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-Rosen 05 **~~Rosen, Michael M.(Attorney in San Diego at Fish and Richardson PC, an intellectual property law firm) "A Qualified Defense: In Suport of the Doctrine of Qualified Immunity in Excessive Force Caess, With Some Suggestions for its Improvement" Golden Gate University Law Review. Volume 35. Issue 2. January 2005. http://digitalcommons.law.ggu.edu/ggulrev . ~~ NB** |
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-It is hard to deny that the more time police officers spend at trial defending |
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-immunity can play in reducing unnecessary costs and in improving deterrence of crime. |
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-====Court cases against the police kill city budgets and harm local economy.==== |
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-Elinson and Frosh 15** ~~Zusha Elinson (Zusha Elinson is a U.S. news reporter based in Northern California) and Dan Frosch (Dan Frosch is a general assignment reporter for The Wall Street Journal's Southwest Bureau.), 7-15-15, "Cost of Police-Misconduct Cases Soars in Big U.S. Cities," WSJ, http://www.wsj.com/articles/cost-of-police-misconduct-cases-soars-in-big-u-s-cities-1437013834~~(VR 10/31/16)** |
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-The cost of resolving police-misconduct cases has surged for big U.S |
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-death after being put in a police chokehold last summer sparked widespread protests. |
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-====Police budget cuts turns and outweighs the case- multiple warrants==== |
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-====A. Higher crime rates in impoverished areas==== |
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-Jackman 10 **~~Tom Jackman (Washington Post Staff Writer ), 9-30-2010, "Police fear crime increase as recession saps forces," No Publication, http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/09/29/AR2010092907447.html~~(VR 10/31/16)** |
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-Police chiefs across the country say that they are feeling the effects of the nation's |
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-.6 million. "We won't have enough officers," he said. |
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-====B. Lack of Police training- leads to more misconduct and police brutality.==== |
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-Hollowell 11 **~~Perry W. Hollowell (Perry W. Hollowell recently retired as Chief of Police, but has also been a Sheriff, Chief Deputy, Captain, Lieutenant and Sergeant while serving with three jurisdictions. Along with a thirty-five year law enforcement career he has also had a successful military career retiring after twenty-two years of service. A strong training background includes training law enforcement and military on both a national and international basis. Along with educating thousands of police and military, Perry has been adjunct faculty for three colleges. He has also pursued numerous hours of professional development programs to include the FBI National Academy, U.S. Army Sergeant’s Major Academy and a Master of Business Management Degree. His training, experience and education has provided the opportunity to train in a wide variety of topics.), 2011, "Are Budget Cuts Killing Police Officers?" N.p, http://www.in.gov/ilea/files/Are'Budget'Cuts'Killing'Police'Officers'11-01-11.pdf ~~(VR 11/1/16)** |
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-While it can be argued that budget cuts are making life more dangerous for law |
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-could easily see how an officer under stress would revert to his firearm. |
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-====C. Incentivizes unjust arrests to make more money==== |
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-Benson 15 **~~Thor Benson (Thor Benson is a traveling writer based in Los Angeles, California. He regularly contributes to ATTN:, and his writing has also been featured in The Atlantic, Wired, Rolling Stone, Vice, The Verge, and elsewhere. ), 5-16-2015, "The 4 Disturbing Reasons Why Police Obsess over Petty Crime," ATTN:, http://www.attn.com/stories/1663/police-departments-prioritize-drug-crimes-over-violent-crimes~~(VR 10/1/16)** |
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-Why so much attention on low-level drug offenders? One major reason is |
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-enough overall arrests, the department can lose some of its federal funding. |