Race and Ethnicity in Law Enforcement Hiring 1 Race and ethnicity play a significant role in law enforcement. This is true in both how communities are policed‚ as well as what the racial and ethnic make up is of a law enforcement entity. On the application at the police department I work for‚ there is verbiage that says‚ “Women and minorities are encouraged to apply.” Why is this present? It may be that the department really does want women and minorities to apply‚ (I believe this
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Police And Law Enforcement Response Checklist 1 Police and Law Enforcement Response Checkpoint Amanda Robertson CJS/200 8/3/2013
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Stop and frisk is very beneficial because the law enforcement officers has a reasonable suspicion to stop an individual if a crime has occurred or plan to occur. “Stop and frisk is essential to the probable cause and warrant requirements.” (Hall‚ p. 415‚ 2015). Many times law enforcement officers do not follow the stop and frisk and abuse the law by doing the opposite by following the law. It is important that law enforcement take authority when necessary instead of making citizens feel unsafe and
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Racial profiling within law enforcement has been around for such a long time‚ leading many to wonder why it has persisted. Part of the reason is that there has been a lack of action by Congress surrounding this issue. Early in 2001‚ the End Racial Profiling Act was introduced to Congress‚ which stated “no law enforcement agent or law enforcement agency shall engage in racial profiling.” (The Leadership Conference‚ 2011) It failed after the September 11th terrorist attacks in the United States‚ due
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national origin to find suspicion by law enforcement officials (ACLU). For example‚ African Americans are easily pulled over on highway because they are judged by hiding drugs in the car potentially‚ even though they are asked for consent to search the vehicle. Racial profiling occurs at US port entry commonly and especially targeted on Arab ancestry because they fit the profile of a terrorist. Racial profiling is any use of race‚ skin color by law enforcement agents as a guideline to search suspects
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Citizens and Law Enforcement: Communication and Perceptions of their Relationship Mariah Cadwallader Beloit College Abstract This project will look into the communication between citizens‚ and citizens and their authorities. The authorities that I will mostly focus on will be police officers‚ anyone who is executing the law over citizens on a daily basis‚ and determine whether their actions are necessary or in need of revision. The video ‘bike lanes’ was where I started off‚ an example of
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Research Paper SOC 454-002 Law Enforcement and Society November 12‚ 2013 How does Law Enforcement respond to gangs? Introduction Law enforcement agencies have a variety of tasks at hand that they have to perform; protecting‚ serving and problem solving are just a few. This research paper will look into how law enforcement responds to gangs‚ the background on police and gang relationships‚ and why the creation of gang police units. Multiple studies will be used
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Stressors In Law Enforcement Criminology 220: Introduction To Policing Taylor Stine Indiana State University 10. Stress and law enforcers: explain stress and its effect on the person‚ stressors unique to police work‚ problems associated with stress‚ and techniques available to police agencies to reduce stress and improve officers’ performance and quality of life. Introduction Stress–it affects many of us daily‚ hourly‚ and by the minute. How can we deal with these overwhelming feelings
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Budget enforcement is a huge aspect of my job. For anyone who has a responsibility in government funds is required to take a fiscal law class. The fiscal law philosophy is: “The established rule is that the expenditure by Congress‚ not that public funds may be expended unless prohibited by Congress United States v. MacCollom (1976)” (Kepplinger). All individual’s that have the responsibility to expend funds have a lawful obligation to spend in the best interests of the government. An individual
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Emotional Survival for Law Enforcement A Synopsis of Dr. Kevin M. Gilmartin “A Guide for Officers and Their Families” Journey Through Law Enforcement Idealistic recruits can become cynical veterans. The job can become all consuming. An individual can change their “world view” to accommodate perceived job parameters. Perception is driven by physiological and psychological demands. 4/10/2007 Dr. Thomas A. Lifvendahl 2 Officer Survival Suicide is the greatest determinate in
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