Policing in American Society The goal for both the U.S. government and law enforcement is to serve and protect civil rights and liberties for all individuals‚ protect life and to promote community safety. The government passes the laws and the police enforce them for the good of society. The U.S. government has a hierarchy within the three branches just as law enforcement agencies have a hierarchy within their organization. Within these hierarchies there is a chain of command to ensure professionalism
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I define community policing as an effort for law enforcement to involve the community in improving social capital. Community policing is an important factor in promoting a decrease in crime. Community leaders and its citizens work with police officers to improve neighborhoods through community projects and services. For example‚ there are neighborhood watch teams‚ which help patrol the community to improve safety. Law enforcement also has community initiative programs that work with and help at-risk
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The U.S. Government and Policing in the United States Today Renee McGary CJA/214 Introduction to Police Theory and Practice February 27‚ 2012 Jeremy Leach The United States Government and Policing in the United States Today The closest encounter citizens of the United States have with the federal government’s criminal justice system is with the police. Some encounters are a routine traffic ticket‚ and some are much worse and more serious. Crowded cities within the United States are producing
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Critical Issues in Policing CJA/214 June 10‚ 2013 Ken Rosa Critical Issues in Policing Many people count the possibility of getting shot as the most significant danger a police officer faces. Officer-involved shootings appear to be on the rise‚ and there is no shortage of video footage on television or online showing shootouts between officers and criminals. Today’s law enforcement officers face a multitude of dangers during everyday duties that rival the threat of
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Policing Culture Learning Team A CJA/214 Policing Culture Throughout the history of the United States‚ the ranks of police officers have been dominated by white males. As a result‚ the underrepresentation of minorities and women has long been a problem in policing. Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act and the 1972 Equal Employment Opportunity Act made discriminating against any individual based upon their color‚ sex‚ religion or national origin illegal‚ thus paving the way for more minorities
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Media framing is when the media assigns their own meanings to events by focusing on small parts of the event that correlate with the beliefs they want to portray. A prime example of media framing is the events of the Foxconn suicides detailed within “Worker-Intellectual Unity: Trans border Sociological Intervention in Foxconn”. As one can determine from the study‚ the Chinese government did very little to relieve or bring attention to the events occurring at Foxconn‚ a company that produces Apple
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Policing is thought and proven to be a dynamic system which means it adapts to cities and communities (Fritsch et al.‚ 2009‚ p. 42). The attitude of the people along with social issues in the areas will affect how patrol officers respond to calls to service
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Undercover Policing First off to define being undercover is disguising one’s own identity or using an assumed identity for the purposes of gaining the trust of an individual or organization to learn secret information or to gain the trust of targeted individuals in order to gain information or evidence. Being a undercover officer is a very hard task. You have to surpress your whole identity to fool another person into believe you are someone that your not. It is a very effective method of policing but
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Issues in Policing Response Fundamentals of Policing CJS210 What are the issues facing law enforcement today? * * Some of the biggest obstacles that law enforcement face today are budgetary cuts. They have concerns about recruitment and retention. Also with the events of 9/11 most local and state agencies have also had to worry about terrorist attacks from both foreign and homegrown groups. Drugs and criminal organizations also rank high amongst these concerns. * How do these
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Policing Culture Paper Yana Cooper CJA/214 May 23‚ 2014 Albert Mendoza Policing Culture Paper Introduction In today’s American society in policing are a set of fundamentals that helps set the law and keep everything in order or at least try too. We will be discussing the police culture and the significance stress in policing. In addition‚ we will also analyze the culture for women and the ethnic minorities. Also‚ on how they can achieve equality in law enforcement for women. Moreover‚ we
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