Police Officer Interview University of Phoenix Student This paper will compare and contrast the thoughts of two police officers from different police departments. In fact one officer has been actively working in the state of Nevada while the second has been inactive for several years now. Both officers are male‚ one African-American and the other Caucasian. Both officers feel very strongly about the importance of police work and were not very shy at giving their opinions. The interviews
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provide the services the public needs. Together these agencies work to accomplish numerous tasks. Although each level of police agency has its own responsibilities and job roles‚ their functions are very similar. A closer look reveals what the various functions of police agencies at each level are‚ how the agencies’ functions compare to one another‚ and the impact policing agencies have in a community. First‚ it is important to establish what the functions are of police agencies. The functions
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Megan McDonald Weber English 95 2 December 2012 Having a Job too love I was born to be someone special‚ someone talented‚ someone people would one day look back and remember. When I was younger‚ I remember sitting in my 1st grade class looking at a sheet of paper with only one question listed: “What do you want to be when you grow up?” Unlike every other kid in my class who wrote down either “Ballerina‚” “Astronaut‚” and “Cowboy‚” I wrote down “Musician.” Now that I’m to the point where it’s
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have become a major concern today in the United States. The citizens of the United States confidence and trust in policing of the police are at the lowest point since the Rodney King beating. Many Americans still report confidence in the police‚ however an unprecedented number of Americans also report no or very little confidence in policing. Throughout history poor police/community relations in minority and low-income neighborhoods has documented. It has been exacerbated by egregious acts of misconduct
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The Ramifications of Ignorance From the perspective of a non-African reader‚ the novel‚ Things Fall Apart‚ by Chinua Achebe‚ is the story of a seemingly uninviting character‚ named Okonkwo‚ who struggles to secure his status and masculinity within himself and his culture during the time of European colonialism. His continuous struggle leads to his downfall and ultimate death‚ in which the District Commissioner orders his messenger to retrieve Okonkwo’s body and bury him‚ on account of the villagers
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History of The Police Anthony Locken University of Phoenix - Introduction to Police Theory and Practices In an article on the National Law Enforcement Museum Insider it states: “More than 350 years ago‚ America’s first known system of law enforcement was established in Boston. As soon as colonists had settled there in 1630‚ local ordinances had allowed for constables to be appointed. Soon after‚ in April 1631‚ the townspeople formed a “watch” made up of six watchmen‚ one
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1. Police hold a pivotal role as ‘gatekeepers’ to the criminal justice system. Identify the key decisions that police make in relation to law enforcement‚ and discuss both the positive and negative implications of police discretion for the administration of justice. The police play an integral role as ‘gatekeepers’ to the criminal justice system. Discretion is a major factor in the criminal justice system and refers to the choice to do or not do something. The police enforce their discretion in
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own life. When I took that step to own a dog‚ it affected my mental and emotional well-being. I never had that feeling of being alone‚ with that I was always grateful for having my companion along with me. I researched the health benefits of having a dog as a pet and being alone all the time can lead to depression by having a dog‚ can help cure the depressed state that you may experience. Also medically the brain releases
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Police Department Organization Paper “What if the structure of police organizations is shaped by factors beyond easy human contrivance‚ such as the size and age of the force‚ the degree of stability in the political environment‚ the complexity of governmental regulation‚ the geographical dispersion of the population‚ or the nature of police work itself” (Maguire 2003)? * In this paper I will describe in detail various types of police agencies at the local‚ state‚ and federal level and how
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Police Protality: Introduction Police brutality has been and continues to be of major concern in society. First of all‚ police brutality is a term used to describe the excessive use of physical force‚ assault‚ verbal attacks or slurs‚ and threats by any law enforcement officer. Efforts to police communities‚ throughout history‚ have been tainted by brutality ans abuse of power to some degree. The term police brutality is commonly used very loosely to any and all forms of police
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