Chapter 8 Flashcards
The set of informal values which characterize the police force as a distinct community with a common identity
Police Subculture
4 aspects of police subculture
- ) Informalization
- ) Ongoing
- ) May emphasize a different set of values compared to mainstream society
- ) Often extends to personal lives
The abuse of police authority for personal or organizational gain
Police Corruption
Police corruption is behavioral _______ from an acceptable ethical standard
deviation
What perspective is police corruption viewed in?
Slippery slope perspective
Kerner Commission
Made findings about how African American’s were underrepresented and there was a discrepancy in pay, lack of professionalism
Knapp Commissions in the NYCPD 1970s looked at…
Corruption
Accept bribes or goods in exchange for not issuing tickets, making arrests, etc
Grass eaters
Grass eaters do not ____ but don’t ______ offer
Initiate, refuse
- ) Free meals, items from stores
- ) Two officers uses of force
- ) Body shop
- ) Diamond watch
These scenarios are examples of…
4 situations that officers were presented with and asked which form of misconduct they would be most okay with reporting
Solicit bribes or take a share of the drugs they confiscate to sell for their own profit
Meat eaters
Meat eaters _____ activity
Initiate
What was the response to the issues of police corruption?
Increased police professionalism
What 5 areas are addressed when it comes to dealing with increasing police professionalism?
- ) Hiring
- ) Increased pay
- ) Ethics training
- ) Continuing education
- ) Drug testing
The branch of a police organization tasked with investigating charges of wrongdoing involving members of the department
Internal affairs
Garrity Rights
When a police officer is forced to talk about an administrative issue not a criminal matter
Police department bureau internally conducts the investigation into…
The allegations of wrongdoing
True/False
When necessary an outside agency can conduct the inquiry
True
Protections that officers have against self-incrimination in the face of questioning
Officer’s Garrity rights
The purpose of the Garrity rights is to…
Protect officers themselves when being questioned by representatives of their department’s internal affairs division or by their superior officers
4 Main dangers of police work
- ) Police and alcohol
- ) Police and family problems
- ) Police and suicide
- ) Dealing with the stress of policing
- ) Exercise and diet
- ) Meditation
- ) Abdominal breathing
- ) Music
- ) Prayer
- ) Peer support
Are all factors in…
Stress reduction
The use of physical restraint by a police offer when dealing with a member of the public
Police use of force
Police use of force needs to be ________ and ______
Reasonable necessary
5 Police use of force continuum
- ) Officer presence
- ) Verbal commands
- ) Soft techniques
- ) Hard techniques
- ) Deadly force
Designed to disable, capture, or immobilize but not kill
Less-lethal weapons
Application of an amount and/or frequency of force greater than required to compel compliance from a willing/unwilling subject
Excessive force
Force likely to cause death or great bodily harm
Deadly force
Deadly force with the intentional use of a firearm or other instrument…
Resulting in a high probability of death
When police offers act on a person’s race, ethnicity, or national origin instead of the person’s actions or information that identifies the person as a suspect
Racial profiling
4 Police liability for constitutional violations
- ) Civil remedies
- ) Criminal remedies
- ) Non-judicial remedies
- ) Exclusionary rule remedies
Potential responsibility for payment of damages or other court-ordered enforcement as a result of a ruling in lawsuit
Civil libabilty
2 levels of civil liability
- ) Federal
2. ) State
Civil liability is different from….
Criminal liability
4 common sources of lawsuits against police
- ) Assault
- ) Battery
- ) False imprisonment
- ) Malicious prosecution
Which common lawsuit has…
- High media visibility
- Most well-known
Assault
Which common lawsuit has…
-High media visibility
Battery
Which common lawsuit has..
-Arrest without just cause
False imprisonment
Which common lawsuit has…
-Negligent or malicious actions
Malicious prosecution
Denies others their constitutional right to life, liberty or property without due process of law
1983 lawsuit
A civil suit brought against federal government officials for denying the constitutional rights of others
Bivens action
