Question 3: To whom do the police account? To what extent do current arrangements enable the police properly to account to the community for their actions? 1. INTRODUCTION: The community demands accountability from the police. The community has conferred upon the police powers which are not conferred upon ordinary individuals in the community. In any democratic society based on the rule of law and responsible government‚ it is fundamental that police independence be balanced with accountability
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The Police and Corruption The police. Twenty-four hours a day‚ three hundred sixty-five days a year‚ this division of our government has a mandate to enforce the criminal law and preserve public peace. Understood in this mandate is an obligation to police everyday life matters that originate in the daily lives and activities of citizens within their community. Police interact in some form with the average citizen more often than any other government official. In society today the police
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Candy Burtle CJA/214 Memo Espinoza Police History Paper 09/30/2013 In 1828 Sir Robert Peel began the establishment‚ which was later known as the London Metropolitan Police. The Metropolitan police were the first modern police agency. Officers were employees of the state and not just citizens assisting in apprehending criminals. They were required to wear uniforms and badges with their identification information on them. These
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Police History Tracy Doubledee CJS/241 July 13‚ 2015 Kenneth Jones Police History Law enforcement has come a long way since it was first started. Just like anything else it required a lot of trial and error. Many of the principles and practices that began the foundation of our law enforcement are still very much a part of law enforcement official’s everyday life. How did law enforcement come about and what ups and downs has it had? Law enforcement had to overcome many hurdles to get where they are
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Future of Policing With the many challenges that police officers face today the trends of policing may hinder them more than not. Our society has become more computer savoy over the last decade forcing our police departments to step up and keep up with technology in order to stay ahead of the average criminal. It is almost impossible today for the average police department to operate without the means of new and advance technology. The new generation of criminal mind is one that has had access
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Police History Matthew Rico GJA/214 April 15‚ 2013 Damien Torres Police History Sir Robert Peel British Prime Minister Sir Robert Peel is responsible for the development of the modern concept of the policing system in the 1800s. The first American police officers deployed on foot with no special training‚ tactics‚ policies or procedures‚ and had minimal education. American policing is a direct reflection of English heritage. Peel and some of the greatest minds of the 1800s developed the
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Their First Century and the New Era By Peter Horne‚ Ph.D.‚ Professor‚ Mercer County Community College‚ Trenton‚ New Jersey | | ver since the founding of police departments in the United States in the mid-19th century‚ policing has been viewed by most people as a traditionally male occupation. Men still are the overwhelming majority of police officers‚ and this will continue to be so in the immediate future. Women in policing now make up approximately 13-14 percent of all employees‚ and the women
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POLICE FRAGMENTATION Police Fragmentation The Nature of Policing in the United States will constantly change based on certain events that happen. The government will always look for ways to adjust‚ trying to make policing more efficient‚ fair‚ and effective. Unlike policing in other countries‚ the structure of policing in the United States is extremely fragmented. According to the Bureau of Justice Statistics‚ there are currently 21‚000 federal
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Police Detective Becoming a Police Detective is not an easy task at hand. For those who would like to start a career in this profession it does not come easy. Being a detective in the law enforcement is a major responsibility that usually relates to crimes that are solved to homicide‚ robbery‚ burglary‚ auto theft‚ organized crimes‚ missing persons‚ juvenile crime‚ fraud‚ aggravated assault/battery‚ sexual assault‚ computer crime‚ domestic violence‚ surveillance‚ and arson‚ among others. Although
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Running head: POLICE DISCRETION Police Discretion CJA/342 University Of Phoenix Police Discretion Police discretion is an important tool in police work due to the law sometimes being too vague or ambiguous. Police officers are trained on different scenarios that one may come across while they are at the academy. The problem tends to arise when a police officer comes across a situation that they were not trained for‚ and since the academy cannot cover every possible scenario that
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