Objective: Examine case studies on law enforcement behavior.

Data shows that less than five percent of these encounters mentioned earlier result in the use of any force and the vast majority of those encounters that do use force are justified. This leaves a very small number of inappropriate actions or incidents. However, any inappropriate behavior on the part of law enforcement is not tolerable.

• Discuss what the term police discretion coupled with the law means to you.
• Why do police have discretion and should they?
• What are the pros and cons of police discretion?