Race and Ethnicity in Law Enforcement Hiring 1 Race and ethnicity play a significant role in law enforcement. This is true in both how communities are policed‚ as well as what the racial and ethnic make up is of a law enforcement entity. On the application at the police department I work for‚ there is verbiage that says‚ “Women and minorities are encouraged to apply.” Why is this present? It may be that the department really does want women and minorities to apply‚ (I believe this
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State and Federal Prison Systems CJS/230 May 13‚ 2012 University of Phoenix State and Federal Prison Systems The United States has the highest‚ documented incarceration rate in the world (Wikipedia.2012.) Approximately 2.4 percent of the United States populations are currently incarcerated. Recently‚ there has been an estimated amount of 2‚266‚800 adults currently in prison in both State and Federal Prison Systems. In this paper‚ I will be talking about a State Prison System‚ “Louisiana State
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Obtaining a confession from a suspect presents an arduous task for law enforcement and other criminal justice agencies. Because of difficulties that may arise in this attempt‚ the use of coercive techniques to receive information from the detainee may be necessary. Some will argue that these methods are superfluous‚ but using coercive methods that do not cause physical harm should be used. To avoid physical or psychological torture‚ the law does allow for coercive techniques. According to the Innocent Project
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Common Problems in Law Enforcement Course Principles of LPSCS Unit II Law Enforcement Essential Question How does the enforcement of criminal laws present problems for law enforcement personnel and how can we best resolve those issues? TEKS §130.292(c) (7)(E) Prior Student Learning Criminal laws Estimated Time 7 to 9 hours Rationale There are common problems that exist when attempting to enforce laws against crimes such as electronic crimes‚ hate crimes‚ hot pursuits
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This paper is to discuss law enforcement shooting. We will be looking at what goes through an officer’s mind before and after an officer involved shooting‚ the public’s opinion of the shooting‚ are they ethical and what happens during and after the investigation of the shooting. We will also look into have there been more police involved shootings in the past year or are we just more aware of the shootings due to the coverage of the shootings by the media.There have been a number of police officer
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The histories of the state and federal prison systems have some connections which both systems has something distinctive. The State is usually operated by the state governments and consists of prisoners that are considered blue collar criminals and the federal systems are mainly associated with white collar criminals. Both prison systems have security levels which include minimum‚ low‚ medium‚ and high levels of security. To learn the knowledge of the history about federal prison in so many different
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Kevin Bieschke Dr. Kim English 102 11/30/2012 Homeland At the beginning of the twenty-first century everything changed for the United States of America. Hundreds of people were forced to jump to their deaths. Four airplanes‚ used as suicidal attack vessels‚ quaked the earth and the Pentagon as they hit their targets. Thousands of people died as the towers fell. It all happened Tuesday morning‚ September 11‚ 2001. Al-Qaeda‚ an Islamist militant group‚ was responsible for this brutal terrorist
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A big problem in todays world dealing with law enforcement officers is how high the stress level is and what stress can do to a person mentally and physically. Law enforcement officers have a higher rate of stress in today’s world because of everything they endure. Could be anything from a traffic stop to seeing people that die right there on the side of the road. They see everything and were only human so it has to take a toll on them in someway. All people are different so it could affect others
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DEPARTMENT EXAM TEST BANK SPRING 2011 True/False Indicate whether the sentence or statement is true or false. __F___ The Offeror Is The Party With The Power To Decide Whether To Create A Contract. __T___ An offer made as a joke‚ where a reasonable person would conclude that it was made as a joke‚ cannot result in a contract. __T___ The communication of an offer can be made by the offeror or the offeror ’s agent. __T___ Generally‚ advertisements‚ catalogs‚ price lists‚ etc. are not treated
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My career goal is to become a homicide detective. I aspire to work in law enforcement to solve murders and punish those who pose a threat to society as horrifying as murder. This is a career that requires much mental and physical preparation that I am ready to train myself to achieve. I will be working for hours on end and be in constant danger‚ but this job still calls to me and that’s why I believe this is the career for me. Even thinking of the bad aspects of the job gets me excited. My ultimate
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