Police History, Styles, And Issues Presentation Paper

Police History, Styles, and
Issues Presentation
Vincent Gonzales
October 30, 2014
CJA/204
Jonathan Inciong

Police “Political Era” 1840-1930
Policing was born out a need for social order

and security
The “Watchman” Era: Order through informal police intervention (persuasion, threats, roughing up)
Uniformed officers serving the interest of the politically powerful.

http://www.policeguide.com/Police_Photo_Galleries/Badge_G allery_/D_C__Police_Badges/DC3.jpg Police “Reform Era” 1930-1970
Removal of politics from policing
Development of police professionalism
Government agencies introduced (FBI, Secret

Service)
Crackdown on Organized Crime
The “Legalistic Era”: Order through enforcing the letter of the law.

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Police “Community Era”
1970’s-Today
Police building partnerships with the

community (Neighborhood Watch, D.A.R.E.,
P.A.L., Broken Window theory, and crime reduction by design)
Focus and crime prevention and peace keeping The “Service Era” of Policing: More spirit of the law than letter of the law.
Service oriented, helping the community

http://archives.starbulletin.com/2007/08/07/news/artwild2x.jpg http://mediad.publicbroadcasting.net/p/kpcw/files/201312/F-Shop-with-Cop-gw.jpg •Department of Homeland Security was established
2003 in the wake of the terrorist attacks of 9/11, by combining 22 federal agencies (240,000 employees) under one unified command
•This was done in an effort for better intelligence sharing and management amongst federal agencies to respond to threats of national security
•The department has a lot of varied jobs and is the parent organization of several law enforcement agencies CPB 60,000 employees, one of the largest law

enforcement agencies in the world
Tasked with Border management and control, combining Customs, Immigration and Border
Security, and Agricultural Protection
Typical day- 1 million border screenings, screens 67,000 cargo containers, arrest more than 1,100 individuals and seizes 6 tons of
illicit
drugs

The Transportation Security

Administration is generally not a law enforcement agency and consist of mostly airport screeners that do not posses any law enforcement capabilities, but they do have a law enforcement branch within known as the Federal Air Marshall Program.
Air Marshalls fly armed undercover and protect the flying public from airborne threats.

Created in 1865 to solely suppress the

counterfeiting of U.S. Currency
Dual Mission Today- (1) to protect national and visiting leaders and (2) criminal investigations Special Agents
Uniformed Division- Police force

Established in 1790
Safeguard our nation’s maritime interest and

environments around the world
Search and rescue
Drug interdiction
Piracy
Maritime security
(Even in Kuwait and Iraq)

Police Patrols
Finds its roots from the creation of the first

modern police force in London (1829) by Sir
Robert Peel which used uniformed officers walking preventive patrols
Designed to deter crime, interrupt crimes in progress, to position officers for quick response, and to increase the publics feeling of safety and security

Police in Contemporary Society
The police are now the problem solvers
With the advent of community policing, most

police efforts are targeted at what the public wants addressed
New mission of also combating Terrorism

Issues facing police today
 Taking on more responsibilities, with the

same manpower.
 The effects of video , the media, and social

media

THE END

References
Schmallerger, F. (2014). Criminal Justice Today:
An Introduction Text for the 21st Centery(13th ed.). Upper Saddle River , New Jersey: Prentice
Hall.
Homeland Security. (n.d.). Retrieved October
28, 2014, from http://www.dhs.gov/
Customs and Border Protection. (n.d.).
Retrieved October 28, 2014, from http://www.cbp.gov/ References
(Continuation)

Transportation Security Administration. (n.d.).
Retrieved October 28, 2014, from http://www.tsa.gov/ United States Secret Service. (n.d.). Retrieved
October 28, 2014, from http://www.secretservice.gov/ US Coast Guard. (n.d.). Retrieved October 28,
2014, from http://www.uscg.mil/