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People expect the law to be enforced except when?
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Enforcement limits their own behavior |
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People also expect the police to help them when? |
They have a problem or when someone else is causing a problem |
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The police have awesome discretionary power-- |
To use force, to lock people up, and even to take someone's life |
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What is individual choice or judgment and is influenced by not only the law and department policies but also by personal values and beliefs? |
Discretion |
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Each agency exercises discretion when it establishes what? |
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What is the use of police discretion, deciding the concentrate on specific crimes such as drug dealing and to downplay other crimes such as white-collar crimes? |
Selective Enforcement |
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The increased officer discretion necessary for community policing is a concern to..? |
Many police administrators who fear loss of control of their officers |
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Unless the police exercise their discretion with care, the community may complain about what? |
An actual or perceived abuse of power or discrimination in the way police enforce the way
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Of the more than 43 million people who reported face-to-face contact with police during 2005, only..? |
1.6% reported that the contact involved police use of force against them, of this small percentage of people, most felt the force used by police was excessive |
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Borello describes ethical courage as "being confronted with a difficult problem and making the right decision despite potentially adverse personal or professional consequences, and is also defined as what?
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Being willing to break the code of silence |
