Criminal Justice
Introduction In many ways, the work of police officers encompasses situations in which their sound judgment is being challenged. There are circumstances where the officers find themselves in a position where they need to make a decision on specific matters in which a lack of foresight would result to an act of lawfulness or abuse of authority. Police discretion draws the thin blue line in which law enforcement are given the freedom to make a decision in taking actions about certain situations whether to let a traffic violator off with a warning or to issue a violation ticket. The ...
