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Training Police Departments in Section 1983 Liability Name: Institution: Training Police Departments in Section 1983 Liability The author of the article “suggested topics for training police departments in section 1983 liability” introduces the reader to the article with a fascinating quote about the importance of proper prevention. He states that one can fence a swimming pool, install alarms around the pool area, and lock the gates to prevent people from drowning in the pool. The author then adds that all these could be preventive measures; however the best and most efficient preventive measure could simply be to teach the people that have access to the pool how to swim. Police officers get themselves in trouble every day while carrying out their official and unofficial duties. Most of the cases that these officers get themselves entangled in can be avoided by giving the officers proper training on how to stay away from the cases explained in section 1983. This paper looks into the level of section 1983 training that is necessary for police officers and recommends policies that could be useful to police departments in preventing cases arising under this part in the future. It is no doubt that police departments face liability problems almost every day. Most attorneys tend to focus in how to litigate the issues that arise once a violation has occurred because they are trained on how to handle the resulting lawsuits. However, it is important to help police departments know how to be on the safe side should any of these suits arise. The attorneys can provide this assistance in the form of legal training. The author of the article says that he has been training
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