Police Department Roles and Functions Nancy Anderson CJA/214 August 11‚ 2012 Miriam Moore Police Department Roles and Functions Police officers play many roles. In the United States the mission of law enforcement is to maintain social order and public safety by reducing crime. To accomplish this and preserve the peace‚ officers have five main responsibilities (CJi Interactive‚ 2011). The first of these responsibilities is to enforce the law. To be able to do this the law enforcement officer
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Local Police Departments with Mandatory Four-Year Degree Requirements For New Hires: Are They Diamonds in the Rough? Diana Bruns Bacone College ***Contact information Diana Bruns‚ Ph.D. Department Chairperson and Professor‚ Criminal Justice Studies Bacone College 2299 Old Bacone Road Muskogee‚ OK 74403 brunsd@bacone.edu cell: 918-781-7295 office: 918-781-7295 **Diana Bruns is the Department Chairperson
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Discrimination Against Women In The Police Department Often when a person thinks of discrimination‚ they think of discrimination against different races‚ however‚ there are different types of discrimination that exists in our society‚ regardless of skin color‚ wealth or social status. There are different types of discrimination such as‚ race‚ religion‚ sexual orientation‚ height‚ weight and more (Dempsey pg. 197). There are no limits where discrimination takes place and unfortunately it can take
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use of the body-worn cameras. White (2015) pointed out that there is a need for more research on potential risk factors for officers wearing the body cameras. Potential issues with wearing body cameras that need to be examined are possible neck and head injuries from the weight of the device. The United Kingdom Home Office guide‚ as cited in White (2015)‚ concluded that although some of the health issues are minimal it is important to take into account the effects it might have on police officers
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Police Department Organization Paper University of Phoenix CJA/214 February 15‚ 2011 The organizational structure of most American police departments is a bureaucracy with an authoritarian management style; the only exception is smaller departments which have a more informal management style and simple organizational structure (Katz and Walker‚ 2008). Most departments have a civil service system to govern personal policies‚ except for the smallest agencies. The majority of larger departments
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on of the government and the people themselves. This relationship has been in existence for over a hundred years and has worked surprisingly well for the American people. To invoke cameras on the police officers today would be to doubt and break the trust that has been shared for so long. Police officers today are given the task of protecting the American people at all costs. Towns and cities today require an officer to have their high school diploma to join the force and in most cases the officer has to be over the age of 21
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The question of body cameras for police officers has historically been a pressing issue in America‚ but after the recent incidents it is being taken into serious consideration. Body Cameras should be provided for all law enforcement personnel so that citizens can get a clear understanding of how they are implementing their force onto the citizens of United States. A lot of evidence and claims have been brought up by citizens saying that police officers have taken wrong actions while in pursuit of
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within most of the police departments in the United States are responsible for helping to ensure police ethics and integrity within their respective agencies by investigating the conduct of the officers‚ particularly citizen complaints of officer misconduct. Having an internal affairs department is one of the most important means of ensuring a police agency’s adherence to community policing principles and acquiring
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Police Department Roles and Functions Learning Team A University of Phoenix Online Abstract This paper will identify the principal roles and functions of police organizations and their role as it applies to the law. Next describe various types of police agencies at the local‚ state‚ and federal level and the roles and functions of each. Then explain the role and function of patrol work. Police officers are at risk every day to make sure citizens are protected
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Institute of Leiria; INESC Coimbra‚ Portugal António Gomes Martins Carlos Henggeler Antunes Department of Electrical Engineering‚ University of Coimbra; INESC Coimbra‚ Portugal 23rd December 2002 Running head: SSM to Rethink Energy Efficiency Keywords: Energy; Systems; Soft OR; Abstract This paper reflects an attempt to rethink the process of analysis of Energy Efficiency Initiatives using Soft Systems Methodology (SSM) as a problem structuring tool. The aim of the work is to provide public
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