What are some types of police actions that are vulnerable to Section 1983 actions?

What will be an ideal response?


There are a number of areas in which Section 1983 applies to police actions. These include:

Police brutality
Wrongful death
Negligent arrest and/or false arrest
Unreasonable search and seizure
Negligent supervision and training of personnel
Negligent supervision and direction of officers
Misuse of less-lethal tools and technologies
Breach of police duty of care
Failure to protect
Improper vehicle pursuits

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Parole is administered by the courts

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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The level of evidence used in probation and parole revocation hearings is __________

Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

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Because discretion increases the further one moves down the police organizational hierarchy, patrol officers have been called:

a. corrupt. b. street-level bureaucrats. c. crime fighters. d. micro managers. e. watchmen.

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A ________ is a set of interrelated propositions that attempt to describe, explain, predict, and ultimately control some class of events

A) hypothesis B) conflict perspective C) trait D) theory

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