Table of Contents
1. Examining the change. 3
Police Hiring Requirements. 3
Clean Criminal Record. 3
Effect of Law Enforcement
Organizations for Criminal Record. 3
2. Two areas in which federal courts have placed limits
on officers constitutional rights. 4
Do not initiate the fire. 4
Warrants Mandatory. 4
3. Identify Three Constraints Placed on Law Enforcement. 5
Protect the Privacy. 5
Long Process. 6
Rules & Regulations. 6
4. Two Current Events in Which Police Supervisors Held
Criminally Liable. 7
Sexual Abuse. 7
Support Drugs Mafia. 8
5. References. 9
Leadership
Personal Issues and the Rules of Law
1.Examining the change of Leadership Personal
Issues and the Rules of Law
Police Hiring
Requirements of Leadership Personal Issues and the Rules of Law
There
has been a huge change brought into the practices of hiring the police staff in
the department discussed in the following.
Clean Criminal Record
of Leadership Personal Issues and the Rules of Law
This
change came when electronic data phenomena got common and computers started
using for data of citizens. The police department ensured that using the data
of citizens who applied for the police job, as he must be having a clean
criminal record at the time of applying for police job and else no room for
such applicant in the police department. I support this change in the
requirement as a person having a criminal record must be something wrong with
him and he can apply bad practices of his life in the profession means he would
not be a good professional and hurt the common people. This is one of the best
usages of electronic data because the police officer is having big authority
and can do many things with ordinary citizens. A criminal police officer would
make the big harm to the innocent citizen and ultimately the commando will be
responsible (Brakke, 2019).
Effect of Law Enforcement
Organizations for Criminal Record
The
availability of citizens' history date whether he has been involved in crime or
not, facilitating the police department but also creating the challenges for
them. In case, the police department is negligent while hiring process and hire
the police officer having a criminal record, which could easily hold the leader
responsible for this act. This data would also be easily available to the courts,
which can hold the leader responsible in the police department. Therefore, the
accountability process gets stricter through data availability and this matter
has become more sensitive (French, 2018).
2. Two areas in which federal courts have placed
limits on officers constitutional rights
There
are the following two areas in which federal courts placed limits on officers
Do not initiate the fire
of Leadership Personal Issues and the Rules of Law
The
federal courts limit the police officer on the ground that he must not initiate
the gunfire and killing the suspect. It is the court’s duty to hold the suspect
guilty and announce the punishment for such a person. The police officer can
only fire to protect own life and as firing the suspect back in the return of gunfire.
However, he has to prove that he killed the suspect in the exchange of fire and
did not imitate the fire. The police officer can be fired or even punished
behind the bars. It is evident that police can initiate fire and shoot him on
legs but not allowed which makes the criminal shoot the police officer instead
and injury becomes fate. Police officers are told always to be defensive which
is not good from the laws (Rushin, 2017).
Most
of the time, criminals are very good at shooting and can hide them from the
eyes of the forces. In the persuasion of the criminal, police officers often is
shot in following the law and it means the output of this law is not effective
and having positive results. It is creating challenges and difficulties for law
enforcement persons and not helping in eliminating crimes. In the modern age,
too much restriction is not good (Urbina, 2015).
Warrants Mandatory of
Leadership Personal Issues and the Rules of Law
The
police officer cannot arrest the suspect without having the warrants from the
court. It would be illegal to arrest the suspect and this can be challenged in
the courts, this can lead to the police officer suspension orders. According to
the police department, the warrant condition may give the criminal an
opportunity to run away out of the hands. It is evident that to have the
warrants from an authority, law enforcement agencies have to be engaged in lots
of activity and having evidence then the warrants are given (Brakke, 2019). This kills the
spirit of a police officer as every second matter in the criminal case and
removing the evidence is the most common thing from the criminal side. It
becomes the liability for investigating officer instead of power, it can take
days to issue a warrant and then go for the arrest. Meanwhile, the suspect can
make other arrangements to dump the evidence and prove himself as innocent.
3. Identify Three Constraints Placed on Law Enforcement
There
are three constraints placed on law enforcement, which affects its performance,
discussed in the following.
Protect the Privacy of
Leadership Personal Issues and the Rules of Law
The
first major constraint is protecting the privacy of the suspect. When the
police start, the suspecting who is more likely the criminal, the police also
needs to protect its privacy at most. This is the major constraint as police have
to collect more information about the suspect to arrest him and make sure that
he is the one full of evidence before going court. It puts the major limitation
because it is not possible to protect privacy and to gather the appropriate
amount of information about the suspect (French, 2018).
America
is a free country where freedom of speech and privacy are the two most
important things in individual life. Law Enforcement agencies cannot disturb
the privacy for the sake of inquiring the suspect unless they are confirmed and
warrants in the hands. This thing becomes the major hurdle as they have
circumstantial evidence, which makes them ensure that they have reached the
culprit and criminal, but still if no warrants then privacy cannot be
disturbed. It is evident that law enforcement agencies are being expected a lot
more than what the expectations should be from them. Criminals are so fast and
organized in the modern age, such relaxations would allow them to play smarter
and protect themselves before the time (Rushin, 2017).
Long Process of
Leadership Personal Issues and the Rules of Law
There
is a long process involved to arrest the suspect or criminal. The law
enforcement agencies have to be following the long process, which allows the
criminal to remove the evidence and achieve a clean history. The long and
complex process is going to create many challenges and making the job tougher
for law enforcement agencies. This is very frustrating for the police officers
to perform their duty smoothly as most of the time are unable to catch the
criminal. The long process goes into the favor of the criminals and not the police
officer (Brakke, 2019). Federal courts have
established such a process in order to ensure that no innocent man is killed,
which allows the criminals taking advantage of it.
It
is important that the process must be minimized and efficient for the law
enforcement agencies as they are entrusted with the sensitive responsibility,
eliminating the crime and fighting against the criminals, which are sometimes
larger than law enforcement agencies. The criminals play faster and remove the
evidence while police officers are following the process (French, 2018). This has become the
common phenomena and public representatives do not care about the police on the
ground whose life at stake. There is a serious lag in rules designed by the government
and it raises serious attention to re-design them in the modern technological
world where criminals are using the technology.
Rules & Regulations
of Leadership Personal Issues and the Rules of Law
Law
enforcement agencies have to be following the rules & regulations
established by the democratic people and this is really hurting the agencies.
These rules do not represent the ground realities in which criminals have
become so powerful and intelligent that they cannot even imagine to catch them
following these regulations. These rules & regulations need to be updated
as quickly as possible so that criminals do not run away before even police
think of catching them. The latest technology has contributed a big positive
role in the job of law enforcement agencies but still help is not coming from its
own rules & regulations. This is the system flaw and crime is mixing up
with the democrats and public representatives (Urbina, 2015).
These
rules & regulations most of the times are quite irrelevant and do not
strengthen the law enforcement agencies. There is a wide gap between the laws
and its practical application, in the real world the speed matters but it is
not supported by rules & regulations established by the democrats and
public representatives. The law enforcement agencies should be actively engaged
in designing and establishing the rules & regulations because they are the
ultimate users and have to be functioning according to them (Brakke, 2019).
4. Two Current Events in Which Police Supervisors Held
Criminally Liable
There
have been two events where police supervisors were held responsible for the
acts of their officers discussed in the following.
Sexual Abuse of
Leadership Personal Issues and the Rules of Law
It
is evident that American police have been committed the sexual abuse on the
arrested female which then came into the media and as a result, his supervisor
was held responsible for the policeman’s illegal actions. This is a very
sensitive matter and issue in America as it is merely against human rights. A
Supervisor had to go to jail as per the laws because it was his duty to keep
the strict check on his police officer and made him conversant with the laws (Urbina, 2015). In this case, it
did not happen or might be a police officer who got crazy and went to sexual abuse,
which cannot even imagine in a country like America. The police officer has to
keep the conduct where they are not allowed to perform any other task than the
all tasks listed in his duties.
In
this case, the supervisor was held responsible, as supervisors are responsible
according to the laws. The police officer was fired from the department and the
Supervisor had to face the strict legal consequences, which came into existence (Brakke, 2019).
Support Drugs Mafia
of Leadership Personal Issues and the Rules of Law
There
was a case when its police officer was supporting the drugs mafia and part of
it. He never tried to catch them up and bring them into the media or behind the
bars. The drugs are a serious issue in America as it is directly associated
with the youth. It would never be acceptable that a police officer would be in
the partnership with drugs mafia where they were supposed to be catching such
mafias and putting them in jail (French, 2018). The supervisor was
held responsible, as he was not conversant with the fact that a police officer
working under him is engaged in serious illegal activity. It would never be
acceptable by the courts that a supervisor is such a negligent person that an
officer working under him engaged in legal activity and he is not aware of.
Supervisors
are held for the sole purpose of keeping the check on its police officers and
their conduct. Police officers are supposed to interact with the public, which
must be having manners, it can only be ensured by his supervisor with the
strict authority to punish him, and else the law would punish the supervisor. This
is going to be the whole responsibility of the supervisor then; this is how the
system has been controlled under the law (Rushin, 2017). To eliminate the
drug mafia and cut them down to zero is one of the main objectives of the USA police;
engagement in activities, which promotes the drug mafia, is never acceptable by
the federal courts.
5. References of Leadership Personal Issues and
the Rules of Law
Brakke, P. (2019). Crime in America: Conservatives'
Approaches Toward Criminals, Police, Criminal Justice, and the Opioid Crisis.
New York City: Changemakers Publishing.
French, L. (2018). The History of Policing America: From Militias and
Military to the Law Enforcement of Today. London: Wiley.
Rushin, S. (2017). Federal Intervention in American Police Departments.
London: Wiley.
Urbina, M. (2015). LATINO POLICE OFFICERS IN THE UNITED STATES: An
Examination of Emerging. London: Wiley.