...Drama Script Term 3, 2011 Draft A man is seen sitting at a table with his left hand in handcuffs, strapped to the leg of the table. He is wearing a plain white shirt, with dirt stains and splatters of blood spread across it and his hair is shaggy. There is a single light beaming down on the table and nowhere else, darkness surrounding him. The man looks slowly around the room, looking confused. The man then looks straight ahead where another man (Tom) enters, with a plain folder tucked under his right arm and a coffee mug in the other hand. The second man, a police detective, is wearing black pants, a white work shirt with the back hanging out and a tie, slightly pulled down. The detective sits down and sips the coffee mug, then wipes his mouth and places the mug down beside the folder with the name: Kevin POLLAK written on the cover. The detective opens the folder and begins flipping pages very slowly, and frequently looks back at some of the pages he has browsed. The man continues to look down at the folder for 15 more seconds while Kevin looks around the room nervously. DETECTIVE If you are looking for that bloody mirror, then look no further then to your left. Kevin turns to his left and stares blankly at it for several seconds. Kevin then looks down at his handcuffed wrist for several more seconds. The detective closes Kevin’s folder and sips the coffee mug again. Kevin looks up at the detective and the detective does the same. DETECTIVE You are my...
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...Crime Comparison Paper Christopher Shavers CJA 314 October 3, 2012 Michael Rutledge, Facilitator Crime Comparison Paper Introduction Hate crimes within the United States have become increasingly rampant. The federal government has established hate crime laws in each state except Wyoming. Each state has different definitions of what constitutes hate crimes. The most commonly known hate crimes consist of race, ethnicity, religion, and sexual orientation. Most of these crimes are committed by assailants who physically assault their victims. Many victims are also subject to have their property vandalized. (Nij, 2010). This paper will compare hate crime data from the FBI’s Uniform Crime Report on hate crimes that have been committed in Florida and Georgia during 2010. According to the FBI Uniform crime report, Gainesville Florida had the largest number of reported incidents out of the all the state enforcement agencies during the year 2010. There were a total of 136 incidents reported in the state of Florida. In Georgia seven law enforcement agencies submitted incidents totaling seventeen crimes. Gainesville Florida had a total of eleven incidents of hate crimes. The crimes were motivated by race, religion, and sexual orientation. Three of the incidents were motivated by race, four was motivated by religion, and two each was motivated by sexual orientation and ethnicity. The most occurrences of hate crimes occurred during the second quarter of the fiscal...
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...[pic] C I T Y O F A T L A N T A |Kasim Reed |226 Peachtree Street, SW |Atlanta Police Department | |Mayor |Atlanta, Georgia 30303 |George Turner | | |(404) 817-6900 |Chief of Police | May 19, 2009 John Blasingame 2759 Engle Rd. NW Atlanta Ga. 30318 Atlanta Police Department Case #: To whom this may concern, The Zone-1 Investigations Unit has received the crime you reported to our agency. I have reviewed the incident as reported, but at this time there is not enough evidence to locate a suspect. There are a number of variables for the investigation of Fraud cases. These include, but are not limited to, jurisdiction over the crime, the identity and location of any suspects, the availability of any real leads in the case, the amount of actual loss, the location of the person and company suffering the actual loss. Although many citizens report that they have been the victims of a financial crime, the merchants or companies that are used in the crime are the ones who usually suffer the actual loss. This means that if a suspect passes a forged check or uses a stolen credit card, the account holder...
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...Your Name MD ABDUL HALIM Section:ME02 Date08/30/2012 Job Title: POLICE OFFICER Nature of work: Police officer responsible for: * Police officers protect lives and property. * Apprehend crime suspects; intervene in Various situations involving crimes in progress, aided cases, complaints, emotionally disturbed persons, etc. * Obtain information regarding incidents by interviewing witnesses, Victims, and/or complainants; safeguard and voucher found, seized or recovered property. Qualifications Education and training: * Education requirements range from a high school diploma to a college degree or higher * Candidates must be U.S. citizens, usually at least 21 years old, and meet rigorous physical and personal qualifications * Most police officer must graduate from their agency’s training academy before getting on-the-job training. Work environment– Work environment: * Police officer work can be physically demanding, stressful, and dangerous * Police officers have one of the highest rates of on-the-job injuries and fatalities Compensation (salary) Earnings: * The median annual wage of police and detectives was $55,010 in May 2010. RELATED OCCUPATION: Job Title: Correctional Officer Nature of work: * Correctional officers are responsible for overseeing individuals who have been arrested and are awaiting trial or who have been sentenced to serve time in a jail, reformatory, or prison. * Inspect conditions within...
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...like the predictable. The society needs different personality types in order to function properly. Not everybody has the potential to be a Type-T person. However, Type-T people are needed in our society. There need to be people who are willing to take the risks and challenges in order for the economy to grow, new technologies to be invented, and new measures for government to enact in order to make changes. For example, one needs to be very brave to be a police officer. If nobody in a society is willing to take the risk of being in danger or getting killed, then there would not be any police officers to enforce the laws, catch criminals, or protect the citizens. A society without any police is hard to imagine. First of all, crime rates may increase due to no police are enforcing the law, or identifying what is right and wrong. Second, people would be speeding, driving on the wrong side of the road, and parking wherever they want due to the fact that there is no authority to tell them if that was a violation. Therefore, police officers are needed in order for the society to run properly and smoothly. Without the Type-T people who are...
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...has three core component agencies, which are police, courts, and correction. The police agency enforces the law and investigates crime. A major part of their job is to help prevent and reduce crime as much as possible. If a crime gets committed, the police will apprehend the offender. Also a part of their job is to maintain public order and ensure safety throughout the community and their jurisdiction. “The courts agency’s role is to make sure the law is followed and oversee what happens in court. They decide whether to release offenders before the trial. Judges accept or reject plea agreements, oversee trials, and sentence convicted offenders.” (“The National Center for Victims of Crime” 2008) “Corrections refer to the system of probation, parole, jails, and prisons.” (Hagan, 2008) When an offender goes through their trial and gets sentenced, they get sent to corrections, which they can carry out their sentence. The criminal justice process is the set of events that happen when a crime gets committed. The criminal justice process is broken down in five steps. The first step is investigation and arrest. After a crime has been detected the police and investigators run an investigation to collect evidence from the crime scene. After enough evidence gets gathered to determine who is the suspect in the case than they are read their rights and the police get a warrant for their arrest. After the warrant gets issued than the police proceed with the arrest of the suspect. ...
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...Future of Policing CJS/210 June 10th, 2013 There are many trends that are currently affecting policing in today’s society. Police officers have to deal with different issues that come their way like human trafficking, drug trafficking, and many of gangs. The many trends that police are dealing with are getting worst by the minute. Trends that are currently affecting policing are human trafficking, gangs, illegal migrations and drug trafficking. Sex trafficking, labor trafficking, and unknown labor all fall under human trafficking. Federally funded human trafficking task forces opened a total of 2,515 suspected incidents of human trafficking for investigation between January 1, 2008, and June 30, 2010 (BJS, 2013). Out of the 2,515 of human trafficking sex trafficking had the most incident totaling at 2,065. Sex trafficking has become a trend that the police cannot stop. There are so many people out there kidnapping runaway victim to make money. They are having young runaway victim sell their body for their personal gain. In the street police officer like to call them pimps or madams. Pimp is a man who solicits for a prostitute or brothel and lives off the earnings. Madam is a woman who runs a brothel. Labor trafficking is a form of modern-day slavery in which individuals perform labor or services through the use of force, fraud, or coercion. Labor trafficking includes situations of debt bondage, forced labor, and involuntary child labor. 350 were labor trafficking cases...
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...In the state of Massachusetts, becoming a police officer is a competitive hiring process. In 2009 there were 2,247 state police officers alone, which is significantly higher than other states. Mass Labor and Workforce development predicts that there will be 810 fewer police jobs in 2020 than there was in 2010. This will make becoming a police officer in Massachusetts a lot harder as the years pass ("How to Become a Police Officer in Massachusetts", 2013). The Massachusetts Municipal Police Training Committee (MPTC), an agency of the Executive Office of Public Safety and Security, is responsible for setting the state’s minimum police training standards. These standards require at least a high school diploma or GED; however local agencies can set higher standards that do require a college degree from an accredited University or military experience. Even though there are different hiring processes across the state, most police agencies around the state have established similar hiring and qualification standards. Becoming a police officer in Boston is almost the same as becoming a police officer in Springfield ("How to Become a Police Officer in Massachusetts", 2013). Recruitment for the Boston Police requires that the department actively participate in recruitment for any qualified persons to fill sworn positions. There has to be an official job announcement that includes a description of the duties and responsibilities of the position; required skills; minimum education requirements;...
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...POLICE CORRUPTION AND MISCONDUCT Police corruption became widespread shortly after the formation of the first American police departments in the 1800's. Police misconduct can range from minor cases to criminal acts that are considered to be corruption. Misconduct can be defined as mismanagement especially of governmental or military responsibilities or intentional wrongdoing; specifically: deliberate violation of law or standard especially by a government official; or improper behavior. Corruption is defined as impairment of integrity, virtue, or moral principle: depravity; decay, decomposition; inducement to wrong by improper or unlawful means (as bribery); a departure from the original or from what is pure and correct. Police corruption is a very gray area because people and society disagree on what is classified as corruption. One of the most famous police officers in the United States is Frank Serpico. Serpico had pride in wearing his police uniform, but it quickly dissipated when he realized his partner was picking up pad money (payments by store owners to ensure cops would be there in case of trouble, but also ignore minor violations of the store owners and their customers). Serpico did not want anything to do with that and didn't want the ...
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...can take to affect change for the future. The Chief In the police department the top position is the chief of police, and he or she must be ready to face scrutiny that comes their way. The chief will face new and old challenges and any problem that arise within the department. The responsibilities he or she has when in this position are ensuring the public and the department on safety, manage the department of police and public citizens who works for the department. Communication skills of a chief must be excellent so he or she can get their vision across to the public and the department, they cannot be bias, and must be ready to lead their department. The chief must be able to handle conflicts calmly and as accurate as possible, thus could lead him or her to be accepted by the department and the community. Crisis Leaders within the law enforcement deal with many challenges of “Noble cause corruption” which stands for “corruption committed in the name of good ends, corruption that happens when police officers care too much about their work. It is corruption committed in order to get the bad guys off the streets…the corruption of police power, when officers do bad things because they believe that the outcomes will be good” (Police Chief Magazine, 2006). A good example of noble cause corruption an undercover officer and others will sell drugs to catch not only the dealer, but all within the illegal operation. Police will do things such as...
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...Personal Criminological Theory Jacoby Whitacre AJS/542 - Criminological Theory September 2, 2013 Shaunita Grase Personal Criminological Theory Throughout the years Criminologists has conducted a great amount of research and through that research Criminologist has developed different theories in order to better understand and explain criminal behavior. Theories try to help make sense out of many observations that are conducted presenting the facts of the principal that connects and explains the theories. If good theory has been developed; then it becomes very valuable to Criminologist, because it shows the knowledge that is beyond the facts that has been presented; which will show Criminologist how to predict how others might behave. Occurrence of Crime and Why People Commit Crime There exist many theories that have been used to explain crime. First is the classical theory of Cesare Beccaria, which claims that crime happens when the benefits outweigh the costs or when individuals chase after self-interests in the absence of effective punishments. Thus crime is seen as a free-willed choice. “There are three main legs in which Beccaria’s theory rests. Those are that all individuals possess freewill, rational manner and manipulability. Beccaria, like all classical theorist, believe that all individuals have freewill and make choices on that freewill. The second leg, rational manner, means that all individuals rationally look out for their own personal satisfaction...
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...Criminal Justice and Over Crowding Criminal behavior occurs every minute of every day across the globe. Throughout time many offenders have been sentence and released for crimes committed. As the years pass, by not only has the type of criminal behavior changed but also the age of the offender. Overcrowding in the criminal justice system is at an all-time high with no end in sight. Laws are changed through trial and error. Change does seem to be evolving with the focus and understanding of the dangers when it comes to overcrowding. The Dangers of overcrowding: Prison Murders, Rapes, Suicides, (Offenders and Correctional Staff), are increasing within the prison setting. There appears to be fewer officers, nurses, and psychologist to meet the needs of the prisoner. Too few staff members not only promote violence, but also place the community in harm’s way. Prison escapes seem to be a special concern when it comes to the safety to victims and families involved. Mental Patients: In many cases mentally challenged offenders are misdiagnosed or simply housed with the regular population due to overcrowding and lack of staff. This lessens the likelihood of rehabilitation prevailing, without proper medical care and counseling. In these cases violence could present or incite riots, escapes and death. In California, there have been several mental patients who were found dead due to suicide incidents. In these cases it would seem to be easy for a prisoner, who has...
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...tradition. Nothing is defeated by the interesting, excitement that breaks the boundary of the discrimination in sports. There are many proofs supporting this hypothesis. Firstly, the women learning from martial arts can not only defend herself but also strengthen and enforce the health. Next. It creates the equity in sex between men and women. Nothing is impossible. For example, in the tremendous Olympic competition through many countries in ASEAN, winning the gold, silver metal in martial arts in specific make the pride in the competitors’ country, namely girls. Beside. It is crucial for women learned martial arts is able to defeat crime, rape, bringing the peacefull and safe to society, which men can be done. Nowadays, the vacancies in army, police are attractive for girls that never happen in the past, so this is too mysterious to understand. Last but not least, the ancestor believed that girls and women must take the responsibility to take care of children, do housework, cook in the kitchen. Yet, it is misleading. Time is passing, the wall of this boundary is nearly impaired, the distance among the discrimination in sex is also countinously minishing. For instance, the head, CEO in company belongs to women ordinarily. Significantly, the Prime Minister in England is even presently appointed in woman. All in all, the government should organize more clubs, more competions with allowance participation regard of age or sex that ensure simutaneously no discrimination is...
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...mission of the rally, and your duties and obligations to uphold the law. The proper course of action in this scenario is to assign a subordinate officer to identify the leader or the organizers of the event, and inform them of all of the permit requirements, local ordinances, and laws of the municipality which pertain to public gatherings. Ethical Dilemma 2: Chief’s Orders A decision was made to advise other police officers about the anonymous tip. The chief officer on duty advises you to take certain actions which you believe are improper and biased; you are faced with the dilemma of obeying what appears to be an unlawful order. This scenario requires you to balance between following the order of a superior officer, and performing your own duties in accordance with the oath you took upon being sworn as a police officer. The proper course of action is to do both; follow the orders to the extent that the rally is not allowed, and perform your duty as a public servant. Ethical Dilemma 3 : Accepting Favors You discover that an officer from a neighboring police agency you are assigned to work with accepts gratuities on a regular basis; the officer justifies his actions, citing an “agreement” with members of the public. You are faced with the dilemma of ignoring what appears to be an accepted practice versus what is ethically proper. This scenario requires you to take some sort of action; you are otherwise guilty of inactivity when action is required. Ethical Dilemma...
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... Denny, who he had never met. Though he has always dreamed of meeting him, nothing is the way he thought it would be given his father is only using Matt to impress his sister who often brags about her two well-raised sons. With little clues to follow, Matt's mother and sister, and the police, are doing everything they can to find him. Matt's sister, Bonnie, sees Matt at a Mariner's baseball game, but is caught by Denny. Now both captive, the siblings attempt to escape. On the ferry, Bonnie signals to Matt to throw his hardest pitch. The baseball hits Denny, which allows the two to escape. Denny is then taken away by the police. The protagonist in this book would be Matt himself because the character he really shows himself as throughout the book just really surprised me. One thing Matt does to really show that he is the protagonist is that he saves himself, and his sister. For example they were on a boat, and Bonnie Matt’s sister was trying to get Matt back but was then spotted by Denny. Matt happened to have a baseball form the game he had just went to and when Denny tried to grab Matt and Bonnie Matt launched the baseball right at Denny’s head and Denny was then taken away by the police. I really, really enjoyed this book because I usually only read suspenful books cause they keep me going. This book did a good job of that because it had so much suspense it was just fantastic. One thing I did not enjoy about the book is that the chapters were really short, so when...
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