First, Campus Police!
When stopped by police what should you do? First, Campus Police are essential to student and campus safety. There purpose is to protect the university and students, staff, faculty, and campus property. Do not be fooled into thinking campus police are glorified security guards. Campus police have authority. Campus police have all the powers as that of a regular a police officer. This also means they have to abide by the same laws and regulations including the Fourth Amendment search and seizure principles, the Fifth Amendment right from self-incrimination, right to an attorney, right to remain silent, and the Sixth Amendment right to an attorney after an individual has been Mirandized or is in custody and detained. In fact, if a
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(Your license may be suspended for 30-60 days if you refuse in some states, but it gives you a better chance for yourself and your attorney in court)
Do you have to do any sobriety tests? No!
What to Do if Pulled Over for DUI:
If an officer demands you take a breathalyzer you may refuse, even if your underage. A refusal however, means in some state your license will be revoked for up to 90 days. You should also refuse any test examining (sobriety tests) of your blood alcohol level, unless you have not been drinking at all, than it should be an easy exam. Any step, alphabet test, or whatsoever you should refuse. You can always get a second independent blood alcohol test but not a second step or alphabet test.. The police will likely still take your blood alcoholic level if you are taken to the station.
Tips When Stopped by Police and Carrying a Firearm:
Calmly inform the officer you are a registered owner and are carrying a firearm.
Tell the officer exactly where it is.
Do not make any sudden movements
Wait for the officers instructions
If you are in a vehicle and the officer asks you to step out make sure the officer can see your hands.
Inform the officer of every move you
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A DUI offense is a serious matter and should not be taken lightly. In the state of California if you have a blood alcohol level of .08% or higher it is illegal to be behind the wheel of a motor vehicle. If you are pulled over you can be convicted of driving under the influence. California’s DUI law also includes driving under the influence of illegal drugs, prescription drugs, over the counter medication and drugs with alcohol in them such as cough syrup. Penalties for a DUI include license suspension, fines, jail time, community service, AA meetings DUI School, an ignition interlock device and an SR-22 filing. If you are under 21 years of age, California has a zero tolerance law meaning any amount of alcohol found in your system will be considered driving under the influence. You face having your license suspended for one year, additional fines, and must complete the educational portion of DUI School. If you are 21 or older on your first DUI offense you face immediate license suspension depending on if you take the chemical test, up to six months in jail, more than a $1,000 in fin...
Is it true that excessive force is one of the most used forms of police misconduct? Are unarmed African Americans more likely to get killed during an encounter with police officers than any other race? Yes, both of these shockingly horrifying facts are true. So why are police officers abusing their powers and creating fearful environments when they should be making people feel safe in their communities. Who can we turn to on this earth to keep us safe if everyone and thing seems to be corrupt? When did police brutality become a thing in the U.S.? What exactly are we dealing with and what can we, as a nation, be doing to solve this awful conflict evolving quickly in the U.S.
In America, police brutality affects and victimizes people of color mentally and socially. Social injustice has become a major issue, which involved the principle of white supremacy vs minorities. The current police brutality that has been occurring is culturally disconnecting ethnicities from one another. According to Cincinnati Police Chief Jeffrey Blackwell, “…the cultural disconnect is very real; you have the weight of generations of abuse on African Americans,” (Flatow, 2016). For example, over the past four years, there have been countless acts of police brutality. The three key deaths of Eric Garner, Philando Castile, and Alton Sterling have become the face of police brutality in the year 2016. People knew that it was unequal treatment of black people by police in the United States and they made it known by creating #BlackLivesMatter.
Police brutality among all races needs to stop. Movements like Black Lives Matter focus in on only one race; however police brutality happens among all ethnic groups. Police brutality can sometimes shut out people who are not of the African American race. If more people supported the all lives matter movement, this could truly bring the discussion of police brutality to the table. It can be more difficult to do this when we focus on just one community of individuals. The only way to fix the downside that we face is requiring all police officers in the United States to wear body cameras. This solution would create less he said she said and more facts in situations where people are killed by police officers no matter what color they are.
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There is an article by Emma Brown titled “Police in Schools: Keeping kids safe, or arresting them for no reason?” and in the article she questions their positions in schools. She states that after an incident occurred at Spring Valley High in South Carolina, it prompts the exploration of school resource officers as well as police officers should be allowed in schools. After reading the article by Brown, schools should have SRO’s in public schools.
The limits of authority are usually stated in penal codes, the codes of criminal procedures, agency rules and regulations, training manuals, and often in codes of ethics. Authority applies to the handling of standard cases because, contrary to popular belief, criminal practitioners encounter more similar situations than dissimilar situations”. Police Power on the hand is different, Souryal (2007) states,” Power is the means of controlling the behavior of others beyond the standards of authority. Its purpose is not to punish or to discriminate, but to protect one’s safety (or the safety of others) when necessary, or to reinforce authority in conventional cases. Power is a legitimate means of exercising responsibility when it relates to minor ethical violations”.