Introducing a deadly concept called the use of force. The use of force sometimes obstructed and miss guided. According to the Nij(National Institute of Justice) use of force is only used by law enforcement officers under self-defense circumstances. Also used on an individual or group. When it comes to defining the use of force there is no definite definition because some say it is too harsh or should not be used at all. I believe the use of force is necessary to an extent because yes cops do need
the news that the police use force to the suspect what does that mean or why are they use force. There are many reasons why police use force to help some of the situations that they are in. The use of force is when law enforcement agency use physical restraint to gain control of a person that is being unruly in a situation. When police officers use force is when they are in a circumstance like self-dense or in a defense of other person or individual in a group. Every day police officers face dangers
to the United States police departments for their use of force against citizens recently. There were the Ferguson protests in 2014 after Michael Brown was shot by police, and a growing list of people that have been reportedly killed due to excessive force by law enforcement. While the same situation is not happening in Canada it makes one wonder what we have in place to keep the same reports from happening in this country. We will explore the reasons peace officers use force, the laws put in place
Police brutality is not something that is always shown to the public. Honestly, I had no idea police used excessive force in times when it was not necessary. This paper argues that police today use excessive force to apprehend suspects. The problem with police brutality is the police use of excessive force. The definition of excessive force is unknown and that is what makes this problem hard to grasp. What is excessive to the civilian might not be considered excessive to the police officer. Police
The use of force is a necessary and required part of policing. “There are different types of force that can be applied. The levels can range from a loud, commanding voice all the way to deadly force.” (Forst, 2014). Use of force is the amount of effort required by law enforcement to gain control of a situation of an unwilling subject. The different levels, or continuum, of force law enforcement uses can include basic verbal commands and physical restraints, chemical force and even deadly force. However
Police officers have a professional obligation to ensure the safety and security of all citizens and their community. With that responsibility they are given the power and legal right to use force if necessary, to control a dangerous situation. Some police officers feel that they are above the law and they abuse their power to unjustly apprehend, abuse, and in some cases fatally injure suspects. Police brutality has always been a controversial issue in the United States. Police brutality is when
Over the past few years’ law enforcement has been heavily scrutinized for there use of force. Law enforcement use of force is one of the most important part in today policing. In this situation officers have to decide what type to of force to use. When force is use of force is not use correctly civilians or officer’s lives can be taken away from them. Citizens of the United states are all over the place, some believe the policy are fair, others objects and some people are uncertain. It seems to
Michael Brown. Sandra Bland. Eric Garner. All victims of police brutality in America. Police brutality is best defined as the use of excessive and unnecessary force by officers towards citizens—whom are generally unarmed. An example of police brutality includes the shooting and death of unarmed teenager Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri. This is one of the many reason body cameras need to be necessary for police to wear. Police should wear body cameras because they would help to decrease violence
The issues of police corruption, brutality, and wrongful use of force is a growing issues in the united states. As media covers makes the wrong act of police officers more and more public. The struggle of defining corruption and measuring it is an on going problem. With the options opening the use of deadly force is becoming more and more unpopular choose. Police can now turn to many other option being pepper spray or another form of force. A police job involves them being in the public eye in their
necessary and an unavoidable aspect of police work. Evidence/research: To validate this point, a definition of what corruption is will be provided, the definition will be by (Kleinig, 1996). Topic sentence 2: Corruption in the police force and throughout the entire world is an unavoidable aspect and is a part of being a police officer. Evidence/research: To illustrate this point, references will be made to a book that illustrates that no matter what police officer you are, corruption is bound to