Provide at least three perceived benefits of the police utilizing body-worn cameras.

What will be an ideal response?


Answer may vary. Perceived benefits of the police utilizing body-worn cameras are as follows: strengthening accountability, improving officer professionalism, providing a more accurate record of events, improving officer and agency transparency, reveal officer misconduct, footage can be used as a training tool, and footage can be used as evidence for investigations and prosecution.
Learning Objective: 1-5: Discuss how police use of discretion and police use of force can make the police controversial.

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An arrested suspect is read Miranda warnings while in custody and says she wishes to speak to a lawyer. Questioning then ceases. Which of the following statements is INACCURATE (assume the suspect does not try to initiate conversation in A, C, and D)

A. The suspect may not be interrogated further by a different officer in the police agency who was unaware of the suspect's request to see a lawyer. B. The suspect may be interrogated further if she says, while being escorted to the jail, "Well, what is going to happen to me now?" C. The suspect may be interrogated, without her attorney present, after she had an opportunity to visit with her lawyer. D. The suspect may be interrogated in the presence of her attorney

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Civil __________ refers to a situation wherein a person has forfeited all rights and privileges of citizenshi

Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

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Girls are drawn to gangs due to living in a poor _____________

Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

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Discuss current research that supports biochemical factors, such as nutrition and environment, as a cause of antisocial behavior.

What will be an ideal response?

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