Final Exam Fact Sheet
* Recruitment techniques; developmental tools and career planning are considerations that police chiefs should take into account so as to provide for the ongoing supply of talent needed to meet organizational needs. * Most police organizations have remained paramilitary, bureaucratic, and reactive. * The Fourth Amendment protects against unreasonable searches and seizures. * The two means by which a federal court may acquire jurisdiction over a police misconduct suit are Title 42, U.S.C. Section 1983 and the Bivens decision. * The principle of double effect holds that when one commits an act to achieve a good end, and an inevitable but intended effect is negative, then the act might be justified. * ICS stands for Incident Command System. * Strategies for police and citizens to help prevent school violence include publicizing the philosophy that a gang presence will not be tolerated, a code of conduct; and alerting students and parents about school rules and punishments for infractions * The slippery slope perspective proposes that the acceptance of minor gratuities begins a process eventually leading to more serious unethical conduct?
* One element used by courts to determine whether a police officer acted in "good faith" is the officer's state of mind. * Police legal responsibility to ensure the health and safety of persons in their custody seldom results in liability for self-inflicted injury