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STUDENTS NAME

DATE

CLASS PSC 324-01 USE

OF FORCE LEGAL,

THEORETICAL AND

PRACTICE

IMPALICATIONS

TITLE OF YOUR TERM PAPER (whatever you choose to title

your paper)

STATE, CITY AND NAME OF POLICE DEPARTMENT

JOHN JAY COLLEGE OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE

PROFFESOR SANCHEZ

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(Section2): Introduction to term paper: (in order), city/state covering and population,

demographical breakdown, the value of homes, per-capita income average family size, education

levels, and the poverty rate of the city, compared to the state. Properly cite all of your sources

and reference on the last page of your term paper).

Miami is considered to be one of the second largest economic and financial center cities

in Florida and in Miami Dade County. It is the most populous city in the Miami metropolitan

area after Washington. Miami which is seated in Miami Dade County was better known as the

“Biscayne Bay Country” dating back to the growth of Miami. It's estimated that Miami has a

population of 441,003 in 2016 with a density of 12,139.5 people per square mile (or 4,687/square

mile) (Miami, Florida Population, 2019). This makes Miami the 44th most populous place in the

U.S. The city of Miami was first visioned and developed by Julia Tuttle and Henry Flagler in

1896.

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(Section3): What is the age, size, ethical and rational breakdown of the police department.

The men to women ratio, the rank structure, salary, retirement parameters,units and respond

“does the Police department represent the general population of the people they govern in their

city, in terms of ethnic group/ or race?”. Moreover, What is the police department's ethical

police conduct protocol; or oversee for police corruption (i.e., Internal affairs, the Office of

Professional Conduct, etc.), and how does one contact personnel of that office (i.e., website,

telephone number, visit. Location, etc.). Does the Police department have a Use-Of-Force-

Continuum? If so, explain the continuum briefly.

Miami Police was established in 1897. It started with patrols three districts and a total of

twelve neighborhoods in each of the districts. The North District, Central District and South

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District. They also operate field units like specialized operations and community relations. There

are more than 1,100 sworn officers in the Miami Police

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(Section4): Body of term paper: Introduce your Use-of-Force incident. What type of force or

apparatus was use (i.e. ASP, Baton, Firearm)(only force style that can’t be used in this term

paper is verbal). Explain in detail what occurred in the incident that ultimately ended in use of

force; was subject/victim known to police, or subject/victim never known to police should be

mentioned on a term paper, and if subject/victim was known, how so?

Miami Police Department has encountered a couple of corruptions over the years. Drugs have

plagued the streets of Miami especially cocaine and drug related crimes against officers have

increased throughout the years. Between the 70’s and 80’s there was a major Cuban migration.

Since 1986 and the epidemic of cocaine there has been various corruption related to drugs,

bribes, murder, racketeering, robbery, theft, homicide, narcotics trafficking, perjury, extortion

and payoffs, which promoted countless vehicle sadly, many police officers could not resist

temptation when faced upon large volume of drugs. Many Police officers stolen, ripped, extorted

drug dealer, later to be found guilty in a court of law; sadly, a majority of the officers police were

Hispanic.

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The most recent Use of Force case was on October 2018 when three Miami officers were

arrested a Mr. Jones during a routine car stop. The situation did escalate quickly which did end

with a severe beating, and a removal of the suspect/victims left eye with from the serve blows

delivered by Officer Hernández, and Reynolds. Fact of the case were has follows:

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(Section5): Students must address five class terms and articulate how the terms relate to their

term paper, again must provide the proper citation.

The outcome of this was that these officers were arrested and lost their jobs. Noble cause

corruption took a hold on them. Like Caldero stated “Mama Rosa’s Test”, where a senior office

starts an illegal event and the rookie officer is ask to follow suit. In the Use-Of-Force events

discussed above rookie officer Reynolds clearly demonstrated that

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(Section6): Conclusion of the incident – Outcome, students' opinion on the incident, how would

students handle the incident, if they were the executive in charge of the incident, what if anything

would you have done differently if anything?

Officer Jones of the Miami Police department implemented himself and his partner from the

footage of his body worn camera. The footage of the video ultimately lead to both officers

taking plea deals , to reduce sentencing. Former Officer Hernandez received eight (Weaver,

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2018)years…………………………………………………………………………………………

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…. As the executive in charge of the incident I would have managed things a bit differently,

First, I would not have allowed

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(Section7): Property constructed reference sheet in APA style.

Reference

Become a Miami Police Officer. (n.d.). Retrieved from

https://www.miamigov.com/Government/Departments-Organizations/HumanResources/Become-

a-Miami-Police-Officer

Caldero, M. A., & Crank, J. P. (2015). Police ethics: The corruption of noble cause. London: Routledge.

How to Become a Police Officer in Miami. (n.d.). Retrieved from https://www.how-to-becomea-

police-officer.com/cities/miami/

JON NORDHEIMER, S. T. (1986, August 03). POLICE CORRUPTION PLAGUING

FLORIDA. Retrieved from https://www.nytimes.com/1986/08/03/us/policecorruption-plaguing-

florida.html

Miami Police Department Professional Law Enforcement. (n.d.). Retrieved from

http://www.miami-police.org/internal_affairs.html

Miami, Florida Population 2019. (n.d.). Retrieved from

http://worldpopulationreview.com/uscities/miami-population/

Schnotz, W. (2019, February 05). What is the Salary of a Homicide Detective in Miami?

Retrieved from https://careertrend.com/what-is-the-salary-of-a-homicide-detective-in-miami-

13656301.html

Weaver, J. (2018, October 23). 3 Miami cops busted in corruption case accused of protecting

drug dealers. Retrieved from

https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/crime/article220485075.html

1. Rotten Apples, (Calderon & Crank 2015, p 134)

2. means-ends conflict (Calderon & Crank 2015, p. 121)

3. Noble cause Corruption, (Calderon & Crank 2015, p 138)

4. Economic Corruption, (Calderon & Crank 2015, p 139)

5. Material Reviews Corruption (Calderon & Crank 2015, p 138)