...Write a 200- to 300-word response addressing the following questions: How does stress affect the policing community? How does police culture support police officers in evolving job situations? What resources exist to help officers handle stress? When stress affects the policing community it can have a negative impact on officers, even meaning the matter of life and death. It is important for police officers to maintain their stress to a minimal level to avoid many different side effects of it. When police are stressed it can cause depression, anxiety, anger issues, and many more things. Each one of these side effects is not a good thing for an officer because it can cloud their judgment and make them make the wrong decision or not react fast enough. Typically when a police officer is involved with a on the job situation they will go through some type of debriefing or counseling by someone, this is especially true when it comes to a shooting because some officers may feel they did something wrong by shooting and/or killing someone. As well as being debriefed and counseled because of a stressful situation, it also helps them to remember all the details of the event in case it goes to court. There are many resources available to officers to help assist them in dealing with job related stress. When I worked at the prison we had an EAP (Employee Assistance Program). In a nut shell it was your typical counseling session with a trained professional, we were allowed a certain...
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...Department of Homeland Security has created and equality of both called the Homeland Security Information Network, which enables state and urban law enforcement agencies to collect disseminate information among federal, state and local agencies in order to prevent terrorist activity. This system is computer based and was created by state and local authorities in order to connect Washington, D.C. with all fifty states and major metropolitan areas. (University of Phoenix, , p. 340). How can the relationship between local, state, and federal law enforcement agencies and DHS be improved? Better communications between each other. References: University of Phoenix. (). Challenges for a New Century. Retrieved from University of Phoenix, CJS210...
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...Organizational Theories Amanda Stasiewicz CJS210 12/21/2014 There are three major organizational theories associated with policing. These three theories are the contingency theory, institutional theory, and the resource dependency theory. The contingency theory was designed for understanding and belief that the police organizations were created and structured to achieve certain goals such as crime control and prevention. The contingency theory leads us to believe that organizations must adapt and make adjustments based on our surrounding environment. We must stay up to date with new technology and adjust to survive. The institutional theory leads us to think that police organizations are social institutions. It leads us to think that there isn’t any real structure involved within these organizations. This theory suggests that the organizations develops ideas off of the surrounding environment. Last is the resource dependency theory. The resource dependency theory suggests that these organizations must obtain and use different resources in order to survive. They must use the resources available in order to continue adapting and adjusting to society. If for some reason the resources become unavailable then the organization does not survive. In my opinion the theory that best serves police organizations would be the resource dependency theory. We have so many different resources available and if they do become unavailable...
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...Diversity in the Police Departments CJS/210 12/03/2014 “According to Wilson (1978), all police departments were faced with two fundamental but different types of problems: problems of law enforcement and problems of order maintenance. Law enforcement problems typically involved illegal conduct that could lead to an arrest, whereas order maintenance problems involved less serious behavior that in many cases could be dealt with informally by the police. Based on a study of eight police departments, Wilson concluded that police organizations could be divided into one of three basic categories depending on how they approached these problems: the watchman style, the legalistic style, and the service style.” (Grant & Terry, 2008, Chapter 9) The watchman style places great emphasis on order maintenance and individual officer discretion instead of the letter of the law. The watchman police officer may be more willing to issue warnings, help informants stay out of trouble, or to help work out disputes between citizens instead of making an arrest. The watchman uses discretion in determining when to issue a ticket or make an arrest. The watchman may use bullying or harassment to help maintain the peace. The legalistic style of policing tends to replace the watchman style as the police become more professional technologically advanced, and more proactive. The legalistic style emphasizes the importance of law enforcement and maintaining clear and impartial legal standards for the...
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...Police Organization Paper Sabrina Fazendin CJS210 July 27, 2014 Ronald Rucker Police Organization Paper Within this paper I am going to break down the various types of police agencies that one will find within the different levels of policing. The different levels would be local, state and federal. I will also explain how they are organized and how their roles relate to the law. In the United States we have one of the most complex law enforcement systems because of the various levels of their policing agencies. In the United States each ton, county, state, city, and small village has its own policing agency. Even though there are various levels of policing agencies the way they organize them are all very similar. This is because law enforcement agencies have the same objective. The organization of the police agencies are hierarchical. These organizations are designs with rank structure, separate departments and units. These components work together to form a fully functioning law enforcement agency. Some examples of local agencies are city, county, town, and incorporated village police. These agencies work together in order to ensure safety at a local level. There are many different functions and roles of the local police agencies. Local police are responsible for performing many routine activities. The duties include patrolling the neighborhood community, enforcing the law, providing emergency services, conducting investigations, and upholding community relations. Local...
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...Criticle Issues Paper CJS210 March 25 2012 Edmund Campbell Criticle Issues Paper New advancements in technology, weapons, and threats face the law enforcement world of today. Every day brings something new to the world of policing. We have new technology that has practically given us the criminals on a platter and confused the officers training to use it. There are new weapons that have come out that give police different options depending on the situation. Along with these technological advancements you have the more dangerous criminals that are using today’s technology to attack society. You have more and more people that don’t care if they take a life or not putting law enforcement officers in danger. We will learn about some of these new advancements and the advantages along with the disadvantages of using them. We will also discuss the advantages and disadvantages the police have to face with new criminals every day. There is new technology coming out everyday that is being used in the law enforcement agencies. Community policing involves a variety of philosophical approaches and evolves everyday. Law Enforcement Technologies Inc. (LET) is an emerging technological company founded in 1999. They have focused on the rapid transition into product manufacturing a market entry. Due to events, such as Sept. 11, 2001, the law enforcement agency prompted a shift in original product technology. Some of the products available are Forensic Aid Kits,...
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...Critical issues Mary E Rios CJS210 July 1, 2012 Amanda Dean Critical issues Criminals today are using technology to their advantage when committing crimes; therefore law enforcement must also use technology when taking down the criminal. Technology can be used to prevent crimes as well as to solve crimes after they have happened. Law enforcement today is focusing more on the less then lethal weapons whenever possible. Police officers are faced with many dangers in their daily jobs. Police officers are constantly faced with the unknown and the unpredictable. A routine call could turn out to be deadly or contamination of infectious disease. The Internet has changed how police officers can complete their daily jobs; the Internet has opened doors to so many technological advancements and if all departments are updating their processes and up with technology their jobs could be much more adequate and less room for error or delays. Major technological advancements include database technology, computer aid dispatch, record keeping, and mobile computing. What was once known as the card file index is now known as databases or COMPSTAT, these databases hold criminal information, management information, reports that can be used for statistics or analytical information, trends in crimes, and also can be used for staffing based on geographic crime history. All of this information is at the fingertips of an officers or management personnel to quickly make a decision when...
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