Use of force by law enforcement officers

Your task is to describe the extent of police officers’ authority to use force while executing their job. It is important that you carefully articulate what makes such force right, justified and legal. Make sure you do a complete synopsis of policies, procedures and laws that give law enforcement the authority to act under these circumstances. Once you document justifiable and legal authority, comprehensively write about the purpose, importance and impact law enforcement officers have on our society when executing these duties. Incorporate the learning from each of the chapters and tie it in with constitutional law designed to protect our rights as citizens. Finally, close your paper by reflecting personally on the information you have provided in your paper and discuss your thoughts about the significance of these type of police actions in our American Justice system.
Your paper should be authentic and represent college level writing, including APA writing standards (i.e. cover page, an introduction, double-spaced type, running header, page numbering, use of citations and references, etc.). Please use Times New Roman, 12pt Font. Grammar is essential and all students are encouraged to proofread their papers several times before submitting the final draft.
The topic surely touches on sensitive issues, but your research must go beyond a mere emotional response and should be supported by research, empirical data, scientific evidence to prove or disprove your assertions. While it is okay to use the internet to find legitimate, scholarly information to support your assertions (not Wikipedia or blogs, but scholarly articles), your paper should rely predominately on resources located in our library or scholarly journals or reports. All sources, whether from our library or from other scholarly articles, must be properly cited in the text of your paper and included on your references page, using APA formatting.

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