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    War: Is Military Force Ever Justified? War has become a very sensitive, polarizing subject in the past few decades. Either it’s good or bad, right or wrong, black or white. Many people do not find any justification, even though no decision is more thought out than a country’s decision to use military force. for anything war-related because of the negative reality that it is war: violent, nasty, unyielding. All they see is an unprejudiced killing parade that rips lives apart. But what many people

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    There has recently been a demand for the use of less than lethal weapons in the community, and country at large. To meet this demand, the Asheville Police Department will be adopting the use of Tasers. Though Tasers are potentially lethal, they can be used more safely that a handgun, yet are more incapacitating than chemical spray. The use of Tasers will be explained with training as technology and laws progress. The most important thing is that the use of Tasers always falls within the law.

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    Sammy Yatim was an 18 years old boy who got on a streetcar late during the night of July 26, 2013. Mark Rogan from Toronto Life describes what happened that night; four girls boarded and sat at the back of the car near Yatim. He proceeded to unzip his pants and expose himself, and a switchblade to the girls, causing them to scream. This caused a panic in all the other passengers, and they began to exit the streetcar despite Yatim’s demands to remain where they were. Once exiting the streetcar many

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    Police use of force has received substantial scrutiny in various disciplines. In democratic civilizations, the police are required by the law and the public to use force when the situation warrants the use of ‘‘reasonable’’ power ‘‘necessary’’ to achieve ‘‘legitimate purposes’’ (Alpert and Smith 1994; Bittner 1970). According to the International Association of Chiefs of Police, use of force is the “amount of effort required by police to compel compliance by an unwilling subject” (NIJ, 2012). The

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    and muscle tissue exposed to the world. The chemical behind krokodil, desomorphine, it is available as a morphine substitute shortly after laboratory synthesis in 1992. Desomorphine is eight to ten times more potent than morphine. The medicinal use of desomorphine was concentrated to Europe, particularly Switzerland. The

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    [*][b]Why do you wish to join the Metropolitan Division?:[/b] I would like to join the division as it would fit my personality. Metropolitan division is action packed, teamwork requiering, strict and really organized division where I would fit right in. When I transfered from Chicago to Los Santos Police Department, I noticed that Metropolitan Division is one of the most elite group to get in and I would like to take this challange and do my best to get in the department. Metropolitan Division is

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    Police can come off in many different ways with people recording police altercations and not recording everything that happens. Resulting in people only getting half of the facts leading to a large number of people getting upset before they know how a situation played out. Information real and fake spreads extremely fast online. Another problem is an absurd amount of people believe fake news and don’t look at other sources for information then form an opinion on that current event based on facts

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    Chisinau Research Paper

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    Important Safety Tips and Warnings while in Chisinau If you are going to be Chisinau anytime soon it's important to be prepared in regards to safety before your arrival. Having knowledge beforehand can increase safety and make your time more enjoyable.  Beware of local police Be prepared to feel like you are under interrogation if you get stopped by the local police. They have a reputation of making travelers uneasy when asked for their passport. Visitors have often been required to pay a fine

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    The article of Should Police wear Body Cameras, described that civilians and police officers are far more mindful when being recorded. Both police officers and civilians are less likely to use violence if they are being recorded with a body camera. For instance, the article More Local Police Departments May start using Body Cameras stated that “ever since 120 police officer in California were given body cameras the reports of Police abuse

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    There does not exist in this world a job in which conflict does not occur. It just isn’t a possibility. Even if you are a company of one working for yourself there still exists conflict. Conflict with customers, conflict with orders, conflict with banks; it doesn’t matter because conflict is unescapable. So dealing with it and minimizing it are priorities in any efficient organization. Over the course of this semester we have been indoctrinated in the various forms conflict presents itself as

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