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Police procedures for responding to calls involving special situations

Police officers as the principal public safety persons respond to a host of emergency situations, some ordinary others quite unusual (Ortmeier, 2006). In each of these situations, the responding officer is expected to either solve or at least contain the situation. Inevitably, an officer will be called or while on patrol respond to a situation they have never experienced (Ortmeier, 2001). In other instances the situation may be usual but requiring special attention owing to the circumstances. These situations are referred to as special situations and there are corresponding procedures for each situation.

Responding to natural disasters

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Interview Techniques

Introduction
Law enforcement officers use interviews and interrogations to get information from criminal suspects. The two aspects of communication are important in deriving needed information. The two techniques are may be different in a number of ways. Interrogations are characterized by verbal aggressiveness while interviews engage a non-aggressive dialogue. Both the parties in an interview contribute to the conversation without prejudice. However, it seems that, in an interrogation, the verdict is already determined before the questioning begins. Sometimes officers engage in unorthodox tactics of eliciting information from suspects. Concerns have been raised about officers bullying suspects during interrogations. Interrogations Continue reading...

The career of being a police officer is risky yet interesting if one has the passion to pursue it for good reason. Police officers come into contact with all kinds of people, the good, criminals of all kinds such as drug dealers, thieves and murderers among others. The career of a police officer is divided into three major stages. Each career stage has distinct characteristics. The police officer behaves differently in each of the stages. The challenges and experiences the officer faces at every stage and the experience gained from the service make the officer evolve into a certain Continue reading...

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This paper will look at the killings in the united states that have been linked to racial differences. The article will provide detailed information on the events of the cases of Trayvon Martin, Michael Brown in Ferguson, and Eric Garner. The paper will also explore the people’s reactions to these killings, and finally the reforms that the government intends to implement to prevent further killings.

Occurrences of the events what happened with Trayvon Martin

Trayvon Martin was killed in February 2012 in a shooting (Greg 2012). Zimmerman is believed to have killed the 17-year old teenager. Zimmerman was a neighborhood watch, and he is reported to have Continue reading...

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Sony Corporation started planning in 2003 for some big personnel changes, all the way to the top. Their stock had hit a high point in 2001 and was steadily dropping and they decided it was time for changes. By 2003 they were in trouble. Once a nimble young company capable of challenging the behemoths because of their exciting ideas, they had become one of the behemoths. This put them in the awkward position of being a little of everything, but not the best at anything. This is not a good place to be, especially if the company is on Continue reading...

Law

Arrest can be regarded as a form of deprivation of liberty of a person, which is a guaranteed right under the Constitution. This process shall deal with the use of force by the police officers that may result to a humiliating and demeaning course of action. Arrest has been regarded as a de facto punishment since it is done even before any trial proceeding takes place, and prior to the sentencing process which provides for punishment. Under the present rules, arrest can only be done by the police as a measure of last resort, after all other options had Continue reading...

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The main objective of this paper is to reveal the importance of the use of discretion by police officers in the contemporary world. In this paper, I have tried to show both the advantages and disadvantages of the employment of police discretion. However, my main purpose is to establish the use of discretion as an advantageous practice for the criminal justice system. I have put emphasis on the fact that police discretion in the modern times is a useful exercise for saving time and space in jails. Police officers today have immense power in their field. Continue reading...

Response Structure

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This emergency response plan is subject to annual revision and the applied changes to be noted below.
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Response structure
Incident command structure is an organized system that enhances a central command of all relevant departments in response to an emergency. The idea was mooted in the United States of America at a Phoenix AZ meeting of fire Chiefs. ( Rion,2008).  The main goal of establishing Incident Command system was meant to mitigate wildfires or had engulfed states of California and Arizona. During its subsequent operations, the executive and operations managements realized that Continue reading...

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Police Discretion is exceptionally significant in the Criminal Justice system. It is the capacity of a police officer to make a decision out of a situation based on various circumstances. Police officers are adequately trained on how to respond to situations they may encounter while in the course of executing their routine duties. Sometimes while in the field, they may face a problem which does not fall under their training, and, thus compelled to deal with such a situation. It is not possible for the training to cover every aspect a police officer encounters in the line of duty. Continue reading...

There are definite social consequences for an officer who refuses to comply with the “blue wall” mentality. In the hypothetical, an officer who refused to back up his partner’s story in criminal and civil court regarding the excessive use of force on a suspect has been branded a “rat” by his fellow officers. The officer in question has faced a variety of repercussions as a result of his actions, ranging in severity from social ostracization to serious work safety repercussions, such as other officers refusing to ride along with the officer in question.
In this particular case, the Continue reading...

There are at least four alleged crimes and one possible civil suit in the case study. The alleged crimes include obstruction of justice, resisting arrest, possession of illegal drugs and a case of domestic violence. The potential civil suit in the case study is that of use of deadly force during arrest. This paper will briefly and concisely canvas each of these legal actions.
The lady who approached Officer Jones and reported that she has been robbed and assaulted committed the offense of obstruction of justice. She lied to a police officer that she was attacked by a robber Continue reading...

Floyd, et al. v. City of New York, et al

The rule of law pertaining to the Floyd, et al. v. City of New York, et al case is discussed below. The proceedings of the case raised two critical questions that had public importance. The rule of law requires that every individual and any organization to be subjected to the constitution and persons are allowed to be above the rule of the law. The issue of whether to allow the New York City Police Department (“NYPD”) to violate the Constitution of the United States is complicated because the frisks Continue reading...

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Training
The most important stage to become a police officer is experiencing through a training process. Most police groups found out mostly ahead crime certainty, and experience tough incidences and event by convictions so there is a need to train the individuals to become the stable and manly policy officer to implement the law enforcement strictly. Therefore, first of all there is a need to pass the training stage to become a police officer for the individuals who want to go in the police department (Bogira 322).
According to the book, First stage the recruitment procedure of police officer Continue reading...

Main roles and responsibilities of the Chief Financial Officer

The chief financial officer for the Apollo Group essentially does financial department management. He is the head of all the finance related departments. The departments under his docket include the following: accounting, tax, treasury and financial planning. As the head of these departments, he is responsible for a number of duties that resonate around service delivery of these departments. Overall, the officer is the chief accounting executive of Apollo Group. Consequently, he would be credited with the financial success of the Group and assumes liability and blame for any financial Continue reading...

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In life, it is important in life to have a code of ethics. It acts as a guide or compass to remind one of what they stand for and what the priorities are in life. When a person has a personal code of ethics it shows he aims to be a better person and even a better employee at the workplace. Many companies have instituted a code of ethics which they expect their employees to comply with. In different professions if a professional violates any of the Continue reading...

According to Secret (1), a New York City a police officer was charged with violating a black man’s civil rights. The police officer was charged after accusing the black man of resisting arrest. The officer Daragjati, used a racial slur to boast about the arrest. The officer was also charged with extortion, making a death threat and fraud in other episodes. Officer Micheal Daragjati who is white and acts as a plain clothes police officer was charged in condemnation in a Brooklyn Federal District Court for frisking a black man in Targee Street (Secret 3).

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The selection and training of a police officer is a long and arduous process. As law enforcement officers, it is imperative that only the best and brightest of the available candidates (those who can do the job right) are allowed the authority and responsibility that being a police officer entails. The skills that such a qualified candidate would learn through their subsequent training and career development would see them through to a long life in law enforcement and beyond. In this paper, we will elaborate more on the training process, selection process, and career development Continue reading...

This document is a report on an interview I carried out on 26th October, at 10 am. I interviewed a correctional officer called Anne working for Calgary’s young offenders Center. The interview happened over a phone call after I explained to the officer that I am a student at Bow Valley College. I also informed the officer that I was studying to become a correctional officer and he more than obliged to help me out. My interview contained five questions and the responses received have been discussed below.

After greetings with the corrections officer, I was offered the Continue reading...

Facts of Case: Three men were riding around about three a.m. on the morning of August 7, 1999 when they were caught speeding by a Baltimore County Police Officer. Donte Partlow, owner of the Nissan Maxima, was driving. The front seat passenger was the defendant Joseph Jermaine Pringle. The rear passenger was Otis Smith. When Partlow took his registration out of the glove compartment, the officer noticed some “rolled-up money in the glove compartment.” After running a warrant check that turned out clean, the officer just gave Partlow a warning about speeding.

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According to the American Psychological Association’s Guidelines

The justice system in America is supposed to be comprised of the top officials this country has to offer. Skilled men and women from across America are supposed to put their talents to work when it comes to preventing crime, and rehabilitating criminals. Lately, we have been falling short on both fronts. In an effort to rehabilitate criminals, parole officers have implanted many different strategies. Two of these strategies are the casework supervision model and the brokerage supervision model. They are very different in type and use, designed to help previous offenders reshape their lives. However, between the two, Continue reading...

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The Role of a Probation officer
The probation officer has been answerable for overseeing probationers since the former Probation Act of 1925 and for directed discharges since the Sentencing Reform Act of 1984. With the passage of the Federal Courts Administration Act of 1992, it is further stipulated that the probation officer could likewise regulate federal offenders restrictively discharged under the procurements of 18 U.S.C. 4243 and 4245. The Federal Criminal Code and Rules sets onward the different duties and obligations of the United States probation officer in 18 U.S.C.§§ 3552 and 3603 and in Rule 32(c), tagging Continue reading...

A peace officer is a constitutional officer who is under an obligation to uphold the tenets of the constitution and have a high moral standing. Bluntly put, the ethical world for peace officers is quite complex. Besides the moral standing expected of them in ensuring that they are persons of character who are governed by universal ethical duties as encapsulated in the Six Pillars of Character, they are also subject to professional ethical standards that govern the profession. Since they constitute public officers of employees, they are also bound by a wide set of principles that avail an overarching Continue reading...

The fourth amendment to the US Constitution provides and ensures one of the fundamental human rights. This amendment guarantees freedom against unreasonable search and seizure by public servants and officials or any other agents of the US government. In order to conduct search and seizures legally, such officials and governmental agents are required to have reasonable ground, on the basis of which they receive specific warrant.
There are many cases concerning this constitutional amendment that were considered and decided by the US Supreme Court. And the landmark decision in this sphere is Tennessee v. Garner. According to the factual Continue reading...

Group 8 Week 10 Outline (Walker 1997)

Complaints against the Police: A Focus Group Study of Citizen Perceptions, Goals, and Expectations
- Purpose
- What do the citizens want to accomplish with their complaints against the police?
- Does the law enforcement citizen complaint process accurately address the citizens concerns?
- Citizen complaints against Police misconduct
- Law Enforcement misconduct is a prevalent issue in America.
- Civil Rights groups such as the NAACP and ACLU complain that minorities are victims of repeated extreme physical and verbal abuse by the police
- African Americans are less likely than White’s to have their complaints addressed.
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Introduction

There are lots of positions available in the justice and correction industry waiting to be filled by qualified—in terms of skills and educational background, applicants. As a brief background, correction is an umbrella term used to describe different possible functions and actions that may be carried out by a particular state department (e.g. supervision, treatment, rehabilitation, and punishment) towards individuals who have been incarcerated or convicted of crime. Other functions of a corrections department include imprisonment, parole, probation, and even re-imprisonment for particular cases.
Every independent state usually has a dedicated department for monitoring and regulating corrections. In Continue reading...

Introduction

This paper sheds light on procurement and contracting. It contains a description of contracts by the government and the existing terminations when the contractor fails to meet the set contractual obligations. In this case, the focus is on termination for convenience and termination for default. Major reference is on the Federal Acquisition Regulation which includes a description of the procedure to follow in conflict handling. An example is the Krygoski Construction Company Inc. case against the United States in August of 1996, Case No. 95-5136.

Bases for a Termination for Default

On this matters, a default under the Federal Acquisition Regulation is a contractor’s Continue reading...

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Costco Wholesale Corporation operates a warehouse that is for members only, and which sells products and services of high quality at an affordable price. It is the largest club operator in the United States with over 71 million members in over 40 states of the US. Over three-year time period from 2005-2008, Costco expanded its membership base while at the same time increasing its number of warehouses both within the U.S. and internationally. In 2008, Costco’s U.S. sales increased by 10.4%, while the revenue from Canadian operations grew by 20.7%, and the company’s other international sales grew Continue reading...

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Ethical Dilemma 1: Gun Rally
After reception of a tip concerning a potential illegal gathering scheduled, it must be decided what is the appropriate course of action, having in mind your own maintenance in the assignment of the gathering, and your responsibilities and commitments to defend the regulation.
The appropriate course of action in this situation is to assign a subordinate officer to identify the frontrunner or the organizer of the gathering, and notify them wholly of the license requirements, local laws, and laws of the municipality, which relate to municipal crowds.
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Pros and cons of using the same police vehicle constantly through shifts versus assigning individual vehicles to field officers for every shift
One of the most important aspects of policing is patrol (Hess and Orthman, 2010). Research indicates that the more efficient the patrol is, the better the efficiency in policing, especially in relation to detection, responding, and prevention of crime (Mackey and Levan, 2011). On such basis, improving patrol has been a key consideration in contemporary law enforcement. One key consideration in improving patrol has been whether to utilize a personal car program or a multi-shift car program.
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Introduction

In the morning of Wednesday, March 18, Ryan Moats was rubbed the opportunity to say goodbye to his mother in-law by the name Jonetta Collinsworth who was ailing from breast cancer. This was as a result of awful actions by one of Dallas policemen by the name Robert Powell. After spending about 15 minutes in a red light alongside Officer Powell’s Scrutiny, Ryan Moats arrived at the hospital too late to say his final goodbye to someone he treasured. Collinsworth had already taken her last breath just moments earlier. Owing to the above alluded realities about the incident, Continue reading...

Reasonable Suspicion

According to the Institute of Government (2002), an officer can make a brief investigative stop of an individual if he or she has reasonable suspicion of criminal activity. The same applies to traffic stops whereby an officer may randomly stop a motorist to check his or her driver’s license or vehicle registration. So did Officer Smith have reasonable suspicion? Reasonable suspicion is determined by a number of factors such as time of day or night, officer’s personal observations, the proximity of a suspect to where a recent crime has been committed, dress code, or reasonable suspicion of Continue reading...

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The history of marijuana in the twentieth century has been a slow process for its social acceptance. This process of acceptance still continued in twenty-first century. If we look into the history, In the 1936 a movie "Reefer Madness," shows marijuana smokers, they were portrayed as morally depraved fiends. In 1950s, marijuana was considered as a dangerous drug, people assumes that marijuana was a stepping stone towards the use of heroin and more dangerous drugs. In 1979, In a pole by CBS News, New York showed that27 percent of Americans were in favored legalization of marijuana by taxing it. Continue reading...

Question 1

Price is the amount that a producer charges his or her consumers for a product or a service. There are various ways of determining price which may result in different prices for the same product. The pricing suggestion of the sales officer, the finance officer and the marketing officer will result in the following prices;

Pricing suggestion of the sales officer

According to the sales officer, the selling price of Amaizer should be 2,900 per tonne to make it make competitive as shown by the calculations below.

The sales officer recommended that the snack, Amaizer, should be sold at 100 below the price of potato crisps.

Price of potato crisps per tonne is 3,000
Therefore, the price of Amaizer will be; 3, Continue reading...

Managing Criminal Justice Organizations

Officer Joe is suffering from low self esteem that is most likely resultant from stress. To compensate for this the officer has turned to the noted behavior as a form of cover up for their problems. This behavior portrayed by Officer Joe leads to lack of motivation in their job, which consequently means that they do not feel obliged to follow any orders and hence their lack of co-operation. The stressor in this case may be Joe’s family or even something at the workplace. The probability of the stressor being at the work place is high based on Continue reading...

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There are several advantages of choosing a finance officer to the chief executive officer position. To begin with is the knowledge of the business the finance officer has concerned the company. In addition to the financial knowledge of the business, the financial officer understands how it functions at the executive level. Having he grasp of the company's financial picture, this enables him to implement the financial recommendations from the chief executive officers' position than in the financial officers' position.
Secondly, the chief financial officer has the understanding of running a business in a cost effective manner. Has the knowledge Continue reading...

Non judicial punishment, popularly known as NPJ is a tool that is available for military leadership personnel for the purposes of maintaining law and order. NPJ is permitted under article 15 of the UMCJ and is governed by both part 5 of the manual for courts-martial and service regulations (staff, 2014). NJP is most common among the military services and as such there is a procedure for imposing it on an officer. Prior to imposing an NPJ, the offender must be notified of his crime, the supporting evidence behind the accusation and must be notifies that the commanding officer Continue reading...

1.0 Introduction
Technology and developments in the printing industry have led to the emergence of higher definition and more realistic images. This is more pleasing to the audience and gives a clearer message. Following a high demand in high quality 3D printing, an opportunity arose to fulfill this need. The business will to serve its customers with quality 3D prints. Following this keen evolution of printing technology, there is a feasibility of starting a printing business, which will work with other related products and services. The business will be a sole proprietorship. The proprietor will make all the decisions. Continue reading...

Whenever a person finds themselves in the streets of some strange town, confusion engulfs them. Amidst the feelings of confusion, the lost individual cannot trust anyone around them. In their attempts to find their way out, they gaze around trying to figure out the next course of action. The sight of a police uniform is usually a relief to such a person. There are many reasons why such an individual will without hesitation rush to the person in the police uniform. One of the principal reasons why the individual will seek the assistance of the uniformed person is the Continue reading...

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Canada has had elections since 1792; that was when the Upper and Lower Canada conducted their first elections. Elections in Canada are held at different levels of the government including the federal (national), territorial, provincial as well as municipal. Minimally the citizens must be 18 years in order to vote for any representative. The Canadian parliament has two chambers which include a lower chamber, the House of Commons with 308 members and the upper chamber, the Senate with 105 members .The members of the House of Commons serve for maximum of four years and are elected in Continue reading...

Scenario One – Drugs at a Friend’s House

Yes, a moral problem exists. I have to decide if I believe it is wrong to do cocaine. Then I have to decide whether to call the police on the people doing the cocaine even if having the police come to my friend’s house will harm my friend’s reputation and cause my friend legal issues. Since I am off duty, I would need to call the police and not handle the situation myself, even though I am a police officer.

Doing cocaine is illegal in most jurisdictions. If snorting cocaine is illegal where this activity is taking Continue reading...