Paramilitary Policing and its History Rashad Cudjoe Research Paper 1 Police Paramilitary Units (PPUs) were first created in the 1960s because of problems in urban areas. These 10-40 units were supposed to be used for handling civil disturbances‚ dangerous suspects‚ and snipers. The roles of these units have changed drastically in the last 10 years. Paramilitary police teams seem to allow some officers to live out a fantasy of policing being dangerous and exciting. Many officers commented
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What trends are currently impacting policing? The biggest issues affecting policing trends are new technology. The rapid growth of technological advancements will continue to boost social weakness and fear‚ giving terrorist and criminal’s new methods and opportunities‚ and police new tools to stop them. In almost every area‚ technology is wiping away traditional working methods faster than people can adapt to the new possibilities becoming available to them. Since the 9/11 attack on the US people
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CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND Community policing is a policing strategy and philosophy based on the notion that community interaction and support can help control crime and reduce fear‚ with community members helping to identify suspects‚ detain offenders‚ bring problems to the attention of police‚ or otherwise target the social problems which give rise to a crime problem in the first place. Community policing is a philosophy that promotes organizational strategies that support the
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Data has become a prominent source for information about people to be discovered over the past few years. While the collection of personal data is no immediate harm to anyone‚ it becomes an issue when the data is used for malicious purposes. This includes spying and tracking people based on their internet history. Furthermore‚ data can be used by police forces to predict crimes and their victims before they occur. Although this may seem like a flawless idea‚ it can have harmful side-effects‚
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Predictive Policing Information Systems Decision Making CIS500 October 21‚ 2013 To efficiently compare and contrast the application of information technology (IT) to optimize police departments’ performance to reduce crime versus random patrols of the streets‚ we first have to look at exactly what information technology is available to police today. One popular technology that is used by police departments is COMPSTAT abbreviated for computer statistics. Compstat is a "strategic control
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The History of Policing Your Name Here CJA/214 October 04‚ 2013 Instructor Name The History of Policing The American system of policing today is distinctive and remains as one of the most advanced on earth. Sir Robert Peel is the “father” of modern policing. Peel formed the London Metropolitan Police also known as the Bobbies. His genius ideas formed the core elements involving strategy‚ mission‚ and organizational structure of the police. Their mission was crime prevention that suggested the practical
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In policing today the police profession is commonly known as the most stressful of professions. There are many factors that can cause stress in policing. Four of these stressors are external stress‚ organizational stress‚ personal stress‚ and operational stress. External stress is a type of stress that can be caused by things such as real threats and dangers during any shift on a police force. Some examples of this stress can include anything from the public’s lack of support to traffic issues
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idealism is what changed the policing system and made it more organized than it was in the previous centuries. During the nineteen century‚ unification of the police department happened in many of the western European and Americans countries. Although for example in America‚ we got out penal code from the United Kingdom we also got our ideas about the police department itself. The concept of modernity and how it would interact with the policing system is where feared the policing system itself. Unification
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YiJing Yuan JS102 Regional Policing Regional policing is a good approach for efficiencies. Especially between small cities or towns‚ regional policing can not only actually improve the speed of response times but allow for greater flexibility. The costs alone must not be the only consideration. Policing provides essential public safety‚ which must be improved‚ not diminished. However‚ this approach has its problem that police chiefs need to take care of. In this case‚ I will use Greenfield
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There were several different forms of early policing with kin policing and nightwatch being two of the earliest styles. Kin policing was a style of enforcement where family members or tribes enforced the informal and customary rules of the group. Punishments meted out from this type of policing were brutal and tended to fall into the category of “an eye for an eye”. Nightwatch was a collection of citizens who patrolled at night monitoring the city for fires and other problems‚ eventually progressing
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