Ahhh, so the same officers who shot a dog in its own yard are absolved because they rescued a puppy from a hot car?
Oh, wait, nevermind. The dog-shooting officers aren’t the same officers as those who removed a puppy from a hot car.
Your implicit argument: “Well, these officers did the right thing, so how DARE you mention THOSE officers which did the wrong thing?”
Remember, officers who follow Robert Peel’s principles will find that they have better relations with man and beast.
Observing the actions of the police in the article, can you truthfully say that none of these nine principles were ignored or violated?
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1) The basic mission for which the police exist is to prevent crime and disorder.
2) The ability of the police to perform their duties is dependent upon the public approval of police actions.
3) Police must secure the willing co-operation of the public in voluntary observation of the law to be able to secure and maintain the respect of the public.
4) The degree of co-operation of the public that can be secured diminishes proportionately to the necessity of the use of physical force.
5) Police seek and preserve public favor not by catering to public opinion, but by constantly demonstrating absolute impartial service to the law.
6) Police use physical force to the extent necessary to secure observance of the law or to restore order only when the exercise of persuasion, advice, and warning is found to be insufficient.
7) Police, at all times, should maintain a relationship with the public that gives reality to the historic tradition that the police are the public and the public are the police; the police being only members of the public who are paid to give full-time attention to duties which are incumbent upon every citizen in the interests of community welfare and existence.
8) Police should always direct their action strictly towards their functions, and never appear to usurp the powers of the judiciary.
9) The test of police efficiency is the absence of crime and disorder, not the visible evidence of police action in dealing with it.
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