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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As I tune in myself and watch some the garbage on t.v or even listening to the radio has negative influences everywhere. Lately the media has really been focusing on the police brutality on African American people Going so far a putting it on prime time news. Whether or not the media wants to admit they have liberally of changing some of these stereotypes. The violence they are putting on television is ridiculous. Our
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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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On 7/1/16‚ at approximately 1150 hours‚ I Officer C. Harrell #3441 was working uniformed patrol unit 1L52‚ driving a marked black and white police vehicle. I received a radio call of a possible PC647(f)- drunk in public subject at 246 W. California Bl. Pasadena Police Department Volunteer Jacobsen and Espinoza were the reporting party. Volunteer Jacobsen relayed to dispatch that there was a male white‚ with a grey beard‚ wearing a blue and white shirt laying on his stomach in the grass area if
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shall have‚ the same validity as my handwritten signature. Student ’s signature (name typed here is equivalent to a signature): Melissa Sinnett Police History Paper Melissa Sinnett Introduction to Police Theories and Practices/CJA 214 12/02/2012 Mr. Clifton Franklin As you sit on the side of the road with the blue lights of the police car parked behind you lighting up the interior of your car you sit and shake your head. The patrol officer walks up and politely asks you that one little
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Police and Society Quiz One: Police and Society Roberg (2005) argued that the history of policing can be traced all the way back in time to where the family enforced the norms and customs of conduct. The Roman then introduced a police force of twenty-four hour patrolling‚ and continued on to the development by the England on the emphasis of prevention. This method of prevention was then carried over to America and has exceeded by far. Today we have our police departments that were based off of
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Imagine a police force with no cars‚ radios‚ and no communication. These officers had no back up‚ they patrolled on foot facing any dangerous situation alone. Police were appointed by politicians for limited terms of service. Because of the apparent political ties corruption was very common. This policing era is referred to as the political era. During the political era residents were not able to “call” upon an officer for assistance. A civilian would have to flag down an officer as he was walking
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