What are the various functions of a police agency? Compare and contrast these functions at the Federal, State, and Local levels. What would happen if the various functions and roles of policing agencies were limited among communities?
Policing Operations Today, we have many functions to police agency. The common functions are preventing and controlling conduct and behavior that may be a threat to someone’s life or property, meanwhile, also helping those that may be in danger of physical harm and creating and maintaining the security in communities. Police agencies can also be responsible for helping those that cannot or will not care for themselves, for example: Those under the influence, the mentally ill, and those that may be physically disabled. We do entrust the police agencies to resolve conflicts and to identify any problems that have the potential to escalate to a higher level. Now, depending on the levels police agencies are different, regardless if it is state, local or federal. The Federal agencies are in charge of an entire country, such as organized crime, and terrorism, and the Federal agencies are also known as “The FBI”. Now with the State agencies they work within certain states only, they are in charge of maintaining public safety, public relations, as well as the criminal investigations the state, agencies are also known as “State Troopers”. The “Law Enforcement in the United States” (2010) website states the local agencies do provide routine patrol with the community, record keeping, emergency services, and detention for juveniles and for adults, also community relations. The Federal, State, and Local agencies they do share the same roles and responsibilities as well as functions. However, the difference between the agencies is that they have certain jurisdictions’ which affects the staffing, support, funding, and also operations.