Police History Kenna Puckett CJA/214 October 20‚ 2014 Eric Crawford Police History Policing in the United States dates back to the 1800s‚ but the police of the modern world are much different from the first police that took patrol. The first patrols did not have cars or two-way radio communication‚ but they started off always evolving policing and law enforcement organizations. In our current time the government has a direct relationship with law enforcement which affects policing practices. Federal
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Police departments do things differently from one another. Each of them have their own policing style. A policing style is a collection of the police department’s methods‚ routines‚ and processes (Jihong & Hassel‚ 2005). The department’s policing style serves as a reflection of the department’s culture and affects all aspects of police work in that community. In 1968‚ social and political scientist James Q. Wilson conducted a study on police departmental styles (Jihong & Hassel‚ 2005). He studied
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Police Organizational Structures Organizations are entities of two or more people who cooperate to accomplish an objective. (Peak‚ Policing America‚ 2012). A police department structure must be parallel so that this way its structure can be effective in completing the overall goal of protecting and helping the public. Over the years police agencies have followed a traditional structure but by the passing of years the structure is starting to evolve.
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Adapting Traditional Police Organizational Structure to Accommodate Community Oriented Policing The changing face of society is forcing many police organizations to make many changes in the way they run‚ organize and structure their departments. As public expectations of police change from crime fighters to public safety problem solvers‚ police administrators must modify their organizational structure in order to meet broader mission statements and carry out new tasks. This structural modification
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The military police are a very important part of our criminal justice system. They play very significant roles to America and many other countries. The military police supply safety and training for Americans and other allies. They protect and support other branches of soldiers in the military and help train other police forces within ally regions. Military police are a very tough job‚ and it requires certain skills and knowledge to become a military officer. Officers in the military police have
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Evidence-Based-Policing Written by Desiree Rosch Instructor Atthur Moghalu Introduction to Criminal Justice Evidence-based policing is a style of policing that uses research to create or change policies to increase effectiveness. Lawrence W Sherman‚ an academic criminologist‚ is credited with making the term Evidence-based Policing (EBP) popular.During a lecture Sherman stated‚ "Police practices should be based on scientific evidence about what works
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ILA Policing‚ Part I CJA100 1. Explain the role that state law enforcement agencies play in enforcing the law‚ and describe the two major models of state law enforcement organization. State-level police agencies were created in the late nineteenth century to combat specific criminal activity‚ and prevent further criminal activity that crossed the boundaries of cities and counties within a specific state. For instance‚ the Texas Rangers were created prior to Texas becoming a state (1835)
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Predictive Policing Information Systems Decision Making CIS500 October 21‚ 2013 To efficiently compare and contrast the application of information technology (IT) to optimize police departments’ performance to reduce crime versus random patrols of the streets‚ we first have to look at exactly what information technology is available to police today. One popular technology that is used by police departments is COMPSTAT abbreviated for computer statistics. Compstat is a "strategic control
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In today’s media policing is a very sensationalized topic. Yet‚ we as people do not rationally discuss how we can improve our current system. In most instances a new situation will be brought to the public’s attention by the media and then the majority of people will place themselves in one of two categories. The first category of people is the all police are bad group and the second category of people are the police can do no wrong group. This creates a very unhealthy us versus them narrative that
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our Criminal Justice System. Law enforcement and Police Officers are abusing their power. If this goes unnoticed it could grow larger and cause bigger problems in our country. The United States Criminal Justice System is one of the best in the whole world. In other countries there is little or no policing. Police officers in the US are well-trained and it is hard to reach their position without a strong education. A huge quality of a perfect Police Officer is a perfect control of temper because a
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