WHAT THE H3LL IS, DISCREATION????

Oh, for second I thought there was a whole community policing concept that I knew nothing about.

mz66 says ...

TreeHugger719 says ...

WHAT THE H3LL IS, DISCREATION????

German Death Metal

Or another name for "Modern Art"????

I am curious of your questions. Why do you axe?

I'll  use my discretion and decline to answer.

As in -

A streetwalker with a lengthy record for prostitution returns to her point of sales at the corner of Fulton and B for the umpteenth time.  An officer observes her stuffing a chili dog with 'the works' into her mouth.  A huge clump of toppings slides off and plops on the sidewalk.  The streetwalker ignores it and throws the rest of the fast food bag into the trash.   The officer arrests the streetwalker for littering.

The best use of officer discretion or not?

Beg to differ - at least in terms of the topic raised.  Police discretion is a useful topic - handily covered by experts in law enforcement training.

Community policing is also covered in depth.  Neither of these are big secrets.

Too bad the OP hasn't returned to resume his topic, but maybe Firedad's courtesy has satisfied his question after all.  As to my theoretical - won't hurt my feelings a bit if y'all blow it off.  I already know the answer!

rescue101 you do know that by editing your OP you can change the spelling of the topic title right?

Officer discretion is an individual officer's choice, and in my case, I can't often tell someone else why I choose to cite one person and give another a verbal warning for the same offense, I have my reasons but they are hard to describe in a meaningful way, but my best answer would be a 'totality of circumstances' includuing how the violator acts.

bill9823 says ...

DPalmer says ...

rescue101 you do know that by editing your OP you can change the spelling of the topic title right?

I fixed it Dara

Thanks forgot to do so.

MarlyB says ...

These kinds of question pop up in criminal justice classes all the time.  Students are always interested to know under what circumstances an officer might exercise discretion - say, what would influence the decision to issue a verbal warning as opposed to issuing a traffic citation. A good answer will tell something important about the job. 

A scenario might help prompt a response.

Students also want to know if, outside a law enforcement context, being friendly to John Q. Public is a required part of the job, or something the individual officer chooses to do.  I expect most hope it might explain why some officers are generally more friendly than others.

In regards to a senario, I might be placed with citing someone for speeding, running a stop sign etc. In addition, citing teenagers for curfew and such. I can see the totality of circumstances being taken into effect, however, I don't want to not do my job the way it's supposed to be done. I have been in unarmed security for 4 years and talk to most workers with the how is your day going question.  Therefore, while on armed security patrol I'd personally  talk to people. Just like to get some ideas.

Thanks everyone.

Marly as to your scenario, what is a street walker? We no have them in this area. LOL

Who would arrest for littering on that level?... Is dropping food littering?  ( I say no, unless you are unloading a dump truck full on the sidewalk.) 

gudercop says ...

Marly as to your scenario, what is a street walker? We no have them in this area. LOL

Discretion = If your last name is WALKER.......... Do NOT name your child STREET.

SkoolCop says ...

gudercop says ...

Marly as to your scenario, what is a street walker? We no have them in this area. LOL

Discretion = If your last name is WALKER.......... Do NOT name your child STREET.

If your leat name is Walker, you could name your child Texas Ranger.