Abstract
In most countries, policemen are used to help in keeping of law and order. This is of great importance since the country becomes peaceful and hence is a good field for the economic growth. Development among other things is experienced in the country. For these policemen to be in a position of performing their duties perfectly, they are taken for a relatively short training. At this training, they are taught how to implement a law, how they behave towards the citizens and at which circumstances they are supposed to arrest someone. In additional to this, they are also taught on the steps to be taken while arresting a suspect (Garner, 2006). High percentage of the policemen follows these rules. This results to a very peaceful country full of a lot of developments. The citizens become very proud of their policemen due to their service to the nation.
However, in some countries, policemen do not follow these teachings at all. They end up using a lot of force when dealing with the suspects which sometimes leads to a conflict or injuries. Others end up being very corrupt and let a very big number of the law breaker to go freely as long as they the law breakers promises to give a certain portion of what they will get out of the crime they are to commit. This leads to a lot of insecurities in a country. As a result, the innocent citizens become most affected by these actions, leading them to a lot of suffering. This result to low growth rate of the country’s economy. Many citizens end up having negative attitudes towards their policemen. However, the government should ensure that the police officers are performing their duties as required and they are not misusing their power.
The police use of deadly force can be described to as when a police officer reacts violently to the suspect with an intension on hurting the suspect (Samuel, 2005). Sometimes this leads to death. This is not the right behavior for the police officer since the suspect might be not the one who has committed the crime. On the other hand, it might lead to the citizens being annoyed and reacting violently towards the policemen. To make it worse, some police officers uses weapons such as firearms at the irrelevant places. This is wrong since the weapon might end up hurting an innocent citizen. For instance, a police officer might decide to fire a gun in a busy street to the suspect, accidentally, the bullet might end up landing at an innocent person and cause a lot of bodily harm of even death. This use of deadly law is allowed but under certain conditions. For instance, if the suspect attempts to commit murder to the police, the police are allowed to fire for their protection. If the suspect also attempts to escape, the police can fire at them but not with an attempt of committing murder (Mark 2004). If the suspect dies accidentally under …