Submitted by altonia1 on April 6, 2008

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Police Discretion

Discretion is the authority to make decisions of policy and practice. In policing, discretion can, and often does, include command or patrol authority to decide which laws shall be enforced and when, where, and how they will be enforced. It also includes authority to decide which of the various means of helping the helpless, maintaining order, and keeping the peace are best suited to particular circumstances. Discretion as a kind of authority held by police is a special kind of liberty the freedom to make decisions that affect the lives of others and which other citizens are not empowered to make. (Edwin J. DeLattre 1989)
Discretion is not doing as you please. The future of...

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