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Interpersonal Conflict Resolution Skills Could Have Avoided Confrontation Between Cop And Jaywalker, Christopher C. Cooper Dr.
Interpersonal Conflict Resolution Skills Could Have Avoided Confrontation Between Cop And Jaywalker, Christopher C. Cooper Dr.
Christopher C. Cooper Dr.
When a Jaywalking event escalates into a physical confrontation, we as a society must ask inquisitive questions: Do our police officers possess in their tool box the requisite interpersonal conflict resolution skills to effectively deliver police services? Certainly the next question must be: Are our police agencies employing screening methods to screen out from hire as police officers, men and women who lack the (1) temperament; (2) problem solving ability; (3) analytical ability; (4) courage; (5) respect for human life; and last but not least (6) the Integrity needed by a person to be an effective police officer? A “solid” …
Military Wannabes, Officer Friendly Evolves To Officer Kill & Destroy: Militarization Of Police Threatens Posse Comitatus, Christopher C. Cooper
Military Wannabes, Officer Friendly Evolves To Officer Kill & Destroy: Militarization Of Police Threatens Posse Comitatus, Christopher C. Cooper
Christopher C. Cooper Dr.
MILITARY WANNABES, OFFICER FRIENDLY EVOLVES TO OFFICER KILL & DESTROY: MILITARIZATION OF POLICE THREATENS POSSE COMITATUS BY PROFESSOR CHRISTOPHER C. COOPER, JD, ESQ., PHD. (Visiting FULBRIGHT SCHOLAR) University of Akureyri, Iceland Department of Law and Social Sciences cooperlaw3234@gmail.com (C) COPYRIGHT, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED TO AUTHOR. JANUARY 2009 DO NOT COPY WITHOUT PERMISSION FROM AUTHOR ABSTRACT This article takes the position that the strength of the Posse Comitatus Act has been and continues to be completely eroded by many U.S. Police Departments having established the equivalent of armies. The underlying foundation of the Posse Comitatus Act is the objective of no …