Introduction to Policing The duties‚ functions and responsibilities of local state law enforcement agencies are done by the police department. And this consists of patrolling‚ administrative‚ training and technical support. There is also arresting of law violators‚ performing routine patrol‚ investigation of crimes‚ enforcing traffic laws‚ providing traffic and crowd control at parades‚ public events and issuing special license and permits. One major thing is upholding the law and preventing crime
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Police Corruption Police corruption has always been a problem in American society and it happens everywhere. According to the book Criminal Justice A Brief Introduction‚ “Police Corruption is the abuse of police authority for personal or organizational gain.” An example of police corruption can be when‚ a police officer pulls you over and he comes up to you and asks you for money instead of actually giving you the ticket of whatever he pulled you over for. Police will take bribes‚ drugs‚ and anything
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Community-Oriented Policing As of chief of police it is my job to fight crime while providing a safer and healthier environment for the community. It is my goal to serve and work with the community for the future of our children and the resting days of our elders. Like other agencies and communities across the nation we as well have challenges and problems. Our community faces numerous challenges and problems that with dedication‚ determination‚ persistence‚ and effort are combatable.
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The profession of policing will always have a reactionary component to providing police services to the community. Although it is understandable that citizens’ frustrations can run high with this type of response‚ members of the public cannot expect the police to be everywhere at one time in order to prevent every crime from occurring. There will always be some sort of a reactionary response in the policing profession. However‚ proactive policing efforts have developed over the years and provide
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Policing as we know it today has developed from various political‚ economic‚ and social forces. To better understand the role of police in society‚ one has to know the history of how policing became what it is today. Policing has been categorized into three basic eras‚ which include the Political Era‚ Reform Era‚ and lastly the Community Problem-Solving Era that is the present form of policing. Most all of modern-western democracies are based on Sir Robert Peel’s Metropolitan Police Force‚ which
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Community-Oriented Policing Model and determine if it is or isn’t proven to be an effective way of policing. Crime has been a major problem and concern for law enforcement as early as the 1900’s. Citizens had become fed up with such high crime rates and order maintenance issues‚ and felt something needed to be done to prevent crime and restore order. There are several policing strategies that have been implemented from the traditional model of policing to the Community-Oriented Policing Model in how Police
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Throughout time the police have had one major function and that is to serve and protect the public. Policing is different in every country in the world; therefore‚ we cannot generalize that the police perform their job without issues in every country; however‚ in Canada and United States the police have done an excellent job in reducing the rates of crime‚ but they have done a horrible job at maintaining their public image and have not resolved multiple other major pressing issues. Thus‚ some government
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CRJ 110 Chapter 6 Assignment 3 Jerome Skolnick developed a profile for the “working personality” of police officers. His theory is that all officers have “distinct cognitive tendencies”‚ or they all possess certain traits in the way that they think. The three elements of the police personality that he focuses on are danger‚ authority and efficiency. Observers of the police have noted that individuals who are more “cynical‚ authoritative‚ suspicious‚ brutal” seem more likely to become officers
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Before the increase in the trend of private policing‚ public policing has monopolized the field in the U.S. Both public and private policing‚ when compared‚ displays many similarities and differences‚ however their distinctions are frequently blurred. Even though they are classified as private police their behavior‚ roles and responsibilities appear parallel to the public to an extent (Wilson 1994). According to Shearing and Stenning‚ advancements in society‚ e.g. gated communities and large
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Apart from testing intelligence‚ researchers were also interested in the question of what intelligence actually is. Today’s theories about intelligence are based on four approaches: 1) Psychometric theories try to answer the questions what forms intelligence takes and what its parts are. Important examples of such theories‚ mostly based on data collected from paper-and-pencil tests are: the Standford-Binet and the Wechsler Intelligence Scales (both for adults and children). Using data from such
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