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Types of Legal Liability - ✔✔Civil liability
Criminal liability
Administrative liability
Federal law - ✔✔42 U.S.C. 1983
Criminal Liability - ✔✔State 16-5-1 and 16-5-42
criminal liability - ✔✔Federal 18USC 241 AND 242
Administrative liability - ✔✔Violation results in:
Dismissal
Demotion
Transfer
Reprimand
Vicarious Liability - ✔✔A supervisor is responsible for the acts of his subordinates.
Negligent hiring
Negligent retention
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,Failure to train
Elements in tort Liability - ✔✔Owned a duty to plaintiff
That we breach that duty
There was injury to the plaintiff
Proximate cause of the injury is a direct connection between breach of duty and the
injury to the plaintiff
Plaintiff must prove amount the amount of damages
Civil Liability - ✔✔Stare torts. Federal law 42 USC 1983
Intentional Torts - ✔✔Occurs when there is an intention on the part of a peace officer to
bring some physical or mental harm to another person
Negligent torts - ✔✔Occurs when an officer performs a reasonable act within his/her
scope of duty but without due care.
Most common actions for suit - ✔✔Use of force
Negligent Motor Vehicle Operation
Taking away freedom
Tort - ✔✔Civil wrong for which a remedy may be obtained usually in the form of
damages.
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,Good faith defense - ✔✔Honesty in belief or purpose
Faithfulness to one's duty or obligation
Observance of reasonable commercial standards of fair dealing in a given trade
Absence of malice
Conspiracy Against Rights - ✔✔Two or more persons. 18 USC 241
Title 18 USC 242 - ✔✔Deprivation of rights under color of law
absolute immunity - ✔✔A complete exemption from civil liability usually afforded to
officials while performing particularly important functions, such as representative
enacting legislation and a judge presiding over a law suit.
quasi-judicial immunity - ✔✔Certain officials are immune of performing judicial type
functions but not when performing other functions connected with their office.
Communication - ✔✔To convey information or to get a point across
Interpersonal communication - ✔✔Successfully communicating with another person
It is a game of pitch and catch
Message intended v. Message received
verbal communications - ✔✔Most common form of communication. Verbal message is
contradicted by the body language. Message intended is rarely the message sent
non verbal communication - ✔✔More important than spoken word. Of average
communications, only about 7% of message is actually conveyed by the spoken word
non verbal communication - ✔✔Of average communications, only about 7% of message
is actually conveyed by the spoken word.
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, Effective communications - ✔✔Active listeners
Patient
Sensitive
Observant
effective communication - ✔✔Speaking clearly and directly accomplishes two things:
If we are speaking directly to them, they are more likely to listen.
It lets them know we are sincere
aspects of communication - ✔✔Message intended
Message sent
Message received
Barriers to effective communication - ✔✔Interruptions
Pretending to listen/daydreaming
Invading space
Overreacting
Distractions
Prejudices
intellectual disability disorder - ✔✔Impairments of general abilities that impact a
persons ability to function
intellectual disability disorder - ✔✔No Age requirement
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