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    Local State Federal Police

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    LocalState‚ Federal Police Angela Brandon CJA/484 March 25‚ 2013 Frank Owens LocalState‚ Federal Police The United States uses police officers on three different levels to deal with citizens that violate the laws. The localstate‚ and federal agencies operate on different levels. Maintaining order and service functions‚ purpose of policing is to do investigation of suspected criminal activity and refer criminals to the American court. Police is needed to help maintain peace

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    Discuss how the laws in your local community may be different from those in other communities around the state or country. Nevada laws are different from other states due to more lax laws regarding hot topics such as prostitution‚ homosexuality and drug laws. In Nevada‚ prostitution was made legal. Although brothels have been open and operating in Nevada since 1902‚ prostitution wasn’t officially legal until 1937. Another example of differing laws versus other states is the Domestic Partnership

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    The community-college tuition initiative by President Obama is a subject to unusual superlatives as it seeks to universalize two years of college. The plan integrates policies that attempt to narrow educational disparities that are characteristics of growing socioeconomic inequality in the United States. In this sense‚ the purported Obama tuition plan sought to facilitate an increase in the attendance of college students‚ therefore ensuring higher graduation rates with less debt compared to the

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    Race and Your Community

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    influences of race as it relates to your community. In your paper‚ write your first-person account of how human interactions in your community have been racialized. For the community‚ you can consider relations within your neighborhood‚ local government‚ service groups‚ clubs‚ schools‚ workplace‚ or any environment of which you are a part. In your paper‚ be sure to answer and provide examples for the following core questions: o Do members of your community look like you? In what ways do they

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    Race and Your Community I feel that I have learned a lot over the years about culture and differences in people. My life was not always a bed of roses and sometimes it still isn’t. However I am the one who took a step to make a change and break m cultural stereotypes of others. After my experiences there was no way I could go back to the way of thinking I was once taught. My life began being raised in a staunch Jewish household. I always felt a little different though because my eyes were

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    much needed service in our communities. Law Enforcement officers have sworn an oath to keep us safe from harm and protect us from those who may want to deprive us of our basic liberties. Officers are to up hold our laws and in exchange we give them power to monitor our behaviors and correct us if we need correcting. However‚ are we supposed to be friends with Law Enforcement officers and know them on a first name basis if we have not committed a crime? Does community policing work and is it necessary

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    Diversity and Your Community Kelley Boulet Cultural Diversity Sally Kwitkowski My hometown is Wichita Kansas‚ in which I was surrounded by numerous cultures and ethnicities. Wichita is the biggest city in Kansas‚ located in the south-central part of the state on the Arkansas River and approximately 140 miles south of the capital city of Topeka. It is also conveniently located just 197 miles from Kansas City and 161 miles from Oklahoma City‚ both with over 1

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    Race and Your Community Ethics 125 Ms. Carol Agurs April 22‚ 2012 Abstract There are many issues that come from prejudice and discrimination in society. From stereotyping in the media‚ institutional discrimination‚ and policy reform when it comes to immigration. All of which have a negative impact on society and how we function as a whole. What information about diversity in the United States has helped you better understand or relate

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    Race and Your Community

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    Week Nine Race and Your Community I live in Champaign‚ Illinois where the current population is 81‚055 (as reported in 2010 in the U.S. Census). Our town has a variety of different people of different races and who may look alike‚ and also look very different from one another. I am African American‚ and there are a lot of other women in this town who are of the same race and have the same skin complexion. I have also been told plenty of times I look like someone else‚ and have even been mistaken

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    students choose to studying local universities. They have own reasons to study local or abroad. But in my view‚ studying locally can bring several advantages than studying abroad. One of the advantages is can save the cost. Of course studying local universities can save the cost compared to studying in abroad universities. Both of the countries have different currency rate for example Brunei money change to US dollar. When we change Brunei money to United State dollar‚ the amount will

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