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If you were Police Minister how would you ensure that police discretion was used fairly and effectively?
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Soca 3701 If you were Police Minister how would you ensure that police discretion was used fairly and effectively? Natalie Conn 3024022 Police work is a phrase that suggests dramatic confrontations between police and lawbreakers, with victory going to those with the greater strength, power and resources. It suggests initiation of the process of justice, an enterprise bounded by the dusting for fingerprints and the search for elusive clues, the investigation and the chase and the ultimate apprehension and arrest of the suspected offender. "Police work" might also suggest that the functions of law enforcement are only the control of the crime and the protection of society, but it must be emphasised that police work goes well beyond these tasks and this is why it is vital that police discretion is used not only fairly but also effectively. Although police work does entail the dangerous and competitive enterprise of apprehending criminals, officers assigned to...
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