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The Greatest Challenge in Supervising Police Use of Force

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What do you think is the greatest challenge in supervising the police's use of force?

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This solution explains the greatest challenge that supervisors are confronted with, in regards to the police use of force.

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The greatest challenge in supervising the police's use of force deals with judgment. The biggest problem in the use of force is that the exact situation, feelings, and dynamics of a situation involving the use of force cannot be replicated. This means that the police officer's judgment at that very moment is the determining ...

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