police officers are never fully informed of each call they receive. Many officers are trained to quickly respond and modify their approach whenever a call gets picked up. Officers are trained to assess the situation and adapt. Citizens at home on the other hand, are being informed of the details after facts are released. Officers are trained to protect themselves as well as the greater public. Whenever a police officer exercises use “force”, officers are mandated to file paperwork and provide statements of what occurs. Citizens may believe that because officers have a position of power, officers are able to do what

There were boycotts of the malls in Baton Rouge, people were marching even holding up traffic. This didn’t only occur in Baton Rouge, but across the U.S. people were standing up for this injustice. Alton Sterling was selling cd in front of a convenience store when two officers approached him, the situation escalated Mr. Sterling was shot several times resulting in his death. Baton Rouge police did not provide much information about what escalated the incident between the officers and Sterling or what prompted an officer to fire his weapon. A witness, however, described police as “aggressive” and said Sterling was armed but was not holding his gun or touching his pockets during the incident. The level of force an officer uses varies based on the situation. Because of this variation, guidelines for the use of force are based on many factors, including the officer’s level of training or experience.

Recently, I saw the film, “Fruitvale Station” in which a BART police officer fatally shoots Oscar Grant. On January 30, 2010, prosecutors charged, police officer, Johannes Mehserle with murder for the shooting. He resigned his position and pleaded not guilty. Michael Rains, Mehserle's criminal defense attorney, argued that Mehserle mistakenly shot Grant with his pistol, intending to use his taser when he saw Grant reaching for his waistband. On January 30, Alameda County Superior Court Judge Morris Jacobson set bail for Mehserle at $3 million. A week later, with the help of fundraising from the police union, Mehserle posted bail.

On 10/18/2016, at approximately 1840 hours, at the Durango Jail located at 3225 West Gibson Lane Phoenix, AZ 85009, upon working in Durango 8 Control, I noticed that the majority of the inmates in the housing unit were gathering around A-row for what appeared to be a fight. I notified my partner Officer Carroll B2173 that there was a fight going on in A-row. Officer Carroll then made a radio call to Security Control for additional officers and placed Inmate (S1) Meyers, Donald T281833 and Inmate (S2) Carter, Clay T310426 in handcuffs until additional Officers arrived. Durango 8 was called code 4 at approximately 1842 hours.

I later watched the fight on a video recording from camera C1455 on 08/28/2015 at about 1700 hours and I saw Inmate Dibbern take off his shower shoes and his shirt and then he entered cell B16. Next Inmate Garcia took off his shoes and shirt and also entered cell 16. Both Inmates could be seen moving in and out of the camera view fighting in the cell. Inmates Dibbern and Garcia stayed near the back of the cell. After a minute both inmates can be seen exiting the cell. As soon as officers responded and got on scene the Inmates were standing by cell 16 putting their shirts back on. Responding officers gave both inmates orders to lay on the ground with their hands behing their backs. Both inmates complies with the orders and were placed into handcuffs with out further incident.

The use of unreasonable force is constitutionally excessive and violates the Fourth Amendment. Graham v. Connor, 490 U.S. 386, 394-96 (1989). There is no per se rule in determining whether an officer’s actions are reasonable under the Fourth Amendment. Scott, 550 U.S. at 383. The courts typically balance “the nature and quality of the intrusion on the individual’s Fourth Amendment interests against countervailing governmental interests at stake.” Bryan v. MacPherson, 630 F.3d 805, 823 (9th Cir. 2010) (quoting Tennessee v. Garner, 471 U.S. 1, 8 (1985)). However, courts, considering the totality of circumstances, balance the following factors to determine if an officer used force is unreasonable: (1) the severity of the crime at issue, (2) whether the suspect posed an immediate threat to the safety of the officers or others, and (3) whether the suspect was actively resisting arrest or attempting to evade arrest by flight. Graham, 490 U.S. at 396. Because force can be unreasonable even without physical blows or injuries, the analysis under Graham allows the court to determine objectively the amount of force necessary in a particular situation. MacPherson, 630 F.3d at 826.

I first spoke with Henton, I went over his Maranda rights and asked if he understood them, he replied yes. I then asked him if he would like to talk to me about what happened and he replied no. I did not observe any injuries to Henton, nor did he complain of any. I next went and spoke with Grimmett, I went over his Maranda rights and asked if he understood them and he said yes. I then asked him if he would like to talk to me and he replied no. With either inmate not wanting to talk to me about what happened, I cleared the jail and returned to my patrol

When I grabbed his arm to restrain him he actively resisted by trying to pull his arm away. I kept control of his wrist and moved forward and placed him on the table closest to me to apply the restraints. I ordered him to stop resisting and to follow orders. He continued to resist and Officer Bowser B2582 stepped in to assist. (S1) Inmate Dennis was placed in restraints and we began to escort him to the level 1 holding tanks. (S1) Inmate Dennis tried turning on us, threatened to kill us, tried to

I announced my presence as a police officer and immediately grabbed Garcia pulling him off of Beaton. Garcia resisted my grasp and I placed him in handcuffs. I checked for the proper degree of tightness and double-locked the handcuffs.

It should be noted Brown also told me a few weeks ago on two separate occasions

On 7/31/15 I viewed the video recording for Tower 13 B pod on camera C1357and C1358 at 1947 hours. On the video it shows a group of Hispanic and Black inmates arguing in the dayroom by cell 10. Inmate Alvarado T175339 pushes Jones T169976. Multiple Hispanic inmates and Black inmates start to fight. Moments after the fight starts Officers Levitch, Jimenez, Ceniceros and Peralta responded to T13 B pod. Officer Jimenez deployed the Pepperball launcher into the group of inmates fighting to gain compliance with orders given to them by the responding officers. After the Pepperball launcher was deployed all of the involved inmates complied with staff orders to lie on the ground. After the cell doors were secured and all un involved inmates

He could have waited for Billy to leave the liquor store and approach him differently than withdrawing his weapon. The Fourth Amendment is In the Garner decision and it says that in excessive force claims becomes the matter of seizure and the court must balance when seizure is needed against the nature and quality against seizure to figure out if the seizure was reasonable (Ross, 2015) Under the Garner decision, the officer must have probable cause to believe that the suspect poses a significant threat of serious injury or death to officers or citizens, Lethal force may be warranted to prevent an escape or to protect a citizen, It may also be used only when a felony has been committed. The felon must be dangerous involving violence or a threat of violence, A suspect is only dangerous if he threatens the officer with a weapon or the officer has probable cause to believe the suspect committed an offense which he inflicted or threatened to inflict serious physical injury. (Ross, 2015) The officer must also give warning before using lethal force. Billy could sue for punitive damages and compensation because the officer did not warn him before he fired the weapon. The officer was very

On September 27, 2016 an African American man was shot and killed by El Cajon police. A woman whose is sister of the man who was shot called the police indicating her brother was “not acting himself”. The man whose name Is Alfred Olango was walking into traffic in the 800 block Broadway before police officers found him behind a restaurant around 2:11pm. Olango ignored the instructions from the police officers multiple times, then [quote] “concealed his hand in his pant pocket,” Davis said [end of quote]. Olango would pace back and forth then [quote] “rapidly drew an object from his front pants pockets, placed both hands together on it and extended it rapidly toward one officer, taking what appeared to be a shooting stance,” the chief said [end

Prosecutors said the inmate had been restrained and posed no threat. (By Mitch

In my opinion, the officer received a slap on the wrist. I have watched the video footage multiple times and did not see Sarah Reed, biting his finger that leads me to believe that his claim is false. If, in fact, it was true, as an officer who is supposed to serve and protect the citizens, PC Kiddie should not have reacted that violently. I