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complaints against police  

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  • The unique role of the police is shaped by many factors, the most critical of which is the authority to use force. According to Egon Bittner (1975), this one distinguishing feature is at the core of the police role in society. [Source: Encyclopedia of Law Enforcement; Complaints against Police]

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