Civil Liability of Security Personnel MOONLIGHTING Current statistics reveal that private security personnel are twice the number of public law enforcers (Moore, 1987)
Civil liability suits can be lodged against them for improper or extremely aggressive conduct (Moore). Moonlighting, a Most Serious Form Public law enforcers are allowed to pursue opportunities to earn more money beyond their routine work hours and other than law enforcement work (Scarry, 2007)
This means that law enforcement agencies cannot as easily promote policies that routinely deprive people of their civil rights. However, these lawsuits also provide a means for plaintiffs to file nuisance and harassment suits against officers (Fleischman, 2013)
A tort lawsuit is preferred by plaintiffs for many reasons. "Torts can only be settled by money awards and the standard of proof is preponderance of the evidence" (Stevens, 2004)
There have been several efforts to reduce to a bare minimum the civil suits against the police officers. The proposed ways of reducing civil liability is police officers education where the police officers should have the knowledge regarding what conduct definitely result to civil liability as well as knowing the best ways that can be used to handle such potentially liable situations, (Del Carmen, R
There is also the prevention measure of police officers who are at risk of incurring liability identified and the conduct of such police officers corrected and monitored. There should also be contemporary and thorough policies and procedures in force which can strengthen the position of the police department in case of litigation, (Kappeler, V
Literature review There are two main concepts that are essential to understanding the basis of this study, "excessive use of force" and "civil liability. The excessive use of force is usually defined as any force that can result in serious bodily harm or death (Alpert and Smith 1994)
Literature review There are two main concepts that are essential to understanding the basis of this study, "excessive use of force" and "civil liability. The excessive use of force is usually defined as any force that can result in serious bodily harm or death (Alpert and Smith 1994)
Instead of following a "find and bite" procedure, dogs and their handlers were retrained for "find and bark." The results were immediate and impressive: dog bites declined from 360 per year, including more than 100 requiring hospital treatment, to 30 per year with no hospitalizations (Anderson 1999)
)." According to an article published in Monthly Labor Review explains the problems that arise when police officers use excessive force and civil liability claims are filed (Bohling 1997)
The standards under federal law are custom or policy, and deliberate indifference, a rather poorly defined concept which is similar to totality of circumstances ("Civil Liability for Government Wrongdoing," 2004)." According to an article found in the Journal of Criminal law and Criminology, explains that disciplining police officers that have been found guilty of wrongdoing is essential (Iris 1998)