Florida is a shall issue state which translates to easier access of obtaining a concealed permit in comparison to a may issue state. Unrestricted states provide the easiest access but only Vermont follows this protocol. Just because a state issues legal concealed permits does not mean the state will give the permits to everyone who satisfies conceal carry requirements (as in the case of may issue states). Another component of reducing the crime rate has been the improvement of policing methodology
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Community Policing is believed to be an effective way to promote public safety in a community. “Community policing is a philosophy that promotes organizational strategies that support the systematic use of partnerships and problem-solving techniques” (Sheider 2008). Concerning the testimony on behalf of the Presidential task force‚ community policing should focus on two additional initiatives that will make community police better off in the future. Getting to know about community policing should
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national origin to find suspicion by law enforcement officials (ACLU). For example‚ African Americans are easily pulled over on highway because they are judged by hiding drugs in the car potentially‚ even though they are asked for consent to search the vehicle. Racial profiling occurs at US port entry commonly and especially targeted on Arab ancestry because they fit the profile of a terrorist. Racial profiling is any use of race‚ skin color by law enforcement agents as a guideline to search suspects
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Citizens and Law Enforcement: Communication and Perceptions of their Relationship Mariah Cadwallader Beloit College Abstract This project will look into the communication between citizens‚ and citizens and their authorities. The authorities that I will mostly focus on will be police officers‚ anyone who is executing the law over citizens on a daily basis‚ and determine whether their actions are necessary or in need of revision. The video ‘bike lanes’ was where I started off‚ an example of
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Research Paper SOC 454-002 Law Enforcement and Society November 12‚ 2013 How does Law Enforcement respond to gangs? Introduction Law enforcement agencies have a variety of tasks at hand that they have to perform; protecting‚ serving and problem solving are just a few. This research paper will look into how law enforcement responds to gangs‚ the background on police and gang relationships‚ and why the creation of gang police units. Multiple studies will be used
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Budget enforcement is a huge aspect of my job. For anyone who has a responsibility in government funds is required to take a fiscal law class. The fiscal law philosophy is: “The established rule is that the expenditure by Congress‚ not that public funds may be expended unless prohibited by Congress United States v. MacCollom (1976)” (Kepplinger). All individual’s that have the responsibility to expend funds have a lawful obligation to spend in the best interests of the government. An individual
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Having body-worn cameras brought to service within law enforcement will provide the public with a broader perspective of contact between police and society. Each time a police officer interacts with anyone‚ a body-worn camera will contribute recorded footage of all that occurred during the contact allowing for less likelihood of false interpretation of a specific incident. The advocacy of the body-worn camera focuses on being an effective solution to a problem with the recorded video documenting
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University of Phoenix Material Officer Recruitment and Selection Assignment Select a law enforcement agency in which you are interested. Locate officer-recruitment and selection-process information on your selected agency. You will use Microsoft® Word‚ or PowerPoint® to complete this assignment. Select and complete one of the following assignments using the information you found. Option 1: Paper Write a 750- 1‚050-word paper in which you describe the recruitment and selection
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What Impact has the Broken-windows Theory had on Policing? What about the Future? 02/18/2010 Question Response pg. 118 Broken-windows theory is the thought that when low levels of crime and disorder and deviance are not held in check‚ then more serious crime is likely to follow (Roberg‚ Novak‚ Cordner pg. 102). It was a theory proposed by J.Q. Wilson and Kelling in 1982. The broken-windows theory has had an effect on policing in the past‚ and will play a role in how policing
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Although‚ investigators determined that bruising on the elderly woman were consistent with rape‚ therefore‚ she must not have been telling the truth (State v. Bridges‚ 1992). During the trial‚ the prosecution relied on the testimony of four individuals‚ three of which were found to be informants paid by police officers in exchange for their testimony at the trial. The fourth individual was a Charlotte Mecklenburg Police Department Crime Lab technician who erroneously testified as an FBI-trained
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