excessive force by police departments in the United States have continued to generate large media coverage across the nation. After the Rodney King incident in 1991, public outcry regarding the use of excessive force was thrown into public view causing law enforcement reforms. Today, in the state of Ferguson, the fatal shooting of Michael Brown by the hands of officer, Darren Wilson, has set off unrest and protests. In addition, Eric Garner, a citizen of New York, was killed as a result of the use of a
protecting themselves and others, officers are legally entitled to use appropriate means, including force." Use of Force has no single agreed upon definition. The International Association of Chiefs of Police describes use of force as the "amount of effort required by police to compel compliance by an unwilling subject". Police officers are trained regarding the use of force while fulfilling their duties. However, the use of force by police is a subject of hot discussion in the media right now. The
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
When you hear in 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
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 to regulate its use, the different
to one person could be completely normal to another. However in the case of Williams in “The Use of force” extreme was taken literal because of his actions and radial thinking. Williams pride and ability to care is inspiring yet terrifying because the lengths he will go to save a life. The battle between the mother and her own conscious was distressful because of her hindrance her daughter. The Use of force, forced you to think when it is necessary to go to extreme lengths. Williams proved this by
The justifiable use of force by law enforcement personnel in the United States has its roots in English Common Law. In its original stages, force was permitted by all citizens, at the minimum, to detain a recognized criminal violator, and physical punishment, exile and death were common and acceptable penalties for alleged criminal conduct. When taken to the extreme, any convicted felon could (and would likely) be put to death. A person who opted to flee the scene of a serious crime became a “fleeing
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
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 officers might know what is excessive and still choose to use that method. Their fellow
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