Learning Objectives
- Explain the challenges associated with policing a free society
- Discuss the tension between citizens’ rights and police power
- Explain how our system of democracy is supposed to make police accountable to citizens
- Identify and discuss the controversies and difficulties of policing
- Discuss how police use of discretion and police use of force can make the police controversial
- Discuss the two main reasons why the ethical conduct of the police is of concern