Cja 394 Policing Analysis
Policing Functions
Kendall Cheney
CJA/394
June 4, 2013 Eric Crawford
Policing Functions Law enforcement in the United States has numerous functions that vary. There are three basic levels of law enforcement, local, state, and federal. These organizations are set up to meet the public’s needs. They do collectively work together to achieve many duties. This common purpose is to protect citizens and enforce the laws passed by legislators at the local, state and federal level of government ("Ehow Money", 2013). Each level is appointed their own responsibilities and procedures. The functions of the organizations are actually very similar ("Term Paper Warehouse", 2012). Local law enforcement is the most common. These are municipal …show more content…
Sheriffs and their deputies are most times responsible for patrolling an area 's such as state and federal routes, as well as its unincorporated or in municipalities that are not policed. They often find themselves enforcing local, state, and federal laws. Commonly found on highways are highway patrols or state police officers, sometimes both enforcing state traffic, criminal or civil law. State drug task forces, executive departments, even state parks agencies employ state law enforcement agents to engage in more specialized enforcement efforts. Officers in state prisons also are considered part of each state 's law enforcement efforts, different from the others in that they 're enforcing state laws within the confines of a state institution ("Ehow Money", …show more content…
Some of these changes could include the legalization of marijuana, prostitution, and mandatory helmet law. Something that has been said for the past few years is that “marijuana is going to be legal soon anyways”, this comes out and leaves a slap on the wrist to those who offend by handling of marijuana. There are no studies that show that marijuana has a negative effect on an individual, where as tobacco and alcohol, which are both legal, do. One of the positive sides of legalizing marijuana would be the drop in the prison population and over population in corrections per probation officer. Prostitution like marijuana is already legal in few states in the United States, in the next few years it would be legalized as well. This would bring income into cities in need, promote job opportunity. The worry is about the spread of STD’s however this is easily solved with mandatory drug screenings of the prostitutes. Making helmets mandatory in all states for any sort of motorcycle riding could have the potential to save
Kendall Cheney
CJA/394
June 4, 2013 Eric Crawford
Policing Functions Law enforcement in the United States has numerous functions that vary. There are three basic levels of law enforcement, local, state, and federal. These organizations are set up to meet the public’s needs. They do collectively work together to achieve many duties. This common purpose is to protect citizens and enforce the laws passed by legislators at the local, state and federal level of government ("Ehow Money", 2013). Each level is appointed their own responsibilities and procedures. The functions of the organizations are actually very similar ("Term Paper Warehouse", 2012). Local law enforcement is the most common. These are municipal …show more content…
Sheriffs and their deputies are most times responsible for patrolling an area 's such as state and federal routes, as well as its unincorporated or in municipalities that are not policed. They often find themselves enforcing local, state, and federal laws. Commonly found on highways are highway patrols or state police officers, sometimes both enforcing state traffic, criminal or civil law. State drug task forces, executive departments, even state parks agencies employ state law enforcement agents to engage in more specialized enforcement efforts. Officers in state prisons also are considered part of each state 's law enforcement efforts, different from the others in that they 're enforcing state laws within the confines of a state institution ("Ehow Money", …show more content…
Some of these changes could include the legalization of marijuana, prostitution, and mandatory helmet law. Something that has been said for the past few years is that “marijuana is going to be legal soon anyways”, this comes out and leaves a slap on the wrist to those who offend by handling of marijuana. There are no studies that show that marijuana has a negative effect on an individual, where as tobacco and alcohol, which are both legal, do. One of the positive sides of legalizing marijuana would be the drop in the prison population and over population in corrections per probation officer. Prostitution like marijuana is already legal in few states in the United States, in the next few years it would be legalized as well. This would bring income into cities in need, promote job opportunity. The worry is about the spread of STD’s however this is easily solved with mandatory drug screenings of the prostitutes. Making helmets mandatory in all states for any sort of motorcycle riding could have the potential to save