Learning Team D David Bruner‚ Robert Jordan‚ Stephanie Andrade‚ Phillip March 17‚ 2014 CJA/214-Introduction to police theory and practices Larry Ray Hardin Throughout history the role of women and racial and ethnic minorities has been restrained. This causes the inability to move up in ranking and limiting the ability to perform in certain jobs. Being a woman or having a different racial background can also cause stereotypes. For example‚ a Hispanic officer
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Berkeley police department‚ first as sheriff and later as Berkeley’s first chief of police‚ Vollmer learned that police officers had very little literature and education on policing. One of Vollmer’s first acts established bicycle patrols
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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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I believe the largest impact on policing has been made by the simple invention of the two way radio which has in turn been expanded upon with cell phone and mobile internet capabilities. I had read this in textbooks concerning the evolution of policing‚ but reading this article certainly helped to confirm it. The advent of the car and of two-way wireless communications systems brought about what it called an "incident-driven" policing strategy that relied on random patrol and rapid response in
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Policing in American Society The goal for both the U.S. government and law enforcement is to serve and protect civil rights and liberties for all individuals‚ protect life and to promote community safety. The government passes the laws and the police enforce them for the good of society. The U.S. government has a hierarchy within the three branches just as law enforcement agencies have a hierarchy within their organization. Within these hierarchies there is a chain of command to ensure professionalism
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I define community policing as an effort for law enforcement to involve the community in improving social capital. Community policing is an important factor in promoting a decrease in crime. Community leaders and its citizens work with police officers to improve neighborhoods through community projects and services. For example‚ there are neighborhood watch teams‚ which help patrol the community to improve safety. Law enforcement also has community initiative programs that work with and help at-risk
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Critical Issues in Policing CJA/214 June 10‚ 2013 Ken Rosa Critical Issues in Policing Many people count the possibility of getting shot as the most significant danger a police officer faces. Officer-involved shootings appear to be on the rise‚ and there is no shortage of video footage on television or online showing shootouts between officers and criminals. Today’s law enforcement officers face a multitude of dangers during everyday duties that rival the threat of
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But there are also drawbacks associated with the community policing. For example‚ hostility between the police and neighborhood residents can hinder productive partnerships. It also increases in officers’ decision-making autonomy and can lead to greater opportunities for police corruption. Lastly‚ resistance within
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Policing is thought and proven to be a dynamic system which means it adapts to cities and communities (Fritsch et al.‚ 2009‚ p. 42). The attitude of the people along with social issues in the areas will affect how patrol officers respond to calls to service
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Undercover Policing First off to define being undercover is disguising one’s own identity or using an assumed identity for the purposes of gaining the trust of an individual or organization to learn secret information or to gain the trust of targeted individuals in order to gain information or evidence. Being a undercover officer is a very hard task. You have to surpress your whole identity to fool another person into believe you are someone that your not. It is a very effective method of policing but
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