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    preventive patrol experiment was designed to test the assumption that Police presence in marked cars reduced the likelihood of a crime being committed. The experiment was unique in that never before had there been an evaluation to determine through such a study that tested the value of visible police patrol. It was the first study of its kind to test this theory into the effectiveness of policing styles. It involved “variations in the level of routine preventive patrol within 15 Kansas City police beats

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    Alexa Ibarra English 102 Mrs. Nowotny-Young April 7th‚ 2010 What can we do to mitigate the affects of drug smuggling in Arizona? According to the Office of National Drug Control Policy there were 5‚225 juvenile and 24‚145 adult drug arrests in Arizona during 2006. The state of Arizona is a state of high intensity drug trafficking‚ which has therefore lead Arizona to be a state of great danger. The crime dealt with locals‚ the location of how easily accessible the border is and the networking

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    Assignment 2 November 12‚ 2013 Findings of Patrol Experiments Throughout the years‚ there have been many different types of studies done. Many studies done are within the criminal justice field. Some of the major studies done within criminal justice are foot patrols. Foot patrol experiments are done to see if crime would stop if police were more noticeable‚ and deters potential offenders from committing many different crimes. Kansas City and Newark are two of the main studies to be focused on

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    POLICE: HISTORY Throughout the history of civilization‚ societies have sought protection for their members and possessions. In early civilizations‚ members of one ’s family provided this protection. Richard Lundman has suggested that the development of formal policing resulted from a process of three developmental stages. The first stage involves informal policing‚ where all members of a society share equally in the responsibility for providing protection and keeping order. The second stage‚ transitional

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    Highway Patrol Moral of the Story The plot of the show focuses on the social evils that challenge the collective development of society‚ aiming to desist young minds from venturing into crime for the purpose of obtaining wealth quickly. It also advises the rising users of roads and their families to exercise maximum caution while in their new cars‚ which may cut short their lives within seconds. This show aims to curb the escalating incidences of road accidents‚ especially involving new cars‚ which

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    Homeland security and border patrol Homeland security is one of the main departments that keeps the United States safe. Homeland security locks down the United States and keeps illegal’s from entering and monitors that the U.S does not go under attack. During the making of the department of homeland security the U.S Border Patrol merged into a new agency called US customs and Border protection known as CBP. The old tradition of border patrol was always known for detecting and preventing

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    background information on the border patrol‚ specifically the unit that came across the Yuma 14. It is revealed that border patrol officers in general love their country and their jobs. Even though they are just doing their job they still get a lot of hate from the public and

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    Police Agencies There are many different types of policing in the United States‚ most agencies operates through the government and the state itself these agencies consist of state and local agencies such as local PD‚ sheriff’s departments‚ highway patrol‚ and state troopers. The main purposes of these agencies are too investigate of suspected criminal activity‚ referral of the results of investigations to the courts‚ and the temporary detention of "suspected" criminals pending judicial action. Law

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    “The Border Patrol State” is an article written by Leslie Marmon Silko‚ a Native American writer‚ who also has written another book titled Almanac of the Dead. This article originally appeared “In the Nation” on October 17‚ 2014. Silko claims that the border patrol agents where racially profiling any white person traveling with a person of color‚ nuns‚ women with very long or short hair‚ and also white men with beards and long hair. I believe her intent of writing this article was to bring awareness

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    The Georgia State Patrol January 15‚ 2014 The Department of Public Safety is in charge of the Georgia State Patrol that has many different divisions within the program. The Department of Public Safety divisions includes the capitol police who investigates criminal incidents‚ traffic crashes‚ close lanes and exits for events‚ and conducts inspections of vehicles transporting hazardous materials. There is the motor carrier compliance division that conducts vehicle inspections

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