Question

IDENTIFY and EXPLAIN the three typologies in David Carter’s typology of abuse and authority. ANALYZE the police administration’s role in reporting and examining use-of-force occurrences (i.e. what should police administration implement?). OUTLINE a brief management plan to reduce the incidences of police officer abuse of force.

Answer 1

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the three typologies are-

Physical abuse and excessive force

police use of physical force often results in public scrutiny. The application of deadly force can be a form of excessive force. In 1985 the supreme court ruled that the shooting of an unarmed, nonviolent fleeing felon suspect violates the fourth amendment. As a result almost all major departments have developed policies regarding use of force

Verbal/Psychological abuse

when police officers belittle or berate them. One of the most common types of this abuse is the use of profanity which has been researched to show that officers use it as a source of power to control others, as a weapon to degrade others, as a method of alienating others, as a method of labeling, and as a way of defying authority

Legal Abuse/ Violations of civil rights-

involves false arrests, false imprisonment, and harassment. For example a police officer may make an illegal search, find evidence, charge the person with a crime and then lie about the nature of the search. Supervisors and managers play a large role in the reduction of this type of abuse by being active and monitoring the officers when making arrests.

role of police administration-

Police administrators are typically responsible for overseeing a staff, department or police force, as well as developing budgets and managing community relationships. Some common job titles in police administration include chief of police, director of security operations and chief probation officer.

they should make policies for their police staff in which they should be instructed that police will be gentle, sensible while making investigation with any person. they should not use any excessive force which can hurt another person if there is no threat to police.

the management plan to reduce incidences of police officer abuse of force. -

Preemployment screening. The first step in prevention logically entails not hiring officers who would present a problem. Such deselection is the aim of preemployment screening, a function in which the police psychologist has a role. Of the psychologists who perform preemployment screening, almost all rely on fairly traditional assessment tools-psychological tests and clinical inter-views.

Training -Some of the training described by the psychologists interviewed represents innovative and promising trends. The models are based on principles of adult learning that require class participation, using such techniques as patrol simulations and role playing. They emphasize the development of nonphysical skills as well as physical ones in a community policing environment that assumes frequent interaction between citizens and police.

Monitoring Monitoring of officers' behavior to detect precursors of excessive force was the function used least often by psychologists. Monitoring of police behavior can serve other purposes in addition to early identification and intervention. It can involve a sustained level of contact between super-visor and officer to reinforce policy and training on excessive force. Because it involves supervisors, monitoring can provide valuable information to help police managers evaluate the effectiveness of their policies. Thus it can change the behavior of the organization overall in addition to that of the individual officer.