Laws are set of rules formed to maintain order and discipline in our society. Two main purposes of law are: 1. stating and elaborating our rights and responsibilities towards society‚ 2. ability to distinguish right from wrong. When a law that is existing for a long time is challenged for not serving the purposes stated above‚ then they are considered rigid. Rigid laws need to be reformed to provide flexibility. For instance‚ consider suffrage - the civil right to vote. For ages‚ women were
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Women and Minorities in Law Enforcement Response Throughout policing history women and minorities have gone through so many changes as they tried to become law enforcers. In the beginning‚ when women and minorities were allowed to become police officers they would be hired but given lighter duties or assigned to lower crime areas. They weren’t given much opportunity to go out and experience first hand how everything was on the streets since the majority of law enforcers back then were males. They
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anymore is someone have a tattoos. Everyone used to have to hide their tattoos because it was seen as a deviant act to have one‚ but now many people have tattoos and show them off. The way deviance is defined easily flows through societies. The three main theories of deviance are structural/ functional theory‚ conflict/
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Law Enforcement Code of Ethics A Police Code of Ethics sets the standards for ethical behavior and is deemed necessary in the development of national integrity systems. The Code of Ethics states that police officers must uphold the law regardless of the race or social status of the offender. They must not abuse their powers in order to give special treatment or take advantage of certain people. Police officers exist to serve the community. They also uphold the law. Their actions are restricted
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Practitioner Interview: Officer Leon Epps The role of police departments has profoundly changed since the 9/11 attack on America. Departments across the nation not only have to continue “traditional” law enforcement‚ but are also faced with being the “first responders” to acts of terrorism and other catastrophic events. Nonetheless‚ the day-to-day activities of a police officer are still primarily within the context of the criminal justice system. An interview with an officer can provide
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Law Enforcement and Social Media Social media is new tool for law enforcement that has proven instrumental in community oriented policing. As times and technology advance‚ police need to keep up to maintain the edge against criminals. The internet‚ social media in particular‚ is a relatively new occurrence‚ and how to most effectively utilize it as a crime fighting tool has probably not even been realized yet. Criminals are not known to be the brightest bunch‚ and there are new stories every day
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A big problem in todays world dealing with law enforcement officers is how high the stress level is and what stress can do to a person mentally and physically. Law enforcement officers have a higher rate of stress in today’s world because of everything they endure. Could be anything from a traffic stop to seeing people that die right there on the side of the road. They see everything and were only human so it has to take a toll on them in someway. All people are different so it could affect others
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Law Enforcement Today CJS/200 Trust is a huge issue police department’s face in today’s society. Society’s faith in policing has been diminishing as the century has passed because of corrupt police officers and brutality scandals. An immense amount of law enforcement administrators are overwhelmed with the task of again bringing a trust worthy structure to police departments. One reason for the corruptness is the extraordinary
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trooper? Law enforcement has a great impact on many people in this country and many people don’t like law enforcement. There are things to know about being a law enforcement officer if anyone wants to become one. People need to know the history of the law enforcement. Knowing the schooling you need is very important for becoming a law enforcement officer. People need to know the duty of an officer so they can understand what they have to go through. We need to know the off duty life of the law enforcement
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me an angel; someone that became my hero and showed me that life is one the most valuable things we have. Detective Miguel Sanchez from the Yuma Police Department‚ he is a person that is dedicated to his work‚ someone that has more qualities than what it takes to be in his position‚ someone trustworthy and with great ethics. As my journey became hard‚ Detective Miguel Sanchez made me understand through many of his actions that when we do things for the right reason life pays us with things better
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