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Police and the Pros and Cons of OC Paper Spray and Tasers

its trigger is pulled, compressed nitrogen shoots metallic probes from approximately 15 to 25 feet at a speed of about 160 feet pe...

Iraq and Democracy

a lot. Lives were lost in the struggle. Some do not think it was worth it. In understanding democracy and the process of democra...

Police Profession and Subculture's Dark Side

entrenched police culture, call for fresh approaches to managing for ethics in police work. Gaines and Kappeler (2002) argue that...

Policing and Chain of Command

crimes * Intervene in the operation of the police force when the delivery of police services and the enforcement of the law is who...

'Live and Let Live' and Stephen Carter's Etiquette of Democracy

social theorists for over a century. Perhaps one of the best approaches to addressing the concept of democracy, though, came not ...

Police Officers and Unprofessional Behavior

the force. In the case of Ruland, little was likely done. It was not an egregious mistake and some suggest that he was not out of ...

Democracy Defined

for a third alternative to what he sees as the two ways of looking at democracy, either as a having "negative rights" or "positive...

Dispelling Police Investigation Myths

In three pages this paper exposes the false myth that all crimes are investigated by law enforcement officials. Three sources are...

2 Discussion Questions on Police Organizational Management V

in the calculated rating. In the same vein, the department also should be able to identify and quantify community relations activ...

California, Policing, and the Collective Bargaining Process

before God to my chosen profession... Law Enforcement" (Morris and Vila, 1999, p. 164). When labor unions had succeeded in substa...

US and Policing Purpose

within. Rules are necessary for any organization and an enormous society is no different, in fact it requires more laws than a sim...

Community Policing and Violence in Schools

topic, a student will find a slew of information on the subject, thus providing information related to many of the questions posed...

Brazil's Democracy Obstacles

that Brazil has instituted some democratic reforms (Baiocchi, 2003). Yet, problems from the nations past invade the resolve of the...

Nonmobile Vehicle Police Searching

The US Supreme Court has defined curtilage as "the area to which extends the intimate activity associated with the sanctity of a m...

Democracy and Education by John Dewey

educated people, saying they live in "ivory towers" and dont understand whats going on in the real world.) Dewey believes that the...

"The End of Democracy?"

into the Constitution, thus making it impossible to legislate against virtually anything-"doctor-assisted suicide? Or drug use? Or...

Conflict Of Interest: Part of Police Department Culture

For a South Florida investigative reporter, the realization of how South Florida police officers can disregard inherent citizen ri...

Community Policing in Lynchburg Virginia

cases of criminal activity, the Virginia courts had a history of being rather reluctant to support the use of anonymous complaints...

Afghan journalists complain of police manhandling (Article Review)

problems between police and journalists ("Afghan journalists complain of police manhandling," 2007). In reading this article, a s...

What's Wrong with Democracy (Book Review)

geared for someone who already knows much about Athens. That said, this will appeal to those with much knowledge about the roots o...

Video Surveillance and Stun Guns Should Not Be Used by Police

injury and even death. In some way, the police have a false sense of security in using these devices. Stun guns are thought to b...

Why Democracy is Difficult

others; and America is comprised of people of differing educational attainment. If these traits are in fact necessary for democrac...

The Handling of Excessive Force Issues in Contemporary Policing

kill first, but this is not always the best course of action. Of course, police officers are trained in such a way so that they kn...

Higher Education For Police Officers

upon a combination of myriad elements that work in a synergistic way to address the criminal mind. The aspects of psychology and ...

The Best Government is Not Always a Democracy

nature of man and provide a justification for the creation of government. For Hobbes, "human law and order made sense out of the s...

Alcohol Use of Polices Among the Indigenous Population in Australia

(Kelly and Kowalyszyn, 2003; Saggers and Gray, 1997, Weller et al, 1992), however in many instances the attention has been focused...

Democracy and Mexico

if it failed; 2. a high level of economic development; 3. a favorable international political environment, with outside assistance...

The Benefits of Protectionist Polices

from free trade. The immediate impact in protectionism is to protect national industries and as such protect jobs in those industr...

Female Police Officers and Harassment

policy in place, the department moved to end the harassment quickly, and thus was able to win a dismissal; the St. Louis departmen...

The Interview and the Interrogation in Police Work

number of environments (Inbau, 2004). Interviews are generally unstructured (Inbau, 2004). The officers ask off the cuff questions...