...women want to be part of law enforcement, from financial and job security, to prestige and reward. The truth is that a woman that knowingly steps into a world where she is expected to fail will have to work harder as she seeks equality. History In the early 1820s Quaker women were paid to provide religious and secular training to women and juvenile inmates. The importance that women had in these positions was crucial. In cities of over twenty-thousand, such as New York and Massachusetts, legislature was passed requiring to hire paid police matrons. However, the police matrons had no police powers. In 1845 the first “matrons” were appointed by the New York Police Department, but it was not until 1878 that they became police department employees. (Vila & Morris, 1999) In the late 1800s some women were unofficially appointed to complete the positions of their late sheriff husbands, such as Ms. Latty , the wife of Sheriff James Latty, from Iowa. In 1918 Ms. Banister, from Coleman County, Texas, was officially known as the first woman Sheriff in the country. She performed diligently her duties as Sheriff and as a mother. When elections came up, she was invited to participate, but she declined and moved near her family. In 1926 the first woman sheriff was elected in Kansas. (Wells and Alt, 2005) The first police woman was hired in Portland, Oregon in 1905. In that same year the Indianapolis police department took a crucial step by assigning two female...
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...behavior by police C. Occupational deviance 1. Criminal and non-criminal behavior 2. Committed during the course of normal work activities or under guise of police officer authority 3. Includes improper behavior that is not illegal (EX: sleeping on the job) D. Abuse of authority--action by an officer that 1. Injures, insults human dignity 2. And/or violates inherent rights of citizens III. The costs of police corruption A. Criminal activity by a police officer undermines basic integrity of law enforcement B. Corruption usually protects other criminal activity (EX: bribes to protect illegal gambling or drug trafficking) C. Undermines the effectiveness of the criminal justice system 1. Officers routinely testify in court 2. Reputation for dishonesty damages their credibility in criminal cases D. Undermines the professionalism of a police department 1. Corruption encourages police lying to protect other officers 2. Lying can spread to other areas of policing (EX: lying to cover up excessive force) E. Costs taxpayers F. Undermines public confidence in the police IV. Types of corruption A. Gratuities 1. Most common form of police corruption a. free meals b. discounts on other purchases 2. Some departments prohibit gratuities, others do not 3. Mixed motives for business owners a. some cases represent a "thank you" to officers for their job b. other cases i. reflect self-interest ii. presence...
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...the numerous numbers of candidates who had applied for the open position (Dessler, 2004). Through the selection process, the interviewing team ensures that the best candidate of all is hired to fill the vacant position (Noe, 2006).In this paper, therefore, I have developed a comprehensive recruitment and hiring plan for New York police department. Essential Elements of the Job The open positions entail recruitment and hiring of most competent and qualified police officers. There is a need to restore the police image and reputation among the members of the public. The new recruits will serve to enhance security and at the same time not infringe on the public interest. The officers will also participate in public sensitization and awareness programs to create mutual understanding with the community. Mutual understanding and cooperation between the police and the community is critical for the promotion of security programs as this region is cosmopolitan. The newly recruited officers will also conduct thorough investigations on recent killing. They have to recommend what is to be done to the perpetrators of those injustices. The officers have to prepare comprehensive charge sheets that will be used against individuals who are culpable of crime and other offenses. Recruitment Campaign to be undertaken to find the Right Applicants Advertisements will be done both...
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...May 9, 2013 Gary M. Clifford II, M.A. Critical Issues in Policing Paper Many issues arise when policing in the community on a daily basis. Police officers have to face personal, social control, democratic principles, professional codes, public trust, and to adhere for the safety of the public. Police officers deal with different stressors on a daily basis not only their own personal life but the life they deal with in the society. They must prepare mentally, internally, externally, physical, and operational. They face the fact that they may not only have their own life in danger but as well as others at all times. Furthermore, they may not have the support at work from others and also the support from the community that may put them in danger. It is important that all officers have thorough training and safety practices. Officers also rely on the most modern technology so that they can proceed with their job effectively. All the training and all the safety that officers are provided with still does not guarantee their safety. Therefore, it is important to acknowledge and give gratitude to all of the thousands of officer throughout our nation that put their life on the line for our safety. The use of less-than lethal weapons has decreased injuries for officers and offenders. It is nothing new that officers have been using wooden clubs since the eighteen hundreds, now they use pepper spray and conducted energy devices such as Taser ("Police Use Of Force: The Impact Of Less-Lethal...
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...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 Police Department as a police officer. After World War II, the hiring of women as police officers doubled. In the 1960s women were allowed to expand their abilities...
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...2015. Some of these are World War II, the Detroit Riots, and Marriage & Child-Rearing. Throughout this essay I’m going to touch upon all three of these historical events with a lot of facts about them and also with Dorothy’s words of remembrance of the historical events. The Detroit Race Riots that were held in Detroit, Michigan in the summer of 1967 was one of the most violent riots since Dr. Martin Luther King in 1968. The Detroit Race Riots stood as the largest urban uprising of the 1960s. Dorothy briefly remembers that she was there in Detroit when the riots started. She then had packed up the kids and left the city before anything to serious happened. That she didn’t want her or her family to be involved in the riot at all. Starting on “Sunday evening, July 22, the Detroit Police Vice Squad officers raided an after hours “blind pig,” an unlicensed bar on the corner of 12th Street and Clairmount Avenue in the center of the city’s oldest and poorest black neighborhood”. (Wang, 2007) There was a party that was taking place inside this bar that happened to be for two black men who had just returned home from Vietnam. Although the police had prepared for a few people who would be inside they didn’t expect to see the 82 people that they arrested inside who were attending the party. As they were removing all of the 82 people who had been arrested a mob of about 200 people had formed outside angry because they heard rumors that the police used excessive force during the 12th...
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...Harried ENG 112 30 November 2015 Body Cameras Providing Accountability Thesis Statement: Yes, body cameras should be worn by police officers because they provide accurate accounts of what happens at crime scenes, help civilians trust police officers, and give Americans an idea of what it is like to be behind the gun to more appreciate officers. I. Introduction II. Body cameras provide accurate account III. Body cameras help civilians trust officers IV. Body cameras gives an idea of what it is like behind the gun V. Refutation VI. Conclusion Body Cameras Providing Accountability The shooting of Trayvon Martin has elevated a necessity around the country for police officers to be equipped with body cameras. Yes, it is necessary for police officers to wear these cameras for accountability for oneself and a potential victim. Body cameras can rule out possible suspicions of wrongful deaths or mistreatments, such as racism. Police officers should want to protect themselves and their jobs with this device that records what is actually happening and being said at the crime scene. Yes, body cameras should be worn by police officers because they provide accurate accounts of what happens at crime scenes, helps civilians trust police officers, and gives Americans an idea of what it is like to be behind the gun to more appreciate officers. Body cameras provide an accurate account of what happens at crime scenes. The use of body cameras is a great way to get first...
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...The “Blue Wall of Silence” and Police Culture Tiffany V. Dunston CMRJ308 Everyday there are law enforcement officers that see unusual things happen when arriving on a scene of a crime or even if they are already on the scene of a crime with other law enforcement officers. Police officers behavior while on duty will always be a problem and it will continue to be a problem from because officers sometimes think just because they wear a badge they think that they have all the power in the world. The also think that they are required to protect each other no matter what. Here we look at the “Blue Wall of Silence” and “Police Culture” to distinguish what they are and their effects. There are still some good cops in this world that will stand up for what they believe in and they really do uphold the law by protecting and serving the citizens of this country. Then you have the cops that see that other cops are doing wrong and they don’t say a word, this is call the “Blue Wall of Silence”. The Blue Wall of Silence is a phrase used in law enforcement which means when an officer is observing another officer committing acts that do not uphold the law such as using excessive force towards another officer or a suspect and things of that nature. I applaud cops that believes that everyone should be treated with respect and one’s that follows the rules of being a police officer in their community because there are only so many of those types of officers. Cops that commit heinous acts...
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...push employers to make a "good faith effort" to employ women and minorities and to track their progress. In 1969 the act “Executive Order” was passed by President Nixon which stated that the federal government could not use sex as a requirement for hiring which changed policing within the Federal Bureau of Investigations and municipal police departments. In 1972 the act “Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act” prohibited employment discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, or sex (Grant & Terry, 2008). Before these acts were enforced, it was nearly impossible for women and minorities to get a job in policing. To improve and enhance the police community relations in minority communities, it was important to increase minority police officers in the law enforcement. Minority police officers have increased in modern times due to immigration and having an officer that can speak other languages has proven to be quiet useful to police departments. The increase of policewomen officers was important to improve police community relations in the communities after the civil rights movement. During World War II the number of women in the police force also increased (Grant & Terry, 2008). This role of women and minorities has affected modern policing agencies by making them for diverse and equal. Policewomen and policemen are different in three key areas which are policewomen do not draw their weapons as often, they use less physical force, and they are better at handling...
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...Manager Interview Directions Contact a security manager and conduct the interview listed in Part I (space has been provided for extra questions, should you ask any). Once the interview has been completed, answer the questions in Part II. Part I: Interview Questionnaire 1. Can you briefly describe your current position, its duties, and responsibilities? Joseph woodards duties consist of many things he looks after many other security officers withing the company, he also makes sure the personell take care of the places they are overseeing such as banks. As a manager he is the one that hires or fires people, he trians the new security personell that have been hired. Checks up on the other personell within the company to make sure they are doing things the corect way. Joseph has a lot of duties that are required to fufill the needs of his department these are just a few he named off. 2. What is your hiring procedure like for personnel? In order to get good quality individuals that are fit for the job the must go through an extensive background check which includes drug testing. He ask the individuals certain questions that will show him what type of people they are basically like a quiz to see if they are fit for the job. The most common questions asked how would they handle the situation if it turned out to be a tough one and they needed to use force. He also stated he like to get to know the person during the interview which include asking personel questions...
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...Question 9 To determine whether a public employee receives First Amendment protection from speech (and therefore cannot be fired for it), the Supreme Court has stated that all of the following are important except: Answer The employer must have a justification for treating the employee differently than it would treat a member of the general public. The speech cannot be about political topics. The speech must be about something of great public concern. The speech cannot be made as part of the employment (such as an internal memorandum). 5 points Question 10 Select the best definition of whistleblower: Answer the sole goal of modern ethics training originated from the Latin "qui tam pro domino rege quam pro sic ipso in hoc parte sequitur" meaning "who as well for the king as for himself sues in this matter." a narrow exception under the general rule of at-will employment people who report unethical or illegal activities under the control of their employers 5 points Question 11 According to the article excerpted in the text entitled, The Functions of Privacy, by Alan Westin, privacy has several functions in today’s society. These include: Answer Total freedom in the private life with no consequences to the work life. The ability to express dissatisfaction without risk of exposure. The ability to be post critical information on the Internet without consequences at work. The ability to spend...
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...Police misconduct | Often we want to know what goes on behind law enforcement and how their misconduct is handled. In this paper you will read about cases that have affected lives of Americans all over the country. | 5/13/2012 5/13/2012 ENGL107-1202B-01 English Composition II: Week 3 – Assignment: Police Misconduct 05/13/2012 Amber Derr American Intercontinental University ENGL107-1202B-01 English Composition II: Week 3 – Assignment: Police Misconduct 05/13/2012 Amber Derr American Intercontinental University In the world wide spread of media, it’s not hard to find opposing opinions about the fine line of law enforcement doing their jobs verses police brutality. The difficulty lies in deciding how much needed force is too much before crossing that line. You can ask multiple people in a community and every answer will be different. In reality it’s a matter of being able to tell if it’s out of protection or if it’s abuse of power. Is it fair that law enforcement can use unnecessary force to protect and serve this country? Law enforcement is supposed to protect and serve justice to the community. However, in some cases they use and abuse power given to them to where it is considered misconduct on their part. Maria Inamagua was from Ecuador living in the United States. She had gotten arrested on immigration violation charges in St. Paul, MN. She complained of severe headaches and dizziness for the course of five weeks. The jail law enforcement failed to take her...
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...communication up and down the ranks of a police organization different from the corporate world? How is it the same? Why is law enforcement structure and organization so much different from the business world? Is this the best way to do this? In corporate American, leadership and management mean being an example to others and guiding the individuals you supervise to be better employees of your organization. A good leader would know how to use their team of people in an organization to make the organization better, to bring new ideas and way of doing things to the open, and creating new leaders for the future. This is often where the police subculture is so very different. Not only do the agencies promote within more than any corporate organization, but once an officer is in a leadership role they typically make independent decisions of the officers they supervise. This creates a lot of tension in police agencies and can sometimes make the officers ineffective in their jobs. In a doctorial paper by a police supervisor, John Serier II, through extensive interviews of several line officers and supervisors, he found that the primary trait mentioned by line officers of a good supervisor was that they felt that their supervisor cared about them and not just the organization itself. Serier noted that a healthy police department was ready and able to deal with the communities needs with the interruption of discontent within the department. Police organizations often see themselves as...
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...4/16/15 Detroit Research Paper During the twenty to twenty-five years after World War II the auto industry and other industries in Detroit had changed to supply the demands for an ever changing world. Henry Ford had mass production techniques. Thousands of jobs were created to build the Ford Model T’s. Part by part each vehicle was made, becoming Ford’s first most popular mass produced car. Not only the auto companies grew with demand, but the steel companies also produced supplies for engines, chassis, and other metal fixtures for each vehicle. Tool makers also benefited by making machinery and tools for the auto manufacturers. The interior components of the vehicles such as, the seats and the roof, were manufactured by upholstery makers. All these subsidiaries were created to meet the needs of the auto industry as it grew year after year. When World War II began the auto industry changed production to military vehicles. A highly maneuverable, overland vehicle called “jeep”, built by the Willy’s company was made in large numbers for military use. Chrysler changed their manufacturing to make tanks for the war. Ford, among other things, made bomber planes. After the war ended, demands for new cars gave the auto industry a boost in sales and in profit. In the early nineteen fifties, a national network of the interstate highway was built. The highway was built under the Eisenhower Administration. When the highway was completed, a driver can travel cross country on not one...
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...Policing and Police Issues CJA 303 Police misconduct of the past was centered on the police turning a blind eye toward other officers who committed crimes. When police officers join a police department, they become members of a “brotherhood.” This “brotherhood” plays an important role in the way officers see themselves and the world around them. Officers learn early in their career of the importance of loyalty to fellow officers. This misplaced loyalty is a major factor in police misconduct. Police culture allows misplaced loyalty to flourish, rationalizing it as part of the “brotherhood” (Barry, 1999). The majority of law enforcement holds the public trust as sacred. These men and women are honest, hardworking police officers who have a commitment to serving the public with integrity and have the highest standards of ethical behavior. There will always be a small number of officers who misuse or abuse the public’s trust (Beech, 1996). One of the most difficult ethical dilemmas that an officer can face is informing on another officer. Informing or testifying against one’s peers has always been perceived as a career killer for the officer testifying. There are problems however, when police officers protect each other. One of the greatest harms of cover-ups is the harm that is inflicted upon a police officer’s creditability (Pollock, 2004). Who would believe this officer in court testifying at a trial? The defense will go after the officer’s creditability and if there is any...
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