Police departments do things differently from one another. Each of them have their own policing style. A policing style is a collection of the police department’s methods‚ routines‚ and processes (Jihong & Hassel‚ 2005). The department’s policing style serves as a reflection of the department’s culture and affects all aspects of police work in that community. In 1968‚ social and political scientist James Q. Wilson conducted a study on police departmental styles (Jihong & Hassel‚ 2005). He studied
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Critical Issues in Policing Critical Issues in Policing Brian Riley CJA/214 May 31‚ 2012 Bobby Sheppard Police Agencies in modern society are a part of the American fabric to serve and protect the American public. The United States currently have more than 15‚000 police agencies‚ (Walker & Katz‚ 2011). Police Departments across the United States face similar critical issues policing. All police officers face dangers in the job of policing the dangers can
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In 19th Century London‚ during the time of the Industrial Revolution‚ the influx of people and increase of crime warranted a change in policing. Sir Robert Peel‚ British Home Secretary‚ encouraged Parliament to pass the Metropolitan Police Act. The purpose of this act was to reorganize and improve London’s police force (Anderson‚ 2001). Peel’s reforms set the foundation for law enforcement as we know it today. The twelve fundamental principles established by Peel for the organization of law enforcement
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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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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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police departments such as Detroit City police could not be a successful department without ethnic minorities‚ and women. One example of the need for women in the department would be that on a routine stop if there were a female that is suspected of a crime‚ or suspected to be in the possession of drugs she needs to be searched. A long time ago a male officer would simply search the woman‚ and arrest her if need be‚ or send her on her way. With all of the sexual harassment accusations against male police
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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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The modern patrol allocation models have five limitations that has been identified‚ these should be used with current crime data to help determine the manning levels for different precincts First‚ the number of required officers that has to be assigned to a particular area by the model will only be as good as the results from that model (Fritsch‚ Liederbach‚ Taylor & Caeti‚ 2009‚ p.41). If the data is incorrect then the placement of patrol units will be incorrect. This is vital because the response
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Cyber Bullying Throughout an individual’s educational career it is often taught that bullying is wrong‚ begging the question why do so many people still choose to bully their peers? Drawing upon my own personal experiences‚ I recall being constantly subjected to bullying in high school as a result of my weight. My peers would often refer to me as fat and continuously make jokes about my weight. Luckily for me‚ I was able to adequately make the changes necessary to cease the bullying‚ however
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TELECOMMUNICATION A Gower telephone‚ at the Musée des Arts et Métiers in Paris Telecommunication is the transmission of messages‚ over significant distances‚ for the purpose of communication. In earlier times‚ telecommunications involved the use of visual signals‚ such as smoke‚ semaphore telegraphs‚ signal flags‚ and optical heliographs‚ or audio messages via coded drumbeats‚ lung-blown horns‚ or sent by loud whistles‚ for example. In the modern age of electricity and electronics‚ telecommunications
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