Unjust arrests
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That depends on your definition of justified and unjustified. Are the majority done according to law and policy? I would say it is 50/50. However, that opinion could change within a matter of my next post. How many of these unjustified arrests result in a conviction?
If such a problem exists you need more communities becoming involved in community policing. This type of action can actually alleviate a lot of the problems between the community and the police. In addition, if the police drop the "us against them" mentality and start talking to the people about policy instead of saying "no comment" or playing phone tag, these problems would be curbed substantially.
If such a problem exists you need more communities becoming involved in community policing. This type of action can actually alleviate a lot of the problems between the community and the police. In addition, if the police drop the "us against them" mentality and start talking to the people about policy instead of saying "no comment" or playing phone tag, these problems would be curbed substantially.
Some forms of community policing involve the DA or someone from the DA's office and they basically act as a mod or judge. Most of community policing deals with quality of life crimes, and studies show that when quality of life crimes are not handled promptly and effectively the crime rate goes up. The ones that have the DA's involvement usually focus on a concept called "restorative justice", and this has more to do with the offender righting the wrong instead of the offender doing time and paying restitution to the courts. An example would be if egged your car and tossed mud all over it. If we had a community court I would have to wash your car for like 3 months instead of paying fines to the court and going to jail.
As for who is best established at leading community policing I believe that is a case by case scenario that actually depends on the level of crime and the makeup of teh community.
As for who is best established at leading community policing I believe that is a case by case scenario that actually depends on the level of crime and the makeup of teh community.
So what would be the definition of a true justified arrest?
Can your opinion or voicing of thoughts lead to you being arrested by the police? Yes. Is this what you are talking about? If so, you are most likely being arrested for something else, but because they didn't like you doing whatever it is you were doing (voicing your opinions etc) you were arrested. Can you be arrested for simply speaking your mind? No, that is a violation of the constitution, but you speaking your mind can lead to you being arrested for something else. Do you understand what I am trying to say?
Can your opinion or voicing of thoughts lead to you being arrested by the police? Yes. Is this what you are talking about? If so, you are most likely being arrested for something else, but because they didn't like you doing whatever it is you were doing (voicing your opinions etc) you were arrested. Can you be arrested for simply speaking your mind? No, that is a violation of the constitution, but you speaking your mind can lead to you being arrested for something else. Do you understand what I am trying to say?
