Colonel Thomas Bryan Martin (Martinsburg Police Department.) Berkeley County established its first Sheriff’s Department in 1865‚ this branch off came from Frederick County‚ Virginia when Berkeley County became part of West Virginia (Berkeley County Sheriff Department.) From 1865 to 1870 John W. Pitzer served as the first Sheriff and only twenty-nine men have been elected since that time (Berkeley County Sheriff Department.) The mission of the Martinsburg Police Department is to promote a feeling of
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INTRODUCTION For as long as policing has existed in America‚ there has been misconduct and corruption associated with any given policing agency. Police officer malfeasance can range from minor cases of misconduct to the downright criminal acts that are considered to be corruption. It is important to state here that not all police officers are guilty of misconduct and/or corruption‚ but like everything in our media-based society‚ the ?bad? cops are of much more interest and therefore are what this
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Should the police be armed? There have been quite a lot of controversies over the issue whether the police should be armed or not. Nowadays‚ police officers in most of the countries are armed when they are patrolling. However‚ police officers in New Zealand‚ the United Kingdom‚ Iceland‚ Falkland Island and Norway are literally unarmed‚ except for those who are committed in airport security and anti-terrorism work. In countries such as China‚ the United States and Russia‚ the media often adduce
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people • The local Police Department has been lead for the last 17 years by J.Stage • After Stage’s retirement‚ the city recruited candidates from outside the town‚ and appointed L.Gaft as the chief of police • Gaft had previously worked in a large metropolitan police department‚ where he used a “tight” control style • Gaft aimed to bring to town the “team policing” philosophy: goals are identified and teams are assigned to them 2 The Police Department • The Police Department‚ classified
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Term Paper CRIM 129 CH1 Job Related Struggles of a Police Officer John MacDonald Professor Alex Peters November 19‚ 2013 The job of a police officer is much more demanding than what is commonly displayed DELETE on television. It is often PORTRAYED/DEPICTED as fighting crime‚ but in reality it is A MULTI-FACETED PROFESSION. As a police officer‚ the safety of the general public is a key responsibility. THEREFORE‚ POLICE face danger ON A DAILY BASIS‚ yet they must handle all situations
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Police Influence on Society Policing has come along way the In the United States. Resources such has vehicles‚ radios‚ and computers have made policing much more efficient. Although policing has advanced‚ history of policing has had a huge impact on the current relationship between African Americans and police. Tension between African Americans and police existed throughout the history of policing and still exists within policing today. Policing history is divided into the political era‚ reform
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Police integrity means that the officers are doing their duty to the fullest extent of the law. Their integrity is defined by three key factors: ethics‚ discretions‚ and professionalism. Police ethics refers to the morality of their actions and how acceptable they are in terms of professionalism. In doing so the community is able to build trust through the wizened decisions and ethic choices. To be ethical is to be an officer. In Situation 1‚ one of the officers was accusing his partner of drinking
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Introduction: The Police Department has a duty to protect and serve in the public ’s best interest. Working in this particular profession‚ at times‚ can be very dangerous. Many men and women who wear the police uniform are put into positions where excessive force is necessary; however‚ there are many instances where it is not. Causes of Police Brutality: The factors that trigger into whether police abuse their power are race‚ religion‚ socioeconomic status‚ and treatment of the mentally
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Police Brutality is a wrongful crime and people who participated in the violence should be punished. Many people are victims and are affected by police brutality. People in authority should not be able to go without consequences for abusing their power. Police Brutality is the use of excessive and unnecessary by police when dealing with civilians. Police brutality can be present in physical forms such as tazing‚ pepper spray‚ and guns to intimidate or intentionally hurt the victim. Police brutality
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Week 1 Assignment In order for a Police agency to prevent and deter Police misconduct‚ there must be a definition to what actions and behaviors that the term will encompass. The term ‘police corruption’ has been used to describe many activities: bribery; violence and brutality; fabrication and destruction of evidence; racism; favoritism or nepotism. Many different scholars differ in their own examples of the definition. Before attempting to the question of whether a precise definition is possible
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