decentralized organizational structure of police departments. Decentralization has been accomplished in at least two different ways: (1) the physical restructuring of police departments and (2) the decentralization of decision making. In an effort to increase resident access to police‚ many departments have reversed the centralization trend popularized during the professional era. In some locations this has been accomplished by opening neighborhood-based storefront police stations. These locations provide
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In this paper I will answer several questions in regards to the following scenario. You are a police psychologist for a major metropolitan area. You are also a member of its hostage negotiation team. You have just been called out to a crisis incident at 3:15 p.m. on a Friday. It is a residential area about three blocks from a middle school and a public library. The information you have at this time is that the subject is a 42-year-old male who is holed up in his house with his wife‚ son‚ and family
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Diversity is an essential component in any Police Department to overtly be effective and trustworthy in the community. The diversity of officers can ultimately deal with situations in an effort to mirror the population in which they serve. For example‚ a predominate neighborhood of Hispanics or Latinos would ideally be for an officer of the same ethnic background. The communication between the officers and the community is highly important to acquire accurate statements and instill trust in the
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"To Work or Not to Work" To work or not to work--That is the question: Whether ‘tis nobler in the mind to tolerate The insults and complaints of the impatient customer‚ Or to renounce against the sea of demands that arise‚ And by quitting‚ have peace? To leave; to quit-- To work no more-- and by quitting say we end The head-aches‚ and the wrath of unforgiving customers That this job entails--‘tis an accomplishment Devoutly to be wish’d to end. To leave‚ to quit— To quit; perchance to
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have become a major concern today in the United States. The citizens of the United States confidence and trust in policing of the police are at the lowest point since the Rodney King beating. Many Americans still report confidence in the police‚ however an unprecedented number of Americans also report no or very little confidence in policing. Throughout history poor police/community relations in minority and low-income neighborhoods has documented. It has been exacerbated by egregious acts of misconduct
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On 04/28/2016‚ I Officer Hassan (156) was working for the Wichita State University Police Department as a Community Patrol Officer for the tour of duty (1600-0000 hours) in the city of Wichita‚ Sedgwick County‚ KS. At approximately 2028 hours‚ I was dispatched to parking lot 9 West. I arrived at lot 9 West at approximately 2039 hours. I made contact with Wichita State University student‚ PAULINE. PAULINE reports on 04/27/2016‚ at approximately 1820 hours‚ she was in lot 21 West inside her 2001
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I Officer Jacqueline Quiles‚ working for Cedar Park Police Department in my marked patrol vehicle‚ wearing my patrol uniform and displaying my badge of office. Working the night shift of 1800-0600 with my patrol car camera working and ready as well as my body camera and driving marked unit 345. At 2245 I was dispatched to a possible DWI collision. Upon arrival to the address of 2206 Rivera‚ I was met by the complainant Becky Waldron. Ms. Waldron met me in front of the residence listed above and stated
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People may think that the police is going too far‚ and others will say that the citizen in the video might have done something that made that person deserve what just happened. People can take footage out of the video to make one side look bad and the other look better. Just by watching the video‚ you can’t tell whether who is at fault here. My issue is about whether police should wear security cameras on them on all times and to keep them on the whole time. Lately‚ police brutality has been becoming
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fatal police shooting has made it to court from 2010‚ two-thirds of police cases never went to a grand jury‚ and of those 49 cases that made it to the grand jury‚ only 9 involved an indictment because the grand jury was only asked to determine if the shooting was justified or unjustified (Schrade and Peebles). A shooting involved case that received national recognition (not military related) was the death of Kathryn Johnston‚ a 92-year-old woman who was tragically killed by two Atlanta police officers
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For my information Interview‚ I went down to the local police department and asked them if I was allowed to interview any of them for a college project. I interviewed one of the cops whose name is Thomas Bartunek‚ and he is currently a patrol man at the Waldoboro Police Department. There were two cops on duty that day because it was thanksgiving and one was busy doing paperwork so I had to get in and out in case of a call. I told him I had to ask about 10 questions for a project and he told me he
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