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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country‚ to the wild west‚ and up to the present‚ the agenda of the policing bodies have been clear: to uphold and enforce the laws of our society. Of course the way they do this today had undergone changes from the first police forces of early America‚ law enforcement has seen trends come and go. Law enforcement is divided into three major eras throughout history. These eras are the political era‚ the reform era and the community era. The political era that took place between 1840-1930 was characterized
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everyday role of a police officer requires a great deal of responsibility‚ discretion making‚ customer service skills and community policing practices. This essay will discuss critical factors and important issues relating to police legitimacy and the contributions discretion making‚ customer service and community policing make to legitimacy of policing for members within the community. Prior to the reform era police were described as authoritarian‚ fearful‚ unapproachable and unethical. However during
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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
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Community Policing brings police and citizens together to prevent crime and solve neighborhood problems. With community policing‚ the emphasis is on stopping crime before it happens‚ not responding to calls for service after the crime occurs. Community policing gives citizens more control over the quality of life in their community. Community policing means police become part of the neighborhood. This helps police get a better sense of resident’s needs and helps residents to develop greater trust
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In the watchman style of policing‚ agencies are essentially concerned with the order and maintenance aspect of policing. This particular style‚ as Wilson explains‚ is concerned with maintaining social control by stifling illegal activities which ultimately mitigates disruptive behavior. “Because the watchman style emphasis is order maintenance‚ it makes distributive justice the standard for handling disorderly situations. Just as all patrolman find themselves preoccupied with order maintenance to
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A geopolitical community is a community‚ which is either man-made or surrounded by natural boundaries. It is considered a traditional point of view about communities. Man-made boundaries could be the towns where we live‚ work‚ or go to school. Natural boundaries could be the land formations that separate and isolate groups of people (Maurer & Smith 2008). The geopolitical community I live in is Nassau County‚ Long Island in New York. Nassau County is made up of many suburbs and towns and is located
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6 disadvantages of growing tourist numbers January 23‚ 2011 - Elmer W. Cagape 1 Comment » Year after year it seems that the number of visitors coming to Hong Kong is setting new records. The 30 million annual visitors the city recorded a few years ago (over 23 million in 2005‚ over 28 million in 2007) was easily eclipsed by the 36 million tourists who arrived last year. The 21.8 per cent climb is quite a big jump; if not for the recent financial crisis and swine flu scare that affected inbound
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Final Essays Four Final Essay Questions Zachary Karenchak Character and Cops Ethics in Policing Noble Cause Corruption Are police ever justified in committing illegal acts that violate others rights are they ever justified especially when there is no personal gain but for reasons that may seem to be about a higher purpose. This is the argument for noble cause corruption. This idea brings it to the end justifies the means thinking. If we start down this line where can it lead us? The idea
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technology has continued to grow police have tried to move into a more proactive role while still allowing people to enjoy personal freedom and the right of presumed innocence. As part of the movement toward proactive policing‚ law enforcement are utilizing technology called predictive policing. With this system officers gather data and analyze it for patterns in order to understand the nature of a problem. The officers will then create strategies and tactics designed
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