checks and balance between the police and the policed‚ a notion on which the United States was built upon. Law enforcement is essential to our modern society. In a city as dense as New York City‚ comprised of 8 million people in an area that is only 468.9 square miles‚ keeping order is imperative to the city. Law enforcement officials have the monumental task of maintaining order. It is law enforcement’s job not only to investigate crimes‚ but to proactively attempt to prevent them. Because of this
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Seminar Paper: Policing Strategies and Citizen’s Rights Police agencies in the United States currently focus their attention and efforts in reducing crime rates in high crime neighborhoods. Police agencies do this by implementing strategies and tactics in order to be specialized in the reduction of crime. This mindset of policing has come over time due to a shift from the traditional policing strategy to a more community based policing approach. This transition was a result to the 2008/2009 policing
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there is still much work to be done. According to Geoffrey Li‚ the Law Commission of Canada has noticed through census statistics that: “in spite of concerted efforts to increase diversity in police services in Canada‚ women‚ members of visible and ethnic minority groups‚ as well as Aboriginal peoples‚ remain significantly underrepresented‚ compared to their representation in the communities being policed"(Li‚ 2008‚ 6). The enforcement and motivation for a more diverse police force is extremely important
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governments and law enforcements to maintain social control‚ prevent crimes‚ recognize threats‚ investigating criminal activity etc. There are different types of Surveillance for example‚ aural surveillance‚ Visual surveillance‚ tracking devices‚ Computer surveillance. Surveillance cameras are video cameras or in other word CCTV‚ which is used for the purpose of observing an area. They are often connected to a recording device or IP network‚ and may be watched by a security guard or law enforcement officer
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Hostage Negotiations‚ Crisis Intervention‚ and Suicide by Cop Law enforcement officers work in a profession where seeing people at their worst s in the job description. Officers are not forced into firefights everyday of their lives like the mass media or television likes to portray; however‚ sometimes officers are put into difficult situations where their split second decisions can cost them their own life‚ the life of the suspect‚ or the life of an innocent bystander. Thankfully‚ officers are
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The Effectiveness of Community Policing American Military University CMRJ302 U.S. Law Enforcement Abstract This paper will discuss community policing and its effectiveness throughout the United States‚ to include the development of community policing; the essential components of community policing‚ how community policing principles and methods are used‚ and how prevalent community policing is through the United States. Community policing is an effective model that can reduce crime while allowing
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enforce the law with the people of the community‚ not just on the people. Building a trusting relationship between the community and the police officers that serve that community is essential for this philosophy to be effective. Mutual trust and cooperation is the goal‚ hoping to establish an active dialogue between the local law and the citizens they serve. Community policing combines a focus on intervention and prevention through problem solving by building partnerships between law enforcement agencies
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the home owner ’s animal lovers should use that to their advantage. A dog is man ’s best friend and can be a useful tool in telling an individual community member when trouble is around. Those who don ’t wish to own a dog need to be told by law enforcement personal to train themselves in keeping better attention to their surrounding at all times during the day and
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In law enforcement‚ there are two words that have been the center of controversy for centuries which is police discretion. Discretion is defined as‚ “the ability to make responsible decisions‚ individual choicer or judgment‚ power of the free decision or latitude of choice within certain legal bounds” by Merriam-Webster Dictionary. The people of the United States has been a part of this concept for the creation of the Unites States Constitution. The Constitution allows police officers to have the
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The Process of the implementing a field training officer program into the law enforcement system is a simply a good idea. It gives the new officers in depth training period that accompanies the training that they receive in the academy. The FTO program is normally put into place at the conclusion of a new officers training right before they are a solo beat officer. The training on average last anywhere from fourteen weeks to twenty weeks of more intensive on the job training along with a performance
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