Police Action to be Just to the Rights of Individuals Police officers have a vast amount of discretionary authority that is used in their daily duties protecting citizens and communities.
At times, police
officers find themselves in situations where a quick decision to save lives or their own lives can violate the rights of individuals, no matter if they are
criminals. Police brutality is an issue that has provided headlines and riots with communities demanding for justice by sentencing police officers harshly
because of the discretionary authority that they abuse.
Do you agree that for police action to be just, it must recognize the rights of individuals while at the same time hold them accountable to the social
obligations defined by law? Support your position.
Have the courts provided adequate protection to citizens against overzealous police officers? In which areas of search and seizure and interrogation law do
you think the courts have not gone far enough? In which areas do you think the courts have gone too far? Support your answers.
