Muslims‚ Jews‚ and Indians. These multicultural communities experience prejudice actions from law enforcement. Prejudice means a judgment or opinion formed before facts are known‚ usually involving negative or unfavorable thoughts about groups of people (Shusta and Levine‚ 2010). Law enforcement tends to discriminate against individuals because of their race‚ culture‚ or ethnic background. Law enforcement is now trying to figure out methods that they can use to improve their relationship with multicultural
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The Importance of Discipline in Law Enforcement Officers Discipline is an essential quality in the law enforcement career. Many people would agree that discipline consists of training‚ correcting‚ or helping citizens and oneself to obey the laws and codes of behavior. Discipline brings forth good leadership and courage when dealing with issues in the community and country. For example‚ Police officers can help the community by patrolling the streets‚ responding to emergencies‚ and dealing with members
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Constitution does not contain a provision explicitly declaring that the powers of the three branches of the federal government be separated. Yet‚ separation of powers serves various goals. Separation prevents concentration of power and provides each branch with the arson to fight off encroachment by the other two branches. The system of separated powers is designed to maximize freedom. In United States v. Sparks‚ 687 F.Supp. 1145 (E.D. Mich. 1988)‚ the court held that the separation of powers doctrine
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components‚ law enforcement‚ courts and corrections. Each component is essential in the conviction and punishment of offenders in the United States. Each division has its own separate tiers and departments‚ some being more extensive than others. Each part helps the system to function smoothly and efficiently. Law enforcement is divided into three tiers‚ local‚ state‚ and federal. Local law enforcement is the most extensive of the three tiers‚ making up over seventy-five percent of total law enforcement
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loudpacks For over a decade patients and distributors of medical marijuana have battled the federal government for their right to use marijuana for its medicinal qualities. Although marijuana use is against federal law‚ medical marijuana has been permitted in sixteen states by a majority vote. The conflict between state and federal law has ignited a large conflict regarding medical marijuana and has resulted in the prosecution of many who use and distribute medical marijuana. Supporters of medical
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AGENCY 1. Agency Relationship Cases Definition Principal authorizes Agent to enter into legal transactions (contract) with Third Party on Principal’s behalf Agency relationship between P and A A’s obligations to P: 1. Act according to terms of appointment and within scope of authority 2. Not liable to P or TP 3. Carries out duties with care and skill‚ keep true and proper accounts 4. Cannot conflict P’s interest / act for personal gains 5. Cannot delegate whole duty to others P’s
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Emotional Survival for Law Enforcement A Synopsis of Dr. Kevin M. Gilmartin “A Guide for Officers and Their Families” Journey Through Law Enforcement Idealistic recruits can become cynical veterans. The job can become all consuming. An individual can change their “world view” to accommodate perceived job parameters. Perception is driven by physiological and psychological demands. 4/10/2007 Dr. Thomas A. Lifvendahl 2 Officer Survival Suicide is the greatest determinate in
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divided the powers between the Federal‚State and Local governments in a very specific way. Which we now call Federalism‚but before this we had the Articles of Confederation.The reason we did not keep the Articles of Confederation was because it was to weak and gave too much power to the states. But it did set up a foundation which helped bring us the division of powers between Federal‚local and state governments. Federalism breaks down what National ‚ State and local governments can and cannot do
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STATE SECURITY VIZ A VIZ PERSONAL PRIVACY Intro 1. The whistle blown by Edward Snowden regarding the NSA spying on many a nations National security is the requirement to maintain the survival of the state through the use of economic power‚ diplomacy‚ power projection and political power. The concept developed mostly in the United States after World War II. Initially focusing on military might‚ it now encompasses a broad range of facets‚ all of which impinge on the non military or economic security
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| Law Enforcement Challenges | [Type the document subtitle] | | Law Enforcement Challenges | | Cheryl TraceyProfessor Gregory BlancheCIS 170 Information Technology in Criminal Justice | 11/26/2012 | | There are many challenges law enforcement agencies face when investigating internet exploitation‚ cyber stalking‚ and obscenity. Few challenges include overlapping effort‚ lack of funding‚ overlapping jurisdictions‚ and priority. The purpose of this paper is to explain in detail
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