Ivon Martinez What is our English Heritage in policing? Paper CJA/214 Intro to Police Theory & Practices Rudy Pichardo November 30‚ 2011 The American system of law and criminal justice was borrowed from the English. The first references to an English criminal justice or law enforcement system appeared some 1‚000 years earlier than Sir Robert Peel established the first English police department in 1829. England’s King Alfred the Great was preparing his Kingdom for a Danish invasion;
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Most people are aware that certain areas have higher crime rates than others. Throughout the years of policing‚ there have been different tactics used to stop crime and disorder from occurring in these areas. One of the tactics being used is offender-focused hot spot policing. This type of tactic focuses on small places or groups of people in small places‚ and tailor specific solutions to problems using careful analysis of local conditions. This tactic has been used as an effective way to reduce
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Policing in American Society CJA/214 Policing American Society The U.S. government and the policing organizations relationship is one where the policing organizations have rules and guidelines set by the government that they must follow in order to run an organized system. The government has impacted the policing organizations There are two levels of police in the United States: Federal and State. The Federal Level includes organizations like the Federal Bureau of Investigations
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Issues in Policing CJA/ 214 Critical Issues in Policing Introduction There are a number of critical issues when concerning policing and this task quite frankly is not an easy one. Police officers have to be mindful of many things that affect how their job must be done. This paper will discuss the dangers of policing and how it affects police officers; less-than-lethal-weapons and the benefits that it has for officers and our community; past‚ present‚ and future technology of policing and some
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could be very confusing to a regular citizen since they have private as well as public police and we the regular citizens may not know how to make a distinction between the two. (Paraphrased from The Police An Introduction 28) Early American Policing (1600- 1860): In the seventeenth century‚ people were still under the Middle Ages thinking. The government task was to provide economic balance protecting the people from invaders trying to take the local jobs. This way of thinking lasted until the
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Community Based Policing: Improvement For The Police And The Community. There has always been a love hate relationship between the public and the police. When called upon to help‚ they can be something sent from God‚ but when they are writing tickets‚ or taking a friend to jail‚ the view changes from a savior to a presence that is unwanted and often hated. An effort to improve the public view of law enforcement is being attempted by many departments. Using different styles of policing techniques
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The concept of community policing was introduced and used as a police philosophy in implementing crime prevention . It is a term often used to describe the process of engagement between the police and community and at its core is the recognition that by working with the community‚ law enforcement agencies can find local solutions to local problems. Community policing is a dynamic concept that requires the police and the community to work together as comrades in identifying effective actions and address
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alternatives to the traditional strategies of policing led to the proliferation of innovative police strategies in recent years‚ such as community‚ problem-oriented and intelligence-led policing (Braga‚ 2008). Policing evolved from a professional model to a community‚ problem-solving model (Braga‚ 2008). The professional policing model emerged as a reform of policing practices before the 1930’s; this was known as the political era (Palmiotto‚ 2000; Braga‚ 2008). Policing during the political era was governmentally
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Community policing is a philosophy that police officers 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
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Community policing presents an opportunity for law enforcement to connect with the surrounding community and build a relationship that benefits the criminal justice field but also the community. Unfortunately‚ majority of officers only interact with citizens when a crime occurs. Traditional policing is reactive verse being proactive. In the traditional approach‚ there has to be a criminal act before officers intervene which in turn means that someone has to be a victim first. If officers continue
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