questions. 1. What is an Agency? Agency is a fiduciary relationship “which results from the manifestation of consent by one person to another that the other shall act in his behalf and subject to his control‚ and consent by the other so to act”. A party who employs another person to act in his behalf and subject is called a Principal. A party who agrees to act on behalf of another is called an Agent. Agency is governed by a large body of common law known as agency law. Eg: A real estate broker
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The Law Enforcement Code of Ethics on the IACP web page serves the same purpose as the comparable code of ethics for many other public servant agencies. Chiefly and principally I believe they are a set of values that are not just the stated policy of conduct expected of law enforcement officials. They are a set of values that the officers who swear their allegiance to not only abide by but should believe in out of respect for their predecessors as well as their profession. The main points I drew
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07/09/15 Police Departments in the United States have grown over time to be more diverse. “The virtually all-white‚ virtually all-male departments of the 1950s and 1960s have given way to departments with large numbers of female and minority officers. Openly gay and lesbian officers‚ too‚ are increasingly commonplace. (Sklansky‚ p. 1210)” This essay focuses on the demographics of the police department‚ who the police are‚ the struggles minorities encounter as police officers‚ and how society perceives
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with all federal law enforcement agencies to review the “Task Force on 21st Century Policing” to discuss possible recommendations to help not only communities but also law enforcement agencies to strengthen trust between the two while continuing to reduce crime. The task force was created to strengthen the community policing and the trust among law enforcement officers in the communities they serve. Due to all of the violence that has been happening recently in the media pertaining to law enforcement
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Law enforcement is successful in many facets of its duties and responsibilities. Even with all of the success law enforcement is able to accomplish‚ there are some ethical failures where improvement can be made. Examples of some ethical failures would be the code of silence‚ a conscience lack of team work amongst agencies‚ or leadership failing to remember‚ while they have a duty to the public‚ they also have a duty to their line level personnel. Leadership failures have a sweeping impact on the
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attention of the media outlets as it was with Edward Snowden’s revelations in the British newspaper. Namely‚ The Guardian published an article about the National Security Agency (NSA) spying the nation and requiring Verizon‚ the biggest wireless communication service in the USA‚ to hand over all records of the citizens’ phone calls to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the NSA. In addition‚ to the classified NSA files‚ the Washington Post and The Guardian announced
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advantage in becoming better informed and more effective by using improved investigative tools. Technology is changing the way police departments operate. Technologies funded today were not even common knowledge just a few years ago. It does not matter which area of law enforcement is considered‚ technology will place a major factor in it. The abilities of law enforcement officers have been greatly improved by many forms of technology‚ like GPS systems‚ ultraviolent cameras‚ crime mapping‚ electronic
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I think there has been many things that’s contributed to the decline in public trust‚ as it related to law enforcement. Similar to the citizens losing trust in law enforcement‚ we have also seen this in politicians‚ the government‚ NFL‚ etc. I believe these things go in phases. It only takes one incident for people to lose faith in a process or trust in a group. For example‚ one incident on United Airlines last week has caused them to lose 100’s of millions of dollars in stocks and airfare. In addition
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Business Law Tutorial 11 1. [ Refer notes - creation of agency ] 2. [ Refer notes - Duties of Agent to Principal ] 3. [ Refer notes - Duties of Principal to his Agent ] 4. 4 remedies available: Principal may repudiate the contract - Section 168 Contracts Act‚ 1950 Principal may recover the bribe from agent - Section 169 Contracts Act‚ 1950 Principal may refuse to pay commission to Agent Principal may dismiss agent for breach of duty 5. [ Refer notes - Termination
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runs through our communities. However‚ an important issue that seems to only be getting more serious is the underrepresentation of a variety ethnic groups and woman within the law enforcement workforce. This lack of diversity within law enforcement has sparked unneeded tensions within communities across the nation and departments everywhere are trying their best to truly reflect the communities they serve. The fact that people have changed drastically since the 1970s is not a surprise to anyone
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