CJS 105 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Justifiable Homicide, Ant-Zen, Uptodate

• School: Tunxis Community College
• Department: Criminal Justice
• Course: CJS 105
• Professor: waterhouse

Document Summary

Commission on accreditation for law enforcement agencies (1979) Improve the delivery of public safety services primarily by: maintaining a body of standards developed by public safety practitioners, covering a wide range of up-to-date public safety initiatives; establishing and administrating an accreditation process and recognizing professional excellence. Contacts between police and the public 2008. 1. 4% of all of the contacts involved the threat or use of force. 74. 3% felt that the police used excessive force. 28. 4% felt they did something to provoke the officer to use force. Citizen complaints about police use of force 2006. 26,556 citizen complaints about police use of force in 2002. 5% of all agencies nationwide, representing 59% of officers. 6. 6 citizen complaints per 100 full-time officers. Understanding the prevalence and severity of force used by and against police. 17% of adult custody arrests involve officers" use of force. 12% of adult custody arrests involve suspects" use of force. 2. 1% of all arrests involve a weapon.