Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)

1. According to James J. Fyfe, violence resulting from police incompetence involves willful and wrongful use of force by officers who knowingly exceed the bounds of their office.
2. Suicide by cop results from capricious acts of rage or mania.
3. Accrediting agencies have begun to develop guidelines for the appropriate use of Tasers.
4. Most police corruption occurs in the area of victimless crime.
5. A law enforcement agency or municipality cannot be sued because an individual officer engaged in misconduct.


1. FALSE
2. FALSE
3. TRUE
4. TRUE
5. FALSE

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