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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In 19th Century London‚ during the time of the Industrial Revolution‚ the influx of people and increase of crime warranted a change in policing. Sir Robert Peel‚ British Home Secretary‚ encouraged Parliament to pass the Metropolitan Police Act. The purpose of this act was to reorganize and improve London’s police force (Anderson‚ 2001). Peel’s reforms set the foundation for law enforcement as we know it today. The twelve fundamental principles established by Peel for the organization of law enforcement
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Issues in Policing Response Fundamentals of Policing CJS210 What are the issues facing law enforcement today? * * Some of the biggest obstacles that law enforcement face today are budgetary cuts. They have concerns about recruitment and retention. Also with the events of 9/11 most local and state agencies have also had to worry about terrorist attacks from both foreign and homegrown groups. Drugs and criminal organizations also rank high amongst these concerns. * How do these
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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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Intelligence-led policing‚ often referred to as proactive or predictive policing focuses mainly on what will happen‚ instead of what has already happened. It is often described as criminal analyst working with law enforcement to analyze the crime trends that are happening in order to make better decisions on fighting these crimes. The intelligence-led policing approach is modeled after problem-oriented Policing‚ which was conceptual of officers and analyst worked together to identify crime and problems and the
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Problem-Oriented Policing and the SARA Model Joshua Sipes Johnston August 21‚ 2013 Arizona State University Law enforcement is one of the most dynamic social fields in the world. Police tactics and strategies are constantly changing to meet the needs of the communities that they serve‚ large and small alike. New strategies are implemented in hopes of improving the efficiency and effectiveness of police. The majority of new strategies aim to help law enforcement agencies and protocols become
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Individual Paper (Policing in America Society Paper) Jesus K. Martes Santos CJA/214 February 27‚ 2013 Jon Holman Individual Paper (Policing in America Society Paper) In the following paper I will be discuss the Policing in America Society‚ This paper examines the changing relationships between police and other government agencies‚ in the context of recent experience between State‚ Federal and local government departments. The police in the United States forms part of the law enforcing agencies
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The U.S. Government and Policing in the United States Today Renee McGary CJA/214 Introduction to Police Theory and Practice February 27‚ 2012 Jeremy Leach The United States Government and Policing in the United States Today The closest encounter citizens of the United States have with the federal government’s criminal justice system is with the police. Some encounters are a routine traffic ticket‚ and some are much worse and more serious. Crowded cities within the United States are producing
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There are four postulates that related directly to the problem of goldbricking: “(1) be aggressive when you have to‚ but don’t be too eager; (2) don’t get involved in anything in another’s cop sector; (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
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Policing Culture James Ritchie CJA/214 November 20th‚ 2014 Philip Terhaar Policing Culture Police history can be traced back to the 18th century. When looking at the subject of police work there is significant culture and history that follows along with it. There are many topics that can be analyzed when identifying and describing the elements and the significances that are associated with policing. An element that plays a significant factor to police work‚ and that attributes to the policing culture
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