Policing Functions ReshaHarris Criminal Justice 394 August‚ 22‚ 2012 Warren‚ Wyatt Policing Functions The functions of police work are highly complex and filled with numerous unpredictable challenges. Officers must place his or her safety and their lives at risk every day in the interests of maintaining order‚ protecting the public and apprehending law-breakers. The result is an occupation filled with stressors‚ pressures and dangers. American law enforcement remains a sector composed
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Issue Paper #3: Policing of Skid Row January 20‚ 2012 Module III In his article‚ “The Police on Skid-Row: A Study of Peace Keeping‚” Egon Bittner calls skid row areas “jungles in the heart of civilization‚ very different from other areas‚ filled with people who do not have the capacity to live ‘normal’ lives” (Bittner‚ 1967). Police officers deal with citizens in skid row areas differently than they would in other areas. They do not view the citizens of skid row areas as having any rights
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slightly sweet or “semi-sweet.” Semi meaning partial. Material with electrical conductivity that is not quite that of a conductor nor that of an insulator‚ is a semiconductor. But if semi means half why is a 80‚000 pound 18-wheeler called a “semi.” It’s more of a maxi. It’s really the trailer part that is referred to a “semi”‚ as in semi-trailer. It’s doesn’t have a front axle and only wheels only at the end. So the truck that pulls it is semi-tractor trailer or simply a “semi”. And wood on a shrub
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it is necessary‚ critics believe biased-based policing (racial-profiling) is a violation of civil rights and takes a heavy toll on police-community relations. For police agencies‚ keeping the balance between public safety vs. civil rights is not an easy job. The principle job for law enforcement is to keep communities safe. If in the communities that a police agency serves‚ there is a greater threat from a certain racial or ethnic group‚ the police officers would tend to focus their attention on
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Effective police leaders become experts at responding to different challenges. This paper will discuss four challenges the Oviedo Police Department may face in the next five years. Police departments struggle to standardize operations within their police departments due to the consistent influx of change. As our laws‚ technology and times change‚ so must our Department with new policies and strategies. In this essay issues with Generation Gap‚ Technology‚ Recruitment and Retention‚ and Community
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History of Police History of Police The role of police officers is very significant to American history. Police work toward protecting citizens’ rights and helping America become the land of the free. The United States of America is built from the U.S. Constitution Bill of Rights and police play a major role in making sure American rights are met. Evolution has changed many of American history for the better; policing is part of those changes. As new issues in society arise‚ police must change
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Community Policing and Police-Community Relations in the US context Community policing is a philosophy of policing which emphasizes partnerships between the police and the public (Walker & Katz‚ 2013). This approach considers cooperation between the police and the community as an important mechanism that gives the police better access to information provided by the community‚ which in turn can make the police more responsive to the needs of the community. Historically‚ community policing originated
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earned. A high intensity of trust between the police and the community is an elementary requirement for a civilization. Police are provided with the exceptional responsibility of protecting the society and enforcing laws‚ and hence‚ is in positions of authority in our communities. But it’s very unfortunate that too often all over the U.S. the police abuse their power‚ act irresponsibly‚ and violate our trust. The newspapers often report occurrence of police abuse‚ brutality‚ and misconduct‚ and recurrently
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are not only under them‚ but those who are around them. Police Leadership is very important now days as it resorts to today’s community policing and how each officer‚ even if they are a patrol officer‚ “every officer is a leader”. It is because of different models put in place that have failed or succeeded along with contemporary issues‚ that the role of Police Leadership and its importance plays a great stake in today’s policing and police administration. Some of the key elements of leadership have
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standard‚ but they are within the police department’s ability to control and thus cannot count as a standard. Furthermore‚ because several of the interested parties are calling those procedures into question‚ they are unlikely to meet the criteria of being objective. Alternatively‚ the parties can look to successful policing practices in other jurisdictions
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