Just like human beings have prejudices, police prejudices are expressed through discretion, sometimes even subconsciously. ... It really doesn't matter what the reason is because no matter what personal elements makes up the officers mind if there was a different reaction or response due to the fact that the violation involves a different person or circumstance it is ethnically wrong. ... Wrong, in this essay we are trying to find out what causes the difference in the mind of an officer to make them make those pre-judged decisions regardless or not if the back round check of the car cam...

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An officer encounters many safety risks daily and it is important for officers to carefully evaluate each situation because, "research has revealed that the uniform has a subconscious psychological influence on people, based on the person's preconceived feelings about police officers" (The Psychological Influence of the Police Uniform, Richard Johnson). ...

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