Living in the United States, a lot of cases in today's society are Police Brutality. Police Brutality remains the most critical and divisive human rights violation in the United States of America. ... The solution to the problem of police brutality must begin with the officers themselves. ... Police brutality must come to an end. The issue of police brutality is becoming more vital as society grows....

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Police Accountability This paper will focus on the issues of police accountability in modern society, and in particular why their accountability is more important than other profession. ... Even more serious is police brutality and physical abuses of power, which in reality are more common than most believe. ... Nevertheless there are extensive methods in place for ensuring police accountability. ... External review can take the form of public inquiries by police boards, which examine police behavior, administration, resources and fiscal matters. ... Clearly the need...

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Ethics in Policing The original conception of the police forces' role in society emphasizes the need for police to obtain community support in order to perform policing duties. There are three issues that have shaped the role of ethics in policing: styles of policing, the police as an institution, and police culture. ... Policing, or police culture, fringes on the mutual respect and cooperation of the public in which the police are sworn to protect (Banks, 2009). ... Violations of the rule-of-law include acts such as police brutality, planting false evidence, and lying in court (Finckenau...

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This is a sociological fact, not a figment of a racist media (or police) imagination. ... The police said Russ grabbed the gun and tried to wrestle it away from the officer, and gun fired. ... A police report said she was shot because the officer thought her cell phone was a gun. ... The NAACP recommends withdrawing federal funds from police departments with high levels of unresolved brutality cases, or police departments that have been slow to react to complaints. The organization also suggests creation of police/civilian review boards to review not only profiling but also stop-and frisk proc...

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