Police Misconduct

Police can be credited for helping people during times of need and taking extra working hours in challenging situations. The streets may be scary to venture in due to criminals, but the police make it safe for us. Every day they will step out to deal with different types of violence in the society. However, that’s not an excuse to engage in appropriate behaviors (Perez, Douglas and Moore 119). Some of these misconducts include wrong arrests, police corruption, witness tampering, racial profiling, surveillance abuse, false evidence, intimidation, police brutality, and off-duty

In previous decades police offenses, most particularly in today's Society Police transgression has tragically turned out to be excessively common in our society. Independent broad-based anti-corruption commission (2011) has characterized Police offense as an activity performed by a cop that incorporates declining to perform their duties, carrying on disgraceful or unfittingly while on duty or taking a break.

In the mid to late 1900’s the code of silence was introduce to the police officers, The police officers live and work under a code of silence called the blue code of silence in the United States. The blue code

Police abuse has remained one of the most serious human rights violation in the United States. It is the use of excessive and unnecessary force by police when dealing with civilians. The past decade has introduced us to a new wave of police brutality. With technology and media emerging, the people become more aware every day about inhumane behavior against innocent citizens. With the proper research, the opportunity to seek reasoning behind police brutality can lead to a cogent effort to end or significantly decrease misconducts committed by law enforcers.

Fair and equal treatment is a widely accepted aspiration of most Americans, but to this day is still a work in progress. It's naive to say police misconduct isn't an issue, even more so to say that young African American men aren't unreasonably marginalized and targeted. This is something we need to take action towards and make a change if we expect anything about this to change. Police are not the enemy, the majority of police are well trained and RESPECTFUL OF THE PEOPLE, but that is not to make light of very serious problems regarding police brutality, false statements, racial profiling, manslaughter, sexual assault, and much much more among the minority of officers. They are meant to prevent crime, protect and serve, and enforce the law.

Situations which a law enforcement officer is required to use force is extremely rare. So rare, that when an officers calls are looked at over the course of a year; less than 1% of calls were reported with force being necessary. The nature of which a police officer needs to use force usually is the outcome of how a suspect’s behavior is to the officer or situation. Society grants police officers a certain amount of authority within the limits of the constitution to uphold the law and protect the public. However, there have been circumstances over time where an officer or officers have overstepped the limits in which they are bound by law.

This paper is going to provide an overview of what police can and cannot do in terms of force. Police officers are trained and authorized to use force in making some arrests, restraining unruly combatants, or controlling a disruptive demonstration (Adams, 1999). There are several levels of force within the standard operating procedures of law enforcement agencies; however, these levels of force can vary depending on the circumstances and can change according to the types of weapons officer carried. Reasonable force means the use of force that's appropriate for when officers are protecting themselves and their property (Safrath, 2014). The second force is unlawful or excessive force. Unlawful or excessive force is to be considered physical force when directed at a person. For example, using a weapon, like a knife or

Police are supposed to enforce the law amongst people around the world, but unfortunately, some of the ways they enforce are unjust and unruly. Over the past decade, they have acted out in ways that have caused us to question whether or not they are fit for the job or if something should be changed. Police brutality is the malicious use of excessive force, often in the form of physical actions, but also common in verbal abuse and psychological intimidation by a police officer. The word “Brutality” is defined in various ways; in this sense, it is ferocious cruelty. “The term ‘Police Brutality’ has been used by the American Press from as early as 1872.” However, there have also been cases of police brutality in certain areas long before

The Police Officers use of the excessive force is always kept in check by many jurisdictions through the force continuum that allows use of force to a certain extent. The force continuum sets relevant levels of force that are considered appropriate in the direct response of a subject’s behavior. This power is only granted by the civil government, and has the limits that have been set out under the statutory law as well as common law. (Stetser, 2001)

Many favorable opinions as well as many negative objections have been made regarding the use of force in law enforcement. But according to the International Association of Chiefs of Police, force is the “ amount of effort required by a police to compel compliance by an unwilling subject” (IACP). With that being said, in today’s society, many police departments across the United States find themselves disturbed with the widespread negative allegations of “the use of police

A. While police misconduct has long been a fact of life for many individuals and communities, there is growing awareness on the part of the media and white America of the excessive mistreatment of people of color by police officers.

White, M. D., & Kane, R. J. (2013). Pathways to Career-Ending Police Misconduct An Examination of Patterns, Timing, and Organizational Responses to Officer Malfeasance in the NYPD. Criminal Justice and Behavior, 40(11), 1301-1325.

In today’s society police misconduct is growing rapidly and a serious matter. Police misconduct is often referring to as an ill appropriated conduct taken by police officers about their official daily routine duties. Law enforcement official are not obeying the oath that they took to uphold the law. American people don’t have the chance to get judge by jury or even have their day in court, due to the illegal actions taken by police officers. Citizen is innocent until proven guilty, police officer should never let the perpetrator allow them to stop out of character (Kane&White2013). Most times when officers react to the perpetrator that’s the first mistake that can destroyed, the department allowing them not to have grounds to stand on.

A growing concern in America is the unnecessary use of force police officers use on the innocent or those in their custody. The role of the police officer carries both power and authority and the abuse of that power and authority raises issues society must face. This paper discusses the problem of officers who use unnecessary force, what managers and executives are doing to deal with this problem and the ethical dilemmas associated with the use of excessive or unjustified force on the police department.

Most of society look at law enforcement and citizen’s encounter as a sin, especially if the law enforcement officer have to make an arrest. Most of the complaint that are file against the law enforcement officers and agencies come from lawfully arrest, when a person is detain and when necessary or unnecessary force is used to make an arrest. (Addressing Police Misconduct Laws Enforced By The Department Of Justice, 2015). When law enforcement officer violated a citizen right’s it is view as police misconduct. Police misconduct is unreasonable force, malicious prosecution, intentional false arrest and sexual abuse against the victim who is the citizen. If the Department of Justice, Internal Affairs and Attorney General come to the concluding