04:192:344 Chapter 11-15: The Police in America An Introduction Chapter 11-15
24 Jun 2017
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In chapter six and seven, authors samuel walker and charles katz discuss the proactive and reactive aspects of the duties and responsibilities of the law enforcement agencies. Proactive means taking necessary steps and actions to prevent or minimize crimes or any other similar acts in a community. While dealing with some of the proactive actions, law enforcement officers often find themselves using discretion on the field. In chapter eleven, the authors defined discretion as the freedom to act on one"s own judgment; refers to the latitude involved police officers" decision making (walker & katz). In other words, when a police officer uses his best judgement to decide how to deal with a certain situation and hope to make the right call. Discretion has been vastly discussed both over the media and at the law enforcement agencies to see whether it"s beneficial or not.
