Module II- Policing
Decision Making, Force and Corruption
Criminal Justice and the Rule of law
Police Personality and Subculture
Police and the Law
State Agencies
Local Agencies
14th Amendment
Special Jurisdiction
Procedural Law
Procedural Criminal Law
Morality
Isolation
Authority
Stress
Implicit Bias
Police Wellness
Danger
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Factors to Police Decision Making
DIscretion
Shaped by the:4th, 5th, 6th, and 8th Amendemtn
5th Amendment- Due Process
6th Amendment- Right to a speedy trial
4th Amendment: Search and Seizure
8th Amendment: Cruel and unusual punishment and protection against excessive bail
Outlines the governments must process cases
Provision of due process and equal protection
Protection of individuals from abuses from the government
Federal Agencies
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Drug Enforcement Agency
U.S. Marshal Service
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives
Department of Homeland Security
Secret Service
Transportation Security Administration
Internal Revenue Service
National Parks Service
Highway Patrol
State Police
County Level
Municple
Native American Tribal Police
College Campuses
County Parks
Department of Natural Resource
Benign can become dangerous
Always on high-alert
Situational Awareness
May be perceives as hostile; confrontational
Attitudes or stereotypes that effect our understand, actions and decisions in an unconscious manner
Must establish authority
Balance between authority and respect
Upholding law
Protecting society
Values that motivate or justifies actions- whether legal or otherwise
Taking "bad" people off the streets
Encouraged by perception that public is hostile toward officers
Interaction with public is primarily during crisis
Difficulty separating work and home
Organizational
Personal
External
Operational
Healthy coping mechanisms early in career
Stress reduction/ wellness programs
Mentoring network
Shift of mindset
Prior Training
In the moment decision making
Nature of the crime
Relationship between victim and the alleges perpetrator
Relationship between police and victim/ perpetrator
Race, ethnicity, age, gender, and class
Departmental policy
Police Corruption
Passive vs. Active
Grass eater vs. Meat eater
Battling Corruption
Cultural Change
Internal Change
Civilian Change
Accreditation
Lawsuits
Without Warrants
With Reasonable suspicion that we may stop individuals and search them
Exigent Circumstance
With Warrants
They have enough probable cause to get a warrant to search the property
Miranda Rights
Public Safety Exception
We have to question the individual before their rights have been read to them because it was necessary
Miranda
Right to remain silent
Right to an attorney
Anything you say can and will be held against you in a court of law
Exclusionary Rule
Principle that illegally obtained evidence must be excluded from trial