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    Police Discretion

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    criminal and noncriminal events” (Boivin &ump; Cordeau‚ 2011). Every police officer has a great deal of discretion concerning when to use their authority‚ power‚ persuasion‚ or force. Depending on how an officer sees their duty to society will determine an officer’s discretion. Discretion leads to selective enforcement practices and may result in discrimination against certain groups of people or select individuals (Young‚ 2011). Most police officer discretion is exercised in situational situations with

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    History of Police Nancy Anderson CJA/214 August 4‚ 2012 Miriam Moore History of Police He was an important political leader in England and the “father” of modern policing. Robert Peel fought for over 30 years to improve law enforcement and finally‚ in 1829‚ persuaded the English Parliament to create the London Metropolitan Police. This police department is recognized as the first modern police force (Walker & Katz‚ 2011). This English heritage is what produced American policing. The

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    Police have a hard job‚ which most would not prefer. Police have a difficult and time-consuming day. The deal with a lot‚ from drunk people to people that are high. There are several divisions of the police department. Most police officers feel they have a duty to serve to their city and or country. Police have a lot they have to do in one day. An officer has several tasks to accomplish in one day of work. To start the day they get in their car and start to patrol. Then if they get radioed or

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    was a Border Patrol agent and how he search for people that sell drugs or pass without papers. When considering a career in Border Patrol‚ i must carefully look into the responsibilities this will entail‚ the skills one must have to succeed‚ plus other important aspects such as working conditions‚ salary‚ and the future of the job; however‚ just as important is to carefully seek out The University of Houston Downtown that will best prepare me for this profession. Being a Border Patrol agent has many

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    Kansas City Preventive Patrol Experiment was conducted in from October 1972‚ until September 1973‚ in Kansas City‚ Missouri (Kelling‚ Pate‚ Dieckman‚ & Brown‚ 1974). Additionally‚ it was the first significant controlled researched to be funded and published that would have long term impacts on how both law enforcement agencies and researchers approached police patrol deployment strategies. The Kansas City Preventive Patrol Experiment conducted three variations of patrol within three different

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    exceptions to this requirement. For instance in crisis situation where the delay in getting a warrant would make the search useless‚ it is allowed. This is referred to as a “time is of the essence” clause. A valid arrest automatically permits the police to search the surroundings of the subject per se and the subject to disarm him/her and to prevent evidence from being destroyed or tainted. The same rule applies to cars and other vehicles because they may transport or contain contraband. The purpose

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    Police History L. Lynette Sweney CJA/214 Jeremy Leach Police History Law enforcement and policing within the United States is one of the components that go into the criminal justice system within the United States. Law enforcement along with the criminal and civil courts and the corrections sections such as jails all come together to establish the criminal justice system we follow today.

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    I am (was) a lifeguard for Long Beach Township Beach Patrol for 6 years in the town of Spray Beach and rent have rented an apartment in Ship Bottom for the past 3 summers. Last summer‚ I was on my way to work‚ in my lifeguard uniform travelling on a back street with a 25 mph speed limit when I came up behind a vehicle going about 15 mph. After a block or so I adjusted my car to see if there was traffic or pedestrians holding him up. There were none. The vehicle then pulled over and I slowed down

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    The protocol that Chief G is trying to implement with his police force is called intergrated patrol. How does this approach compare to the traditional model of law enforcement? The integrated patrol strategy brings a community-oriented concept of policing into play‚ which crime prevention and reduction efforts are applied in larger areas‚ rather than focusing specifically on a group of people within a particular location. The integrated patrol strategy‚ also calls for more enhanced investigative procedures

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    Police History Matthew Rico GJA/214 April 15‚ 2013 Damien Torres Police History Sir Robert Peel British Prime Minister Sir Robert Peel is responsible for the development of the modern concept of the policing system in the 1800s. The first American police officers deployed on foot with no special training‚ tactics‚ policies or procedures‚ and had minimal education. American policing is a direct reflection of English heritage. Peel and some of the greatest minds of the 1800s developed the

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