) Police are a “body of officers representing the civil authority of government.” (Banton) Police are responsible for maintaining public order and safety‚ enforcing the law‚ and preventing and investigating any criminal activities. The existence of American law enforcement has been around since the first Europeans landed in North America. America inherited much of its government policies from Great Britain. “The first Europeans who landed on our shores‚ found a strange and wondrous new land‚ inhabited
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ethics of the justice system as a whole. Police corruption is undoubtedly a complex phenomenon which affects all parties within a society. A majority of officers show great control and use their authority responsibly and for the overall good of the community. However‚ there are a few officers and departments who have been engrossed by corruption and abuse their authority‚ highlighting the importance of discussing the unethical behavior that is corruption. Police corruption can generally be defined as
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Police Report Tomas Gonzalez‚ University of Phoenix CJA/304 February 26‚ 2013 Oscar N. Ruiz Police Report There are various types of communication used through the criminal justice process‚ considering the witness‚ prosecution‚ judge‚ and defense they all have their own element of communication to get their message across effectively and to prove their point. Communication for Prosecution and Defense The type of communication used by the prosecution or defense is typically more formal
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the 1920s and 1930s. Police departments continued to move towards a more professional model as a result of various reform efforts. During the decades of the 1920s and 1930s two significant events occurred that helped orchestrate a move towards law enforcement. Passage of the Eighteenth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution often called the Volstead Act and the Great Depression which lead to a massive crime wave (Gaines & Kappeler‚ 2008‚ p. 195). Prior to t Volstead Act police officers allowed public
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Law Enforcement 30 July 2011 New York Police K9 Units A police dog‚ often referred to as a K-9 dog in some areas is a dog that is trained specifically to assist police aand other law-enforcement personnel in their work. In many jurisdictions the intentional injuring or killing of a police dog is a felony subjecting the perpetrator to harsher penalties than those in the statutes embodied in local animal cruelty laws‚ just as an assault on a human police officer is often a more serious offense
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Police Performance Management: Practical Guidance for Police Authorities June 2006 This guide has been produced by the Home Office Police Standards Unit and the Association of Police Authorities with the help of PA Consulting. We are very grateful for the contributions provided by all police authorities and other contributors during the development of this guidance. Foreword Police performance makes headline news: it affects people’s daily lives. There are many stakeholders in police performance
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In order to identify the suspect in the robbery‚ the first thing that I would do is ask the victims and/or the witnesses what they know and saw. After I ask the question and get answers back. Then finding out that one of the suspects was apprehend‚ then I would walk the victim and witness over to the police car and let them tell me if that’s the person that they saw without letting the person see their faces. With the information from that it will give reasons to search the car and the property of
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Becoming a Police Officer \Protect and serve. These two words may be simple to any regular citizen. However‚ they are everything to any police officer. The honorable career of law enforcement is not always an easy one to enter. There are requirements in order to be recruited and employed by any policing agency. In addition to the highly competitive and rigorous application process to become selected as an officer of the law‚ there are training programs‚ continued education programs‚ and other
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comes to racism and what African Americans have been through‚ in many cases‚ protests do not put police in danger. The black community as a whole have suffered far more casualties than police have when it comes to protests. They have constant weights on their shoulder; they are always having constant reminders of what their ancestors have been through and what they’re going through now. On the off chance‚ the police are in danger‚ it’s not during a peaceful protest. The police force is not in danger
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Auxiliary Police The Hong Kong Auxiliary Police Force (HKAPF) currently has 4‚500 auxiliary police officers and known as the best in Asia. It comprises volunteers from all walks of life and has a proud history dating back to its establishment in 1914. The original role of the HKAPF as a trained manpower reserve to support the regular force during times of emergencies has been maintained. The HKAPF continues to render the form and amount of support as determined by the Commissioner of Police in accordance
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