As Is True of the Various Roles of the Police

question 9

Essay

As is true of the various roles of the police, there are multiple, conflicting, and vague sets of standards to which they must answer. Discuss how legality and democracy in particular can conflict. What are examples of how the requirement that everything the police do be legal conflict with the contemporary, COP-driven idea that the police must be responsive to their communities.

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