I believe the largest impact on policing has been made by the simple invention of the two way radio which has in turn been expanded upon with cell phone and mobile internet capabilities. I had read this in textbooks concerning the evolution of policing‚ but reading this article certainly helped to confirm it. The advent of the car and of two-way wireless communications systems brought about what it called an "incident-driven" policing strategy that relied on random patrol and rapid response in
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The Industrialization Era and American Society During the times between the end of the Civil War and World War I (WWI)‚ industrialization had evolved to great extents‚ transforming the once agrarian American society to one that would rapidly move toward the manufacturing of goods. For many‚ this would entail more luxury and comfort‚ but for others‚ the less fortunate‚ perhaps a glimpse of hope for a better future than they left behind. This tremendous change in technological advancement would bring
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Policing Practices and Operations Susan Hornberger CJA/394 8/4/2014 Jean Pierre Lapre Policing Practices and Operations The primary goal of any law enforcement agency is to maintain public safety‚ primarily by reducing the number of occurrences of crime in their jurisdiction. Although this seems simplistic in nature‚ it takes many policing agencies working together in a successful working relationship to achieve this success. This paper will provide an assessment of each of these policing agencies
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American society hit a major transformation after the Civil War ended. Challenged‚ industries wanted to make products more quick and efficient. It would be an amazing change and it would greatly influence everybody. In order to do so‚ new tools and methods were used to improve the way products were made. There were a lot of inventions and ideas that contributed to the technology and industrial growth‚ such as the creation of electricity‚ expanding transportation‚ and industrialization. Electricity
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African-Americans In the progress to become one of the liberal nation of the world‚ the United States has gone through so many political alternations of its lifetime. All of the presidents have made lots of different plans to build up a strong independent country that provides its citizenship equality. One of the great movement was the Reconstruction (1863-1877). It was a toss-up that was neither a total success nor failure. The result tremendously brought more freedom to African-Americans. Although
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HIS 121 Study Guide #1 The American Promise: A Compact History The first exam will cover chapters 1-4. The exam will consist of 33 multiple choice questions and three short answer paragraphs. Please know the following: Historians/Archeologists: Historians direct their attention to mostly writing (personal and private jottings‚ letters‚ diary entries‚ public documents: laws‚ court cases‚ newspapers‚ speeches)‚ arachaelogist tend to focus on physical objects (bines spear points‚ pots‚
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The History of Police CJA/214 January 24‚ 2013 The History of Police Throughout the history capital offenses‚ such as murder and rape have been a serious issue in the United States. The government has emplaced certain departments across the nation from the first formation of America‚ to combat the misconducts within
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Three things that I have learned about in American History that I believe have had a huge impact on making America what it is today are the new technology created in WWI. The 1920’s like the women and how they acted‚ and how that essentially shaped how women are treated and are able to act today. Last but not least‚ the Great Depression‚ and how a failing economy in the 1930’s could be fixed just the same as 2008. While Germany is sending a telegram to Mexico to get us into the war and sinking our
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intro For decades now‚ South Africa has faced a struggle between sport and racial political issues‚ impacting both South African sport and the nation as a whole. Apartheid was introduced in 1948‚ with the effect of extending and institutionalising existing racial segregation‚ and was only abolished in 1991. Apartheid had the effect of restricting inter-racial sport and thus politicising sport in South Africa (Bolsmann & Parker‚ p. 6‚ 2007). Since the abolishment‚ a revolution and transformation
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Danny’s history teacher (Elliot Gould) explaining to the principal‚ Dr. Sweeney (Avery Brooks)‚ that Danny wrote a book report on Adolf Hitler’s Mein Kampf. The teacher tells Dr. Sweeney that he is offended by Danny’s gesture and he wants to see him punished‚ declaring that Danny was pressured into writing the paper by his older brother Derek‚ although Sweeney assures him that Derek was not involved. Instead‚ Sweeney asks the teacher to leave and asks Danny to step in.Danny then puts an American flag
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