Throughout the history of policing the roles of women and minorities has been limited. Some roles of women and minorities throughout policing history include not being able to work a beat‚ not being able to be selected for higher ranking‚ Where there was a community made up of primarily minorities such as a Hispanic neighborhood more Hispanic police officers would patrol in that area and where there were more African Americans in a neighborhood that is where African Americans would patrol. The
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Essay 3 An Introduction to Policing Hispanic culture includes Mexicans‚ Cubans‚ South Americans‚ Central Americans‚ and Puerto Ricans. The number of Hispanic officers is increasing each year. An advantage Hispanic officers have are that these officers can relate to Hispanic communities by knowing their language and cultural barrier. South Florida is being dominated by Cubans while in Central America and South America; Mexicans are the largest group along the border. There are different
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U.S. Government and Policing The relationship between the U.S. government and policing throughout the United States lies within the governments control over instituting new laws that states must follow. Although Congress and the Supreme Court establish “minimum national standards” and enact laws that police must follow there is often a limit to how much of an affect it has on policing. The law passed by the government‚ or verdicts passed by the Supreme Court in particular often set guidelines
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(3) hold up your end of the work; (4) don’t leave work for the next tour” (2008: 394‚ Reuss-Ianni‚ 1983). Goldbricking is considered deviant behavior because it is direct conflict with the work ethics that officers adopt a proactive approach to policing and continually seek out activities to be performed. Goldbricking can occur in many forms. Some of the examples include officers ignore calls for services‚ engage in personal business while on duty‚ overlook suspicious activities or violations
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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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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. If an officer receives aggressive and negative
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In looking at the different duties both women and men in policing are given‚ women and men in policing also have different experiences and stress levels according to an article call Gender differences in policing: reason for optimism?‚ there are numerous research that compare the stress and experiences of women to men in policing which one has more or less than the other gender Burke‚ Martinussen and Richardsen‚ 2006). One research wrote that women police officers when compared to male police officers
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My Summary of Evidence-Based Policing With the advantages and disadvantages. Evidence-based Policing Evidence-based policing is the use of the best available research on the outcomes of police work to implement guidelines and evaluate agencies‚ units‚ and officers. With evidence-based policing it is harder to get out of trouble for what you did because there is proof that you was there and did the crime. Evidence-based policing uses research in everyday police procedures to evaluate current
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Policing in American Society CJA/214 Policing American Society The U.S. government and the policing organizations relationship is one where the policing organizations have rules and guidelines set by the government that they must follow in order to run an organized system. The government has impacted the policing organizations There are two levels of police in the United States: Federal and State. The Federal Level includes organizations like the Federal Bureau of Investigations
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The Fourth Amendment of the United States Constitution states: Prohibits unreasonable searches and seizures and sets out requirements for search warrants based on probable cause. This amendment impacts law enforcement because police need a warrant to make arrests and searches. This is not applicable if the officer has first-hand knowledge of an event and the evidence is likely to be destroyed or the subject will abscond if time is taken to get a warrant. If a warrantless search is made by the police
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