Police Organization The organization of police agencies in the United States is complex. While many know the overall breakdown between federal‚ state and local agencies; most people do not understand the organization of the separate agencies. Starting with the most basic breakdown of agencies and their roles and responsibilities in the Unites States‚ federal agencies are responsible for enforcing federal level laws‚ state agencies are responsible for primarily state specific laws‚ and local agencies
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Running Head: PROBABLE CAUSE 1 Probable Cause leading to Search Warrant’s Nicole Yaniero AIU Online PROBABLE CAUSE 2 Abstract This paper discusses the underlying circumstances to obtaining a
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Recently there have been incidents of police brutality in the United States all over the internet‚ in newspapers and on TV. Police brutality is a huge problem all across America and sadly‚ it occurs everyday. The Dictionary of American History defines it as the use of any force exceeding that reasonably necessary to accomplish a lawful police purpose. (http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G2-3401803303.html) Most cases of this type of brutality are also racially motivated‚ which I will go more into detail
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Causes of Police Corruption Police Corruption doesn’t occur because of some random reason‚ it has a definite cause. Police officers would not go through these great lengths to abuse their powers without a probable reasonable cause. One thing that is for sure as far as police corruption is concern is that someone wins and someone loses. The cause of police corruption is ambiguous‚ and from the looks of it the causes and reasons varies from person to person. In the last two decades‚ research
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ILA Policing‚ Part I CJA100 1. Explain the role that state law enforcement agencies play in enforcing the law‚ and describe the two major models of state law enforcement organization. State-level police agencies were created in the late nineteenth century to combat specific criminal activity‚ and prevent further criminal activity that crossed the boundaries of cities and counties within a specific state. For instance‚ the Texas Rangers were created prior to Texas becoming a state (1835)
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What is probable cause? How does probable impact the actions of police? How well do police officers meet the criteria of probable cause before taking action with regard to criminal activity? Probable cause is a justifiable legal action and term used by an individual to determine if a person has committed a crime. The probable cause must give facts to the circumstances of the crime before law enforcement could move forward in insuring a warrant. Probable cause impacts the action of police officers
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Searches are to protect the officer First affirmative constructive: Resolved: The United States federal government should substantially decrease its authority to detain without charge or to search without probable cause Starting with definitions first is Federal Government “an organization established by the US constitution to make and enforce the laws for the US”. We would like to draw a distinction between the government authorities ( such as police officers‚ DEA‚ FBI etc) and u.s armed
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RICHEL DE LA GRACIA BEED – 1D THE PRACTICAL SOLUTION Being somebody is everyone’s dream. To be the one is anybody’s aim and to learn as well as to evaluate ourselves is hard to attain. The simple reason is that we cannot get rid of our wants and desires once and for all. CHMSCians‚ friends and citizens‚ the time has come for us to rise against ignorance and unconsciousness in the value of personal dignity and life’s awareness. As human‚ we are subject to imperfections. Crimes
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Historical Development of Police Agencies CJA/204 August 8‚ 2011 Abstract Historically‚ policing in America mimicked that of the English. American ideas expanded on the English way of policing‚ to start an era of ever evolving police agencies. In the beginning policing was considered the civic duty of members of a community. These “drafted” officers were not paid or trained. Appointed Sheriff’s were motivated by money‚ and lost focus on enforcing the law. Policing was considered reactive
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Dilemma of a Police Officer Professions are guided by codes of ethics to aid them in performance of their duties and to ensure maintenance of high standards of conduct. Police officers are faced with a maze of obligations in the performance of their official duties. The “Law Enforcement Code of Ethics” and “Canons of Police Ethics” were created to make explicit the conduct considered appropriate for police officers and to guide them in the performance of their duties. Although police have these guides
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