What are the purposes of, and restrictions on police use of force?
What will be an ideal response?
American society recognizes the relatively unrestricted authority of police to use force as necessary. Police work is dangerous—a routine arrest may result in a violent confrontation, sometimes triggered by drugs, alcohol, or mental illness. To cope, police officers are given the unique right to use force, even deadly force, against others. There are, of course, limitations on when an officer may use force. For example, the U.S. Supreme court ruled in Tennessee vs. Garner (1985) that the use of deadly force to prevent the escape of all felony suspects was Constitutionally unreasonable. Where the suspect poses no immediate threat to the officer or to others, the harm resulting from failure to apprehend him or her does not justify the use of deadly force.
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Which two early reformers assisted in moving the police out of the political era of policing through their innovation?
a. James Q. Wilson and George L. Kelling b. Calvin Coolidge and Herbert Hoover c. J. Edgar Hoover and Raymond Fosdick d. August Vollmer and O. W. Wilson
The creation of ______ has led to the creation of new hacking/fraudster built-in malware techniques that can target users via smartphones and tablets.
a. file sharing tools b. messaging tools c. apps d. social media
What is the first step in having one’s case reviewed by the Supreme Court?
a. completing a writ of certification b. filing a legal petition c. writing an in forma pauperis brief d. reviewing a docket
A person makes a counterfeit $20 bill, under Texas law the person can be charged with
a. counterfeiting. b. fraud. c. forgery, d. possession of a controlled substance.