Policing and the Constitution While police officers are responsible for serving the public‚ responding to crime‚ and keeping communities safe‚ agencies are to uphold the constitutional rights of all citizens. The constitution protects all Americans‚ and also protects and limits law enforcement agencies. The biggest impact the constitution has on police organization is in regards to arrest‚ innocent until proven guilty‚ arrest warrants‚ search and seizures‚ and working within the basic rights the
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Sammy Siddiqui Paul Angelo Brienza Community Policing November 29‚ 2012 The Costs of Corruption In today’s society‚ the amount of crime that occurs can be quite difficult to deal with and responsibility ends up falling on police to curtail it. Unfortunately‚ the infectious nature of crime often drags these assigned “stoppers” into the same mud that they are trying to prevent others from falling into. When officers abuse their legally sanctioned position of authority‚ it is known as police corruption
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Would Francisco Pizarro be considered a war criminal today? Francisco Pizarro‚ born c. 1471-1478 in Trujillo‚ Spain‚ was a Spanish conquistador. He is known as the conqueror of the Inca Empire‚ and founder of Lima‚ the capital of Peru. Not only did he participate in the Vasco Nunez de Balboa expedition to Panama that discovered the Pacific Ocean‚ but he also claimed most of South America for Spain and opened the way for Spanish culture and religion to dominate South America. In doing so‚ Pizarro
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holds that those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it. Unfortunately‚ many officers seem to think the history of police work began the day they first pinned on a badge and strapped on a gun belt. For this reason‚ each emerging movement in law enforcement tends to be seen as something completely new‚ without historical context. Such is largely the case today with community policing. To better understand today’s debate over community policing‚ law enforcement administrators should
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William Shakespeare even after being deceased for over 400 years‚ still is relevant to our society and culture. How does this icon of English literature continually remain a firm fascination in the minds of modern day society? Despite departing this earth nearly 400 years ago‚ William Shakespeare’s legacy of written works (including 37 plays!) ensure his relevance to society‚ past and present never wanes. The timelessness of Shakespeare’s themes continue to keep his plays fresh. He dramatized
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Individual Policing Functions Paper The police departments have come a long way from the way they were many years ago. The police have changed for the better but there is still room for improvement. In policing today there are a lot more officers‚ detectives‚ and other law enforcement officials accounted for then there was in the past years. When we have all of these people in the criminal system‚ it has made the government to be able to provide better protection for the people in the communities
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Policing Functions Mathew Scherer CJA/394 February 10‚ 2014 Mr. David Kurylowicz Policing Functions Law enforcement in the United States consists of local municipal‚ county‚ state‚ and federal agencies. These agencies make up a very large and very complex enterprise. Throughout the United States‚ there are almost 18‚000 different law enforcement agencies at the local‚ county‚ state‚ and federal levels. Along with the law enforcement agencies also comes private security industry that is made
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‘How effective are backbench MPs?’ 40 marks Backbench MPs are critical for UK democracy. They allow for high standard scrutiny of the government which holds them accountable for their actions to the people. They help in representing the electorate. However there are some circumstances in which backbench MPs have little control‚ for example an elective dictatorship or because of the UK party system which is enforced by party whips. Firstly back bench MPs are a good way of promoting
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day hero. Theseus would be a hero today because he saves the people of Athens‚ from the Minotaur. He stands bravely with a sword gripped in his hands‚ ready to battle the beast. “With a grunt‚ the beast charges directly into Theseus’s sword‚ which sliced through its neck”. After Theseus had killed the Minotaur he knew his people were safe. “The Minotaur bellows‚ utters a fearful moan‚ and then a gasp of death”. This shows proof that Theseus would be a hero today because he would be taking the role
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Policing in the United States has taken on many different forms and facets in the past 50 years. Although‚ various modes & models of policing styles continue to be introduced‚ two main aspects of law enforcement have remained constant‚ (traditional policing & community oriented- policing). There are so many different facets‚ trends‚ and new emerging technologies in the wide world of law enforcement. First‚ we will outline a brief history of the origins and evolvement of policing. Special attention
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