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Title: Define “police discretion” and name three areas of policing in which discretion is often used. Post by: Ghil on Oct 6, 2017 Define “police discretion” and name three areas of policing in which discretion is often used.
Title: Re: Define “police discretion” and name three areas of policing in which discretion is often ... Post by: gtron on Oct 6, 2017 • Police discretion is the quality that enables officers to discriminate between those situations that require strict adherence to the law and those in which a certain amount of latitude is justified.
• Typically, police officers are called upon to use a degree of discretion when dealing with cases of youth crime, mentally ill offenders, domestic disturbances, and cases involving the potential use of force. |