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6 pages in length. California law enforcement has been under considerable scrutiny of late with regard to how its police organization operates from a perspective of responsibility and accountability. For counties up and down the Golden State, issues of brutality, excessive force and unwarranted shootings have caused citizens to rally and demand change. With such incidents as the Rodney King beating in Los Angeles and several questionable gunfire-related confrontations in Fresno, the state's law enforcement operations have been called to the carpet for answers. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
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Golden State, issues of brutality, excessive force and unwarranted shootings have caused citizens to rally and demand change. With such incidents as the Rodney King beating in Los Angeles
and several questionable gunfire-related confrontations in Fresno, the states law enforcement operations have been called to the carpet for answers. "The special trouble stems from our unique ordeal with
race and religion that recurringly has erupted into violence" (Levin et al, 1998, p. 24). II. PROBLEMS AND TRENDS Law enforcement chain
of command is the single-most important element of Californias police organization that serves to maintain a semblance of ethics and appropriate decision-making across the force. One of the places
where the chain of command is most often broken, however, is near the bottom where those with little input to policy and procedure fail to uphold established conventions as they
relate to hierarchy. Recent history clearly illustrates how the chain of command so critical to law enforcement is routinely ignored in exchange for immediate - if not gratuitous -
retribution. Time and time again, California police officers have disregarded the extent of their limitations on the streets, choosing instead to act as both judge and jury as they
physically assault alleged perpetrators and prematurely fire upon suspects. What comes from the recent rash of unjustified brutality and weapon discharge is the realization that California police officers are
not always the protectors of law; rather, there are many instances where personal agendas stand in the way of rational thought, ultimately rendering such "peace officers" the instigators of terrible
crimes against humanity. Kappeler et al (1998) are quick to point out the difference between "actual misconduct and the mere appearance of wrongdoing" when defining deviant behavior on the
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