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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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    Peruvian Police Force and Its Components: A Study Yvette Nicola Police Administration- Theory and Practice November 12, 2015 Dr. Siyu Liu New Jersey City University When it comes to the topic of policing, countries have different laws and regulations for the police force. Tactics also differ which allow each police force to be unique and distinct from others. In the presentation covered, Peru’s police force was examined. Topics that were discussed include the history and demographics

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    Police Force Strategies

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    There are numerous strategies that any police force could utilize to improve their relations with the community. Some forces may apply these strategies, while some may not, but all could benefit from implementing them. It is very important for a police force to maintain a good relationship with their community as they are there to protect and represent them.The first strategy that I would recommend a police force implement would be too train officers to deal with and be more comfortable with different

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    Police Use Of Force

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    only that degree of force that is reasonable and necessary under the totality of the circumstances to safely accomplish a legitimate law enforcement function.”(Phillips, 2017). To ride along with the misconduct of police there are also undoubtedly issues with violence from the public. In 2001, the International Association of Chiefs of Police, the Bureau of Justice Statistics and the National Institute of Justice, published the book Police Use of Force in America. This book simply restated statistics

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    The Brazil Police Force

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    In the Brazil Police Force there is a large problem with police corruption. The corrupt police take on a life of crime because of poor education, lack of money, and lack of positive hopes for the future. This is due to a large amount of the police force coming from the poorer areas of the country where they have little access to education. The officers are poorly paid, poorly trained, and poorly equipped to deal with the high-risk situations they face on an everyday basis. To counter the problems

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    Public And The Police Force

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    Statement of purpose Cooperation between the public and the police force is a key element in the peaceful coexistence of the law administrators and the citizens that they guard. As a social artifact, the research study achieves its importance through investigating why communities are subjected to the options of whether to or not to cooperate with the police force, an extension of the criminal justice (Murphy & Cherney, 2012). With the results and the statistics and data from the field study, determine

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    Ernest Duenez, Jr. was killed by police officer John Moody on June 8, 2011. When Ernest pulled into his driveway, Moody shouted to Ernest to put his hands up and drop the knife. However, Ernest had no knife in his hands. Moody fired thirteen bullets and eleven shots struck Ernest on his chest, back and head. His family was completely devastated; they searched for justice for Ernest, while helping his widow with her child, who was just seventeen days away from his first birthday. Tragedies such as

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    The Use of Police Force Police encounter different situations in their daily activities. The diverse nature of the circumstances implies that the members of the police also have to adopt different strategies of handling them. In some circumstances, the police have to use force as a way of addressing the situations. Unfortunately, when the police apply their own discretion in the use of force, the outcomes of this approach may end in fatalities or serious injuries. In recent times, diverse opinions

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    The purpose of the police force is to protect and serve while upholding Constitutional human rights. All police departments follow some code of honor that functionally swears them into oath that they will enforce laws while assisting and protecting the general populace. This much can be said about all police forces across the nation and of for the most part – the world. That being said, there is no exception in Aberdeen. Aberdeen’s department is composed of 45 active officers and 4 reserve officers

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    Police Use Of Force

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    The argument about the use of less lethal weapons and police use of force has been prevalent in society for decades. Although the idea and use of less lethal weapons has been embraced and approved by more than eight thousand different law enforcement agencies across the United States, there is a minute amount of empirical analysis regarding the use of less lethal weapons by law enforcement officials. This research paper assesses and provides a thorough portrayal of the large variety of options officers

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