CJE-3110 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Wickersham Commission, Kerner Commission, Sleep Deprivation
11 Dec 2016
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Documented that all over the country, interrogators used torture, beatings, sleep deprivation, withholding of food, and psychological trickery to get arrested persons to confess to a crime. This was know as third-degree: another major deficiency that they denounced was the political manipulation of rank-and-file employees. Patrol officers often received their jobs in exchange for political favors. Background checks never happened and fingerprints were rarely checked. Many police officers barely finished grammar school. Found that 75% of the members on the police force were not mentally capable to perform the duty assigned: the commission requested that all agencies upgrade entrance standards. They found that that was not enough. They hardly ever received a job orientation. They were put on the street with no training. Sometimes rookies had never even shot a gun yet they were holding one. Made it that agencies need to take job training more serious: found that the lack of communication system hampered field units.
