Over the past several years law enforcement has been under the gun more than ever. Post Ferguson has awakened many agencies across the nation because the last thing that an agency needs is another action like Ferguson to occur again. For most of our society they believe police is one of the most corrupted occupations. With law enforcement trusted by just only half of the public‚ so it can be difficult to gain respect from both sides. As compared to nurses who are also for public safety they are
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The first article is written by Joseph Kennedy (2003) called “Drug Wars in Black and White” and the second article is called “Street-Level Drug Law Enforcement” by Lorraine Mazerolle‚ David W. Soole and Sacha Rombouts in 2006. In addition‚ the last article is by David Dixon and Phillip Coffin (1999) called “Zero Tolerance Policing in Illegal Drug Markets” from the Drug and Alcohol Review. Summary Kennedy (2003) discusses the background of the war on drugs in 1920s and provides information that shows
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Law Enforcement Joanna Fain CRJ201: Introduction to Criminal Justice Instructor: Joe Niehaus September 23rd‚ 2014 Law Enforcement The history of the police agencies can be trace back to the 1630s‚ during this time the earliest colonists use the English style of policing. The civic duty for all citizens was “watch and ward” this offered no training or pay‚ it was the responsibility of the citizens to monitor the behavior of community members. Policing
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While being an officer of the law my sworn duty is to uphold the law and bring peace to any giving situation to the best of my ability. Racism and prejudice are alive and well in America I believe because of people do not the time to learn about the different culture that exist in our society.The law enforcement agency has to continue bridging the gap between races if order is to maintain. If I were on duty and a call came concerning an altercation between two different races I would first start
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The Effects of Stress on the Law Enforcement Officer Liberty University Abstract This paper explores the effects of stress as it pertains to the job of law enforcement. Every job has its stressors but law enforcement carries with it the potential for stressors unlike many people will ever go through. The law enforcement job comes with the potential for life and death situations that can have a lasting impact on one’s life. The research shows that while officers are given instruction on
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Women and Minorities in Law Enforcement Response Throughout policing history women and minorities have gone through so many changes as they tried to become law enforcers. In the beginning‚ when women and minorities were allowed to become police officers they would be hired but given lighter duties or assigned to lower crime areas. They weren’t given much opportunity to go out and experience first hand how everything was on the streets since the majority of law enforcers back then were males. They
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During the 20th century law enforcement was in a progressive‚ reform‚ professional and community era and the way of policing had evolve over time. Police forces was characterized by a broad social service function‚ decentralized organization‚ intimate relationship with community and extensive use of foot patrol. Many problem police face was the lack of training‚ bribery‚ lack of control‚ political control‚ lack of education and brutality. Rome was where the 1st specialized investigative unit created
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illustration of the importance of having clear and concise and up to date policies and procedures. It is cases like this that show the benefits of being accredited and helps to bring understand to the very reason the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies standards were developed (CALEA‚ n.d.). This case had several areas of concern‚ many of which could have been avoided by having a policy like we have been speaking about. One of the first issues is the practice of allowing private parties
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Policing Trends and Issues Nicole Fox Westwood College ABSTRACT This research project is an analysis of six scenarios. The scenarios are as follows: History and rolls of law enforcement in society‚ Levels of jurisdiction‚ Distinction among the multiple functions of Law enforcement agencies‚ Analysis of Historical events that have shaped modern policing practices‚ Ethical and professional behavior in the workplace‚ and Evaluation of how knowledge‚ skills‚ and attitude learned in this
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Role and Functions of Law Astrid Vargas ETH/321 June 15‚ 2015 Kevin Spiering Role and Functions of Law Purposes of law are to provide for some system of order that defines crimes and levies punishment for violation of the crimes; the government to protect the people creates laws. Laws are considered a structure of rules that are imposed through social institutions with the attempt to ensure consistency and fairness. Then there are courts; a court is a tribunal that has the mandate of
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