Technology & Policing Kristin E. Blue March 12‚ 2011 UMUC/Prof. Richard Bobys Technology and Policing The use of technology in the police department started as early as 1850’s when a multi shot pistol was for the first time made. Over the years‚ technology has evolved and different institutions have adjusted accordingly and embraced technology in their work. Technology is still being used widely to make work more efficient‚ produce effective results and the police have not been
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Effectiveness of Community Policing To understand the effectiveness of community policing we first must understand the concept regarding community policing. Community policing is both a philosophy and an organizational strategy that allows the police and the community residences to work closely together in new ways to solve the problems‚ fear of crime‚ criminal disorder and at the same time increasing the community living conditions. Community policing implies an agreement‚ almost like a formal
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“Predictive Policing And Reasonable Suspicion‚” that law enforcement must acquire either “probable cause” to search or “reasonable suspicion” to seize an individual. He argues‚ “Because predictive policing does not provide personal knowledge about an ongoing crime‚ or particularized identification of the suspect involved‚ it cannot support the weight of reasonable suspicion” (Ferguson 305). He also asserts that most police investigation focuses on individual suspects. “Perhaps police observation
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the contemporary claim by the police that politics should be kept out of policing fair or disingenuous?’ This essay will critically assess the requirement for politics in the police and whether or not it acts as an interference which affects policing or as an essential tool in protecting individual’s human rights‚ maintaining law and order‚ meeting crime targets and improving society. It will seek to evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of political policing and look to examples of this to
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The Future of Policing Christina Johnson CJS/210 September 14‚ 2014 Ronald Rucker University of Phoenix Policing in the United States has changed dramatically since it was first brought to the thirteen colonies from England. However‚ some of the issues faced then are being faced in policing today. There are also new trends that are prevalent‚ and these trends will continue to have lasting effects on the future of policing. Even though new trends improve policing overall‚ they
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Orduno Modern Police Operations Prof. Smith 4/17/14 Strengthening Relationships between Police and Citizens ` A strong relationship between citizens of a community and police officials is valuable to have in order for the police to do their job effectively. Community policing can help strengthen the relationship that is broken. Community policing is a philosophy that rest on the belief that honest citizens in a community have the responsibility to participate in the police process alongside
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Predictive Policing Paul T. Lane CIS500005VA016-1134-001 Dr. Edwin Otto 14‚ April 2013 COMPSTAT (COMPuter or COMParative statistics) is a geographic information system adopted by the New York City Police Department in 1994 to predict future crimes. Mathematicians utilize COMPSTAT by designing algorithms to come up with future crimes for police departments. These crimes include‚ but are not limited to drug distribution‚ theft‚ homicide‚ and domestic violence. This method of policing has come
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Contemporary Policing essay “Critically examine the conditions‚ which according to author John Casey impact both positively and negatively on the police practice required to implement a community policing strategy” There are a variety of conditions according to John Casey that impact both positively and negatively on police practice and on community policing strategies. Some impacts on these strategies are the types of model police practices such as democratic Anglo-peelian‚ continental‚ developing
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Nicole McAfee Community Policing Chapter 3 It is important to be a part of strong community. Communities that have strong values usually have a strong foundation against crime and work together to lower crime rates in their area. Community refers to the specific geographic area served by a police department or law enforcement agency and the individuals‚ organizations and agencies within that area. Community also refers to a feeling of be3longing a sense of integration‚ a sense of shared values
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English 101 8 December 2010 The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department: Honest or Crooked? The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department is an agency of highly disciplined and trained people whom sometimes‚ although not terribly often‚ do the wrong thing. We were taught at an extremely young age that the police are friends of the community. There are honest and dishonest people in all societies‚ as well as in the police department. A police officer’s mission is to enforce the law which citizens
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