Police procedural

Name: Tennessee v. Garner Citation: No. 83-1035, 83-1070 (1985) Facts: On October 3, 1974, Memphis Police Officers Hymon and Wright were dispatched to answer a "prowler inside call." When the police arrived at the scene, a neighbor gestured to the house where she had heard glass breaking and that someone was breaking into the house. While one of the officer radioed that they were on the scene, the other officer went to the rear of the house hearing a door slam and saw someone run across the

centered on police departments' practices related to traffic stops—examining whether police have targeted drivers based on their race or ethnicity. Significant anecdotal evidence has suggested that some departments may be treating drivers of some races or ethnicities differently than white drivers. Parties using multiple definitions have complicated the debate over racial profiling. Variation among these definitions means that interested parties are often discussing different types of police practices

what level of force is necessary to control the situation. Often the use of force is subject to much debate and not a year goes by without some media coverage of some law enforcement officer accused of using excessive force. In dozens of studies of police use of force there is no single,

Running Head: Unit 5 Assignment 1 Unit 5 Assignment Dale Hayes Kaplan University CJ440 Crisis Intervention: Unit 5 Assignment Professor Patricia Wachtendorf July 8, 2013 Running Head: Unit 5 Assignment 2 Role of Law Enforcement in Crisis Intervention Crisis Intervention Training came from the

108). Another top reason for the decline is that many police forces have started interrogating small offenders like those crimes that are more serious. This tactic has generated a number of leads, which in turn provides search warrants, multiple gun and drug arrests, and even homicide arrests (Giuliani Art

Taking personal responsibility and paying attention to detail are two very important character traits to have. It is important for civilians to demonstrate these traits but even more important for police officers and police recruits. Police officers and recruits should be held to a much higher standard than civilians because of the position they are in or will be in where they enforce the laws over civilians. They should be a role model for people to follow. A lack of personal responsibility can

Look at what you watch on TV, movies, video games all of which are showing how dumbed down we are. The 1% controls the media, music industry, and has power as up as the government. Let’s look at celebrities who believe that we are a police state Bill Maher, Alex Jones, Jesse Ventura, the late George Carlin, Jimmy Kimble, these are some who believe. They talk about it on TV and comedy bits which all can be found on Youtube. Even the general public who have seen past the system are fighting

Police corruption is legally, morally, and ethically wrong. The art of corruption has existed from the beginning of policing to the present day. Investigations have uncovered several acts of dishonesty and crime ranging from petty theft to murder. To help combat corruption the government creates commissions such as the Knapp and Wickersham Commission to investigate allegations of corruption. If acts of corruption are found and substantiated the commission takes criminal action against the law enforcement

suspect’s blood pressure and pulse rate through police interrogation. Lombroso was recorded of being one of the first persons to have successfully used the instrument for the means of distinguishing the truthfulness from deception in crime suspects to assist the police investigation. John A. Larson, a Canadian psychologist and University of California medical student, invented the modern polygraph in 1921. Later Larson was employed by the Berkeley Police Department located in California. He added to

Gender inequality still plays a huge role in today’s society. Women comprise only a small percentage of the local law enforcement agencies across the nation. Women have been a part of law enforcement since the 20th century but have only been noticed within the last 40 years. Back in the 1970’s women rarely held positions in law enforcement and if they did it was mainly clerical/desk positions. Even though the amount of women in law enforcement today has increased, women still only make up roughly