...August Vollmer Principles of Law Michelle Buckner Ned Watson April 9, 2013 August Vollmer August Vollmer was born in New Orleans, Louisiana. Both of Vollmer’s parents were German immigrants. After the death of his father his mother took the family back to Germany. Two years later his family moved to San Francisco. When the Spanish- American war broke out Vollmer was old enough to enlist in the Army. He served one year. After he served in the war, Vollmer worked as a letter carrier. After years of working as a letter carrier Vollmer was approached to run for town marshal. He won the election. When Vollmer was elected the police department was is very poor condition. Crime was so bad that some trains refused to drive through. In 1908 Vollmer started the Berkley Police School. Police officers took courses to better educate them on how to be better officers. After Vollmer retired from the police department he continued to teach. As Vollmer got older he became very ill and decided to take his own life. August Vollmer August “Gus” Vollmer was born in New Orleans to German immigrant parents, John and Philopine Vollmer. His father was strict and saw to it that August learn to swim and box. His father died while he was young, leaving him with his mother and sibling. After the death of his father, Vollmer’s mother moved the family around several times. First they moved back to Germany. After just two years his mother moved the family back to New Orleans. Soon after that she...
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...Burglary Nancy Rodriguez SEC/430 1/21/2013 Emmett Denham Burglary In the scenario of a burglary there are certain things that take place. There witness, robbers, damage to property, and missing personal items. The family’s house may be damaged or the family may get hurt. Neighbors may see or hear things while the burglary is taken place. In burglaries we must all look at why this would take place. A family goes on vacation to have fun just to come back to find out their house was robbed. They must first make sure no one is in their house and check to see what was taken or damaged in their home. In order to understand what takes place in burglary and to follow the process of the crime. We must learn how to examine the situation and how to process the crime scene. There are steps we must take in solving the burglary and how it happened. In burglaries that occur we must find ways to see things form the view of the police and how they process the evidence. The evidence in a burglary varies do to what was taken or damaged in the process of the burglary. We must see things from the eyes of the police and try to help them in the best way we can with whatever information we have about a burglary that took place either in our own home or a neighbors’ home. A family left for vacation and came home to their house being broken into and the robbers took a jewelry box and damaged the back door. They left a mess in the bedroom when they searched through the dresser drawers and...
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...WHO ARE THE POLICE? Who are the police? The police are the citizens who have amounts of training to protect and serve their fellow citizens. The men and women in squad cars who patrol our towns and neighborhoods every day. To this day there are over one million sworn police officers in the U.S. Police officers have a sworn duty to they’re citizens, not only to protect the citizens but to serve them as well. Police officers or “Peace Officers” are required to have over six hundred hours of classroom training. Those six hundred hours are composed of criminal laws, traffic law, patrol functions, criminal investigation, ethics, and first aid. On top of the six hundred hours of classroom training police officers need about three hundred hours of field training, defensive/aggressive driving, arrest and control of suspects, and they need to keep up their physical fitness. In order to be a police or peace officer most agencies require applicants to pass many screening method, a written test, a physical agility test, a drug test, a medical exam, an oral interview, a psychological assessment, a polygraph test, and a background investigation. All of these tests the officer needs to pass in order to be considered for the position. Police officers need to have many hours of experience in using firearms. At times they can be police officers only help in a bad situation. There are many tools that are in the firearms category. Most weapons police officers have are going to save the officers...
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...Policing Culture CJA/214 Policing Culture Whether you’re interested in becoming a Fish and Wildlife enforcement officer or just a Law Enforcement Officer and you have a strong desire to protect and serve your community or a state and federal area. There are many departments within every city, but they have their own recruitment and selection process. Many of the smaller agencies recruitment and selection process mimics that of the larger local Police Departments, this is due to the strong relationship all agencies have with within their states. “No specific formula exists for recruiting and maintaining the ideal officer, and many of those who were once considered ideal may experience stress, burnout, personal problems, and ultimately may cause more harm than good” (Grant, H.B. & Terry, 2012). Primarily the first steps to becoming a Law Enforcement Officer is to apply for a Law Enforcement recruit positions. One must first meet the minimum application requirements examples are: [pic] High School Education Verification, Birth Certificate, Driver's License copy, copy of DD214 if[pic] applicable, [pic]Next is the selection process, [pic]based on information[pic] submitted in the resume, the HR staff will evaluate the resume to make certain that the candidate meets the minimum credentials. Information on the submission documents will be confirmed later in the background investigation process. It is the accountability of the applicant to be frank and to provide correct...
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...West. Each Region having 3 to 4 Zones. The in charge of each zone is a DCP. And In charge of Police station is Police Inspector commonly known as Sr. Police Inspector which is an honorary designation. Ranks of Mumbai Police Rank | Abbreviation | Strength | Commissioner of Police | C.P | 1 | Joint Commissioner of Police | Jt.CP | 5 | Additional Commissioner of Police | Addl. CP | 12 | Deputy Commissioner of Police | DCP | 38 | Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police | Addl. DCP | | Assistant Commissioner of Police | ACP | 124 | Police Inspector | PI | 977 | Assistant Police Inspector | API | 756 | Police Sub Inspector | PSI | 2850 | Assistant Sub Inspector | ASI | 3329 | Head Constable | HC | 8146 | Police Naik | PN | 6010 | Police Constable | PC | 18666 | Subunits of the Mumbai police force Mumbai Police is...
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...1. What do the authors see as being the reason for a lack of police accountability in the past regarding the internal investigation of complaints made against their members? Several reasons of lack of police accountability were proved by the authors. Firstly, Australia has proven abundant examples of police failing to comply with internal investigation processes. Especially due to having an independent body to oversee all police processes. Secondly, Landa D and Lewis C explain how defective investigations are carried out by police as they are incompetent within particular investigation units. Authors also bring forward the issue of the 1970 Abortion Graft inquiry proving how useless it is to believe police can sufficiently investigate when corruption is so ‘cohesive and well-planned’. Ultimately, authors proved that strong suspicions of corruption were obvious, even other police officers were aware of what had been occurring but it seemed to be kept quiet. 2. Why do the authors think that civilian independent oversight bodies are necessary? Civilian independent oversight bodies are necessary to assist in uncovering police corruption. 3. What was the Police Complaints Tribunal? What did the authors outline as being some of the problems that existed within it? The Police Complaints Tribunal was well known as an unskilled overseer of police and was the topic of much genuine criticism. The Tribunal was reputable as a consequence of...
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...Culture Diversity in Criminal Justice Elaine Ramon CJA/344 November 15, 2011 Sherry Caperton Culture Diversity in Criminal Justice Culture diversity is one of the many issues facing the criminal justice department, including police departments. Culture diversity is important to get over because of the cultural and religious differences it brings. Socializing and studying cultural diversity brings about a better understanding. The more we understand other cultures and religions, the more tolerant we become. Throughout history in law enforcement all policemen were white, and especially no police women. Before the 1960s police departments were guilty of employment discrimination by not hiring minorities and women. Police departments also required applicants to be a certain height to keep minorities from applying and didn’t hire nonwhites (cliffnotes.com, 2011). One of the first African Americans to be hired in the United States as police officer was in Jackson Tennessee in 1960. When James Cherry was hired as a police he was sure he would not be welcomed by the white community, but instead he was rejected by the black community. Although James Cherry was a police officer he still had to follow the segregation rules (Morris, 2003). The first woman police officer was discovered to be in Chicago. According to Feminist Majority Foundation women were often hired to protect and supervise other women and juveniles. In 1893 Mary Owens was the first woman to be hired by the Chicago...
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...Experiment Analysis in Increasing Productivity of Police Service Employees Roger W. Clark University of Phoenix Research 320 Foundations of Research June 20, 2010 Experiment Analysis in Increasing Productivity of Police Service Employees Introduction In 1973, the city manager of Orange California is looking to boost the pay of police officers, without alienating the taxpayers. The city manager determined the police force is highly educated and intelligent allowing for the agreement of the incentive plan focusing on reducing reported crimes in the city. The experiment is designed to determine if an incentive pay program can increases police productivity. Indentifying the experiments control group, pilot group, independent variable, and dependent variables are essential to determining the experiment’s reliability and validity. Experiment The city of Orange California entered into agreement with the City of Orange Police Association to increase officers pay based on reported crimes in four categories, rape, burglary, robbery, and auto theft. Murder and assault were not included in the incentive plan because homicide and assault are considered a crime of passion, and larceny frequently involves theft from businesses (Staudohar, n.d., p. 520). The incentive plan could increase the agreed 7.5 percent pay increase in 1973 and six percent in 1974. The incentive increase for a reduction of 10% is an additional 2% and 3% for a reduction of 12% in reported crime (Staudohar...
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...Technologies Job Stress Police officers are called upon to do a job which taps into the best qualities that exist within a human being. The fact that many of them are in uniform places each and every one of their actions in plain view for all to see. The fact that this is a very dangerous job and the constant need for them to display discretion places a great deal of stress on the individual. Despite all the expectations placed on the police officer and the constant need to make very crucial decisions, it must never be forgotten that like every other person, police officer’s are human beings. Many of these police officer’s have their own families, and on many occasions the job conflicts with their lives at home. These civil servants are duty basically 24 hours a day and their schedules are liable to change at any time. Their schedules are liable to change at any time. The constant uncertainty causes disruption and conflict in their home lives. An officer is expected to disregard whatever situation brewing in their home lives, strap on a firearm and a badge and place his or her feelings on hold for the next 12-16 hours. These braves individuals are asked to patrol our streets, accept constant public abuse, with the constant fear of danger lurking around every corner. In a job such as this there are too many stressors to mention and this may be one of, if not the most stressful job known to man. The stress in this line of work of one thing, but the fact that optimum...
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...The Field Training Officers Program: What Challenges Do Police Face? Is enough time given for officers in the field training program ? In policing, officers training for active duty policing are usually required to receive specialized classroom training and certification to meet state requirements (such as POST, TCLEOSE or EMT) before performing field training duties for the department they work for. A new trainee usually only works with a Field Training Officer for a set amount of time until they are deemed as “Qualified and knowledgeable enough to work on their own.” During this training period the new officer typically trains with a Field Training Officer for roughly 3-4 months, the officer will sometimes have specialized Field Training Officers and will work with numerous Field Training Officers during this time period. With the Field Training Officers having the job of being an exceptional example and role model for the trainee, and having the responsibility of making sure that the trainee has been thoroughly trained in all areas of policing, it is usually up to the Filed Training Officer to evaluate the trainees progress and make the call that the trainee is ready to work on his own. Should there be a standard field training program that all police departments follow? How does the field training officers program differ in other police departments ? The purpose is to look and evaluate the challenges of the field training officers program. By...
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...* The author of the Article is Kenneth B. Scott. * The Article title is A Single Police Force for Scotland: The Legislative Framework (1). * The Journal Title is Policing a Journal of Policy and Practice Volume 7. * The publication date is June 2013. * Issue 2. * Page numbers 135-141. * The content of the Article is focused on the introduction of The Police and Fire Reform (Scotland) Act 2012 and how the provisions of the Act may impact upon four key areas of policing which are the nature of policing, governance, local policing and police accountability. The Article briefly touches upon the history of the evolution of legislative police reform since 1962 and how the values and role of the police have been modernised with the introduction of the Act with a particular emphasis on human rights. The author draws the reader to the observation that the Act will emphasise that the police are a provider of public services, not just a law enforcement agency. Highlighting potential conflict between police commanders, local authorities in terms of local performance accountability and broader governmental targets known as ‘single outcome agreements’, the Article does not offer a resolution merely that conflict is very possible. The author introduces the reader to the transformation of independent police accountability mechanisms in Scotland and how this more aligns to the current arrangements in England and Wales. The author suggests that the role of the Police Investigations...
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...Part 1A: Industry Analysis Broad Environment: PEST Analysis The Dallas Fort Worth (DFW) area and specifically Denton County is experiencing rapid economic development and population growth due to the close proximity of airports and many large and convenient transportation paths which link the Town of Cross Roads with an abundance of employment locations in cities such as Dallas, Frisco, Denton, and McKinney. DFW has experienced a large increase in population size in the past 50 years or so. There have been several economic pressures such as a rise in the number of foreclosures and diminishing credit. DFW is known as one of the fastest growing metropolitan areas in the United States, and from 1990 to 2000 it grew by approximately 29% and gained a little over one million residents. From 2000-2009 the population grew to nearly 6,637,230. DFW is adding nearly 100,000 new residents annually. One population movement trend in DFW in recent years is for people to move away from the busy downtown city areas into less dense communities like Frisco and Little Elm and even smaller country towns like Cross Roads. Planned communities are very popular now as well. McKinney is rated the second best place in the country to live in 2012 by Money Magazine and USA Today named Denton in 2012 Best Small Towns in America. These towns along 380 are bringing in residents and increasing traffic. Specific Industry: Five Forces Analysis Some of Cross Roads main competitors are Savannah, Paloma Creek...
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...Use of ‘I’. The main purpose of this book chapter is to illuminate the basic concepts of ‘corruption’ and to define different forms of corruption. The author implies that the corrupt doings of police officers can be seen as a ‘individual’ failure but to a certain extent also a ‘institutional’ failure where the force can be seen as responsible. The chapter describes ‘corruption’ in a narrow, legalistic sense generally refers to an police officer knowingly doing or not doing something that is against his or her duty for some form of financial or material gain or promise of such gain. This limited focus is geared principally at bribery and ostensibly financial arrangements for not enforcing the law. The offence of bribery is posited on an external briber, one who commits the act of bribing and some form of reciprocation from the one who is bribed. This implies that that the initiative for the transaction comes from someone outside the police organisation. Generally the nature of the reciprocation is vital for proving that a criminal offence has taken place; simply accepting gifts or small amounts of money without evidence of reciprocation might fall under internal disciplanry regulations. For instance, showing that an officer altered a statement so that the briber will not be prosecuted for an offence would be an indication of reciprocation. After describing various forms of coruption and defining what it is, the author continues onto the second part of the chapter explaining...
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...It is no secret that America inherited much of its governmental institutions from Great Britain. American law enforcement is no exception. British policing can be traced back to before the Norman Conquest of England in 1066. The first Europeans who landed on our shores, found a strange and wondrous new land, inhabited by strange and wondrous people. The newcomers had all they could do to establish themselves and to protect themselves from those who did not wish to share their land. Thus, policing was the responsibility of all able-bodied men, and, of course, young boys as well. After "things" got fairly well settled the job of maintaining order in the new colonies was given to Justices of the Peace, and one might see "culprits" in pillories or stocks, paying their debt to society. But, as colonies changed into towns and towns into cities, the Justice of the Peace system was not enough. It became time for an organized, and paid, police force. In 1636 the city of Boston established Night Watch, which idea worked reasonably well as long as the area remained a rural and agrarian one. New York City established the Shout and Rattle Watch in 1651, but, by 1705 Philadelphia found it necessary to divide the city into ten patrol areas. In the almost 100 years between the Revolutionary and Civil Wars, the more than rapid growth of population and industrialization in America mandated the development of municipal police departments. In 1833, Philadelphia organized an independent...
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...Racial Profiling Still Active Today Research Methodology in Public Safety Racial Profiling “It is said that Milwaukee Police Departments are said to be “racial profiling” due to their Police Chief implementing a “traffic stop initiative” only in African American Communities. The Police Chief tried to say it that it wasn’t “racial profiling” but rather “targeting the high crime areas of Milwaukee (White, 2010).” Racial profiling occurs when police routinely use races as a factor that causes an officer to react with suspicion to take action. Though the Police Chief feels he is doing the right thing by supposedly protecting “black victims,” the community feels that the police department is “racially profiling.” Racial profiling in my opinions an ineffective strategy. It says that you don’t want to learn about your community person’s behavior and you’re just ready to judge the person by the color of the skin. It cannot be disputed that the perception of racial profiling by police department still exist within minority communities and societies at large. This is a recurrent topic of debate and divisive issue in many communities. This was clearly seen and addressed when I saw the problem first hand when I worked in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Questions: Some questions to be asked are: 1. Should police do more to control excessive force? 2. Should...
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