There is a gray area in the issue of police and community relations. The authorities have the mandate to relate with the community as they please without supervision. It requires the law enforcement authorities to …show more content…
It is not a common occurrence within the paramilitary environment. The reason for this is that there is an inverse relationship between when the top ranks practice discretion and when the lower end of the rank practice the same. Newburn (2010) identifies this circumstance as a difference between the regular law enforcement and the commercial enterprises. The officers engaging in patrol exercise higher levels of discretion than those who are in positions of the chief constable or other high-ranking individuals in the department. In contrast, the major general in the army has high powers of discretion than the low ranked soldier. The differences in the paramilitary environment are in the mandate or authority an individual has to have discretion while in the line of