Abstract The primary concern of this paper is to establish the impact of the USA Patriot Act on local law enforcement and its potential for net widening. This paper will cover three primary areas to provide a proper public safety case analysis. First the paper will describe the public safety agency and its roles in relation to the USA PATRIOT ACT. Then the paper will provide a detail explanation of the leadership‚ management‚ and administration roles of the public safety agency chosen. Finally this
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The PATRIOT Act: Right or Wrong. On September 11th of 2001 the United States was attacked. Many people died and through that drama the United States was unified with a singular goal of stopping terrorism. While many people were willing to sacrifice a few freedoms for the greater good‚ others were asking where is the line between the government fighting terrorism and abusing a situation to expand its dominion over the public. The United States government passed a bill called the PATRIOT Act to
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The USA PATRIOT Act was passed by Congress as a response to the terrorist attack of September 11. On October 26‚ 2001 The USA PATRIOT Act (Public Law No. 107-56) was signed into law by President George W. Bush. The USA PATRIOT Act "Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism” this law enabled law enforcement personnel new abilities to search‚ seize‚ detain‚ or eavesdrop in their pursuit of possible terrorists as it states in our text
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government of the United States of America found the need to take measures that would protect the lives of the people of America. Hence in relation to these attacks the then President Bush set an act in motion that would prevent further terrorist attacks. This act came to be known as the U.S.A Patriot Act. This act aimed by giving all the enforcement agencies tools so that they could combat terrorism. It has become one of the most imperative weapons that the state has against terrorism. It also breaks
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Thesis: The Patriot Act was established post 9/11 to alleviate a problem with information sharing and surveillance data in the United States. For the sake of national security the government used and abused the peoples rights with the provisions granted by the Patriot Act. This led to the inception of the USA Freedom Act limiting the governments use and attempting to restore the public’s trust. Introduction: After the terrorist attacks on 9/11 the Patriot Act was put in place. It provided the government
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The Patriot Act has caused a significant amount of controversy ever since it was passed by President Bush in 2001. Two different arguments have come about and many people feel very strongly about their respective opinions. Although there are many positives to The Patriot Act it should not be legal and is ultimatley unconstitutional. The Patriot Act should not be allowed because it completley violates the innocent Americans privacy. The main argument government officials make is that Americans need
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enacted the Patriot Act‚ largely expanding the governments reach in national security. The Department of Justice’s first responsibility is to prevent future terrorist attacks on U.S. soil. Since the attacks on September 11th‚ the Patriot Act has played a tremendous role in our government‚ often being the leading role in successful operations to protect innocent civilians from the plans of terrorists. Basically the Congress took laws that were already laws and modified them into the Patriot Act to make
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The USA Patriot Act of 2001 is legislation that was sponsored by President Bush and his administration following September 11th. It is to allow increased responsibilities for the criminal justice system and other agencies. “The USA Patriot Act has ten sections or titles outlining new powers for government operations.” (White 2014 p. 393) “Title II‚ designed to improve surveillance. Grands authority to federal law enforcement agencies to intercept communications about terrorism‚ allows searches
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George W. Bush put the Patriot Act into effect on October 26‚ 2001. PATRIOT would stand as an acronym for “‘Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism‚’” (Unknown‚ 2005). This act would be established to detect and dispose of threats to cities and people around the world. Over the past
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quickly passed the USA PATRIOT Act‚ also known as the “Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism” Act. The Patriot Act‚ as it is more commonly referred to‚ was created with the goal of providing government agencies the tools to seek out and prosecute any terrorists planning an attack within the country. Unfortunately for the American people‚ Congress was indifferent to the fact that many provisions of the Patriot Act were a violation of
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