Lovisolo 3/27/12 Intro to Policing-Paper The relationship between police officers and the community they work in is often over-looked and undermined. A good relationship is detrimental to how effectively the police officers can protect and serve the community for many reasons. Improved police-community relations not only improved the trust in the police‚ but can also lead to a safer community with less tension and conflict. Police-community relations can be traced back first to Sir Robert Peel‚ the
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“Police Departments‚ their Functions and Roles There is no doubt that terrorism is providing an impulsion for the various law enforcement agencies (Terry and Grant‚ 2012). These terrorism activities have made the organization restructure and increase their cross-agency information globally. The police deliver their services to the public using organizations (Walker and Katz‚ 2011). The quality and efficiency of the policing depend on the organization and management of the departments. Various critics
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The local police agencies make up the majority of the law enforcement employment (Grant & Terry‚ 2008‚ pp. 13). The local authorities perform most of the grunt work throughout their jurisdictions. They are often in charge of preventing and investigating crimes that are committed in their jurisdiction/community (Grant & Terry‚ 2008‚ pp. 13). They would be the ones that collect the evidence. They do use state level labs for assistance‚ but they are in charge of the majority of cases unless they request
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Police Discretion Jocelyn Golphin University of the District of Columbia Criminal Justice System 2/21/2014 Golphin 2 Police discretion is a very important approach in matters concerning criminal justice. There has been a consistent problem between enforcing the law and the spirit of the law. Discretion in the broader sense can be defined as the individual’s ability to make a decision basing on the principle of courses of the action. During training‚ police
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community where the police‚ who are supposed to protect and serve the community‚ assault‚ harass‚ and discriminate the people for no apparent reason? First off‚ that is called police brutality and it sure does not go down well at all‚ police brutality is a serious crime and should not be taken lightly at all just because they are police officers. Police officers tend to be looked at very negatively from a civilian’s point of view‚ and to me the main reason why they are is because of police brutality. In
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Public View of Police Police men and women are there to protect people. Their job is to risk their lives to ensure your personal safety‚ safety of your property‚ and the protection of the environment. The public’s opinion of the police force is quite varying because of a variety of factors. Personal experiences with police influence most people’s outlook and opinion towards the entire police force no matter what city‚ county‚ or department they have dealt with. Most commonly among teenagers
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POLICE DISCRETION Police officers are faced each day with a variety of situation in which they must deal; therefore we should ask ourselves the following questions: Should police officers enforce the law equally in all situations? In what situations should police officers be allowed to not enforce the law? What types of situations would they be required to fully enforce the law? Why does police discretion exist? What are its strengths and weaknesses? And what is the relationship between police
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What do you think the key role of the police service is and what skills do you bring to the service to execute that role? The key role of the police is to prevent criminal activity to occur in society. This is demonstrated through the use of detecting criminal behaviour‚ investigating crime and stopping individuals or groups that create a threat to others. Police enforce the law to provide safety and a sense of security. The key role of the police service is to maintain social order through the
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Persuasive/Policy/Problem/Cause/Solution Central Idea/Thesis: Police brutality should be regulated with greater strength and objectivity. INTRODUCTION I. Police brutality is constantly made known to us all through mass media‚ but I hadn’t ever taken the time to truly grasp the severity of it until it hit close to home. A. Three weeks ago‚ a close family friend was brutally beaten in front of his children at a family gathering by the police. B. My purpose is to persuade my audience that police brutality should be regulated with
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"Analysis of Police Corruption" Police corruption is a complex phenomenon‚ which does not readily submit to simple analysis. It is a problem that has and will continue to affect us all‚ whether we are civilians or law enforcement officers. Since its beginnings‚ may aspects of policing have changed; however‚ one aspect that has remained relatively unchanged is the existence of corruption. An examination of a local newspaper or any police-related publication on any given day will have an article
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