Question

What are the factors that limit patrol officer discretion? Which one do you feel has the most influence over arrest decisions?

Answer 1

Factors that limit patrol officer discretion:

To maintain law and order the police are given the power to take the decision to stop people from making public disturbances and there are five most important factors that would limit the patrol officer's discretion.

There are five factors which are considered to be the most important factor that influences the patrol office that limits the patrol office take discretion. They are the crime and it is intended it can also be termed as “nature of the crime”.

The second factor is how the criminal and victim has been related and what is the association between them. Third is the role of the police officer and their relation with the criminal of the victim.

The fourth considered being the societal factor that is race or tradition, age, gender, and class. And the last one is the policies that pertain to the department and the order of the higher officials.