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    Working on a small police force can yield both positive and negative results. On one hand, many experts believe that many small/ rural police agencies often lack the resources for support, as well as a larger territorial area of coverage, in addition to isolation from colleagues, which can often create a distance relationship between the officers and staff, as well as the difference that crime occurs than their urban counterparts. Therefore, many small rural agencies have to think outside of the

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    While police forces around the world deal with many types of situations, one type that they should not have to deal with is when a situation comes up with one of their own being caught as a corrupt officer. Dirty cops seem to be able to hide their dirty deeds, but after a while, their actions end up catching up with them. This paper will show what may cause police corruption, steps to prevent corruption, prosecution of corruption, and a plan on how to change the perceptions of the police

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    Understanding Police Use of Force Police Officer shoots unarmed teen to death. Police Officer shoots unarmed teen to death who is violently attacking an officer. Which one is a catchier headline? The first one may attract ratings or sell newspapers but it is not only unfair to the police, it is also unfair to the public being fed this type of information. For years, news outlets have been bad mouthing police and their tactics because it makes for good stories. This type of coverage is dangerous

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    Police use of force in America has been and still is a major area of concern to the American public. The media seemingly never runs out of stories and cases to push into the mainstream for the public to watch and develop more concern for this area of law enforcement. Furthermore, there is a portion of the population who believe that the use of force by law enforcement is disproportionately used on minorities more specifically the African American community (Kolhatkar, 2017). However, is this use

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    Police Force Off Duty

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    Unlike many other jobs, police officers never truly leave their position, they are only ever off duty. This means police officers keep their responsibilities as an officer, even when they are off duty. This has created many questions about how far police officers can go when using force off duty, and different results have come from courts dealing with these issues in different places of jurisdiction. In the scenario, the police officer would be protected in using lethal force because he is defending

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    this nation we should fight for change in the police force, attempt to cease the embodiment of racial profiling, and support the efforts of those striving to bring about change. Many people might argue that the lack of training in the police force is more harmful to the officers than the effect it has on society. Leslie Pfeiffer mentions in her article “” that the Federal government devotes a shocking amount of money toward training, yet local police agencies are often left to fend for themselves”

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    Cliché? Mark finally headed home one night from going out with his police force. They had just solved a big counterfeit problem and needed some time outside of work. Mark, Audrey, Jordyn, Madison, and Carter have been on the same force for just over 2 years. New York City has had many cases and Mark’s police squad has solved a big portion of them. When Mark finally got home to his huge brick mansion, he got a call from the police station that stated that they found a teenage girl’s body just a block

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    English 122 MON03 24 June 2016 Cops and Cameras In the recent wake of the death of Michael Brown, an eighteen-year-old, who was shot by Ferguson, Missouri police officer Darren Wilson, the topic of police accountability and excess force have been heavily discussed. Among those discussions a reoccurring question has been asked “Should police officers wear body cameras”? While some view this as a violation of privacy, many agree that they law enforcement should be equipped with body cameras. Law enforcement

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    Police Excessive Force

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    I believe that principle number 4 applies more, “the degree of cooperation of the public that can be secured diminishes proportionately to the necessity of the use of physical force”, how? Well there have been many videos where police excessive force is used and in most cases are inexcusable, therefore, on other cases police officers are very clear on voice commands towards possible offenders, but sometimes they do not obey or follow orders and it is when policing become hard to apply. When they seem

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    Women in the Police Force: Bias Source One is an interview that I conducted with Elko Police Department Chief Ben Reed on 3/17/2016. "Chief Ben Reed has over 35 years’ experience working in all facets of municipal law enforcement, including Administration, Field Operations, and Detectives" (elkocity.com). This source is reliable because it is a direct interview conducted by myself of Chief Ben Reed himself. Source Two is an essay in the police chief magazine by Peter Horne who has a PhD and is a

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