...Tabatha K. Davis Undercover Stress AIU-CRJS Date: April 10th, 2012 Instructor: David Makin Undercover Stress When working in law enforcement and undercover policing there may be a wide variety of issues that come up and have to be dealt with. To gather information about ongoing and future criminal activity as well as disrupt these activities and arrest those involved, law enforcement agencies often use undercover employees. Over the years UCEs have worked to combat organized prostitution rings, the manufacture and distribution of drugs, street gangs, outlaw motorcycle gangs (OMGs) and extremist groups on both the political left and right including the Ku Klux Klan, neo-Nazis, skinheads, and militant separatist groups. Undercover assignments include short-term drug "buy and bust" stings that last for no more than a few hours to deep cover, long-term investigations that keep UCEs in the field for months or years. (Fitzgerald, P. n.d.) There are massive amounts of stress to overcome during undercover work. As the UCE forms relationships with those he or she is investigating, feelings of ambivalence and guilt may ensue. UCEs may find themselves witnessing offenses committed by members of criminal organizations, a scenario that can trigger a serious moral dilemma. Should they attempt to intervene and stop the crime, or remain passive and protect their undercover identity? Another sensitive moral issue is that of UCEs having sexual relations (to gain information) with...
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...the use of police a uniform. Undercover police work entails the practice of remaining in disguise during investigations of criminal activity. A police officer may assume a different identity acting as an undercover agent, as a method for gaining valuable information or evidence. Undercover work is by far the most dangerous and controversial areas of law enforcement. Nonetheless, undercover work is also one of the best investigative techniques implemented by police departments. The first plainclothes police unit was organized in France during the early 1800’s. Eugène François Vidocq has been recognized as the originator of the “Brigade de la Sûreté”, or “security brigade”. In his self-titled memoir, Vidocq explains the goals of his early undercover police network: “to procure information, to undertake searches, and to obtain particulars of every description; to make nightly rounds…to assist the commissaries of police in their searches, or in the execution of search-warrants; to explore the various rendezvous in every part; to go to the theatres, the boulevards, the barriers, and all other public places, the haunts of thieves and pickpockets.”[1] Great Britain later developed their own national security forces called the “Special Irish Branch”, an undercover unit of London’s Metropolitan Police in 1883.[2] By 1905, Italian Americans in United States introduced their own program called the “Italian Squad”, an elite body of undercover police officers who pledged...
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...On July 19, an undercover police officer took the stand in a New York courtroom to testify against an alleged drug dealer named Fabian Joseph. Consistent with longstanding practice in New York City, the officer refused to identify himself by anything but his badge number. Inconsistent with longstanding practice in New York City, trial judge Dorothy Cropper barred the officer's testimony. Judge Cropper ruled that because the undercover officer had failed to show he was in particular danger of retaliation from the defendant for his testimony, he had to give his name. When he refused, she showed him the door. The basis for Judge Cropper's ruling was the Sixth Amendment, which guarantees the defendant the right to a "public trial" at which he will be "confronted with the witnesses against him." A "public trial" means one conducted in a courtroom that anyone can enter. And confrontation means, among other things, that the defendant has a right to cross-examine the government's witnesses - which is difficult to do if you don't know their names. These rights are not absolute, but Judge Cropper ruled that the government hadn't justified either closing the courtroom or limiting cross. The response to Judge Cropper's ruling was outrage. New York Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly excoriated the judge, and encouraged his officers to continue to refuse to give their names. The Manhattan D.A.'s office has decided to appeal Judge Cropper's ruling. Meanwhile, the usual suspects, lead by the...
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...I. Has anyone in here ever broken a law? Don't answer that, we have a future cop in here and you'll incriminate yourself. So let's say that, hypothetically, you have a friend that might have broken a few laws. As the moral, upstanding citizen you are, you would never follow suit, right? My group and I are here today to show that you might not be as innocent as you thought – all over the world, including here in Florida, outrageous, archaic, and poorly worded laws still exist, though they may no longer be strictly enforced. Comedic Laws II. Crime Comics – Canada A. C-13, or the “Protecting Canadians from Online Crime Act,” against cyber-bullying sneaks in updated wording of Section 163 of Criminal Code 1. Simply modernizing the language of making it illegal to print, sell, or distribute crime comics 2. Canadian Business, Peter Nowak, Dec 6 2013 B. Firefighter Talk – New Orleans, Louisiana 1. Section 74-2 in the Code of Ordinances restricts cursing and reviling firefighters while actively performing their duties 2. Originally the same for police officers with 49-7 until Lewis v. the City of New Orleans in 1974, originally classified as “fighting words” C. Section 54 of Metropolitan Police Act of 1839 1. Prohibition of nuisances by persons in the thoroughfares. ...
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...Edward D Fox Jr. American Intercontinental University on Line CRJS205-1302A-01 Introduction to Criminal Law Unit 3 IP 12 May 2013 Memo: To all Concerned Ref: Mistake on Mr. Assin “Hit man for hire” What we should start off by saying is that the undercover officer should by now know that Mr. Assin was not the intended hit man for hire. If the undercover officers department does not come forward and assist us with this matter the following is what we are prepared to take action against. Introduction First off to have murder for hire we need to have the elements of murder and see if they had enough ground to convict on attempt to commit murder. In order to convict Mr. Assin of at least attempted murder, one must first have to prove that he was going to be the hit man first of all, and secondly they will have to prove that he was going to go out and kill sally’s husband. Definition of Conspiracy I have defined a person guilty of conspiracy as with the intent to engage or solicit in a crime be performed. Also (he/she) agrees with one or more persons to engage in or cause the performance of such acts and if any one of them commits an overt act during such conspiracy. The Elements of Murder There are at least three elements of murder we are going to look for and see if Mr. Assin is guilty of attempt to commit murder .The first element would be is there an agreement between two or more persons? This is not necessary for the state to prove if there...
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...CJA 354 Week 2 DQ 1 NEW To Buy This material Click below link http://www.uoptutors.com/CJA-354-NEW/CJA-354-Week-2-DQ-1-NEW Here are two typical undercover police operations: 1. Undercover officer approaches Able and asks where he can buy some crack cocaine. Able steers the undercover (u/c, in the biz) to Baker and says, “My man here can help you.” The u/c then asks Baker for “two.” Baker reaches to a window sill and removes two vials containing crack, hands them to the u/c who gives Baker $10. The u/c leaves the scene, radios a description of Able and Baker and watches, from a safe distance, as his back-up team swoops down and makes the arrest, recovering the rest of the “stash” by the window sill and the $10 bill in Baker’s pocket. 2. A police officer in plainclothes, lies on the floor on a subway platform, appearing drunk and asleep. He has several $20 bills sticking out of his pocket just ripe for the picking. And pick someone does. Charlie, a man with no criminal record, comes along, sees the sleeping “drunk”, bends down and takes one of the bills from the officer’s pocket. He walks away but is quickly apprehended and charged with grand larceny: taking property from the person of another (in New York, a low-level felony). Is either of these scenarios entrapment? Why or why not? What differentiates each of these examples, if anything? Compare and contrast these operations. For more Assignments visit...
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...Lakeisha James Professor Martinez POL6900, Tuesday,9:00 pm 07-15-2014 Annotated Bibliograhpy: Becoming An Undercover Police Officer Farmers,Suzanne J. Becoming an undercover police officer: a note on fairness perceptions, behavior, and attitudes. Journal of Organizational Behavior. June 2003. Web. Wrtter Farmers Suzanne J talks about how Police organizations tend to be closed to outsiders, but undercover police work is an especially unique and secretive occupation. Typically, undercover officers are chosen from among the ranks of people already in a given police force. Their choice is therefore a process involving 'internal' movement of organization members as opposed to the more commonly studied external applicant pools. The study focuses on attitudes and behaviors of police undergoing the process of moving into their department's undercover program. Dodge, Mary. Puttin' on the sting: women police officers' perspectives on reverse prostitution assignments. International Journal of Police Science & Management: summer 2005. Web. In this article Dodge, Mary is explaining that The role of women in policing in the United States has changed dramatically since Alice Stebbins Wells became the first female to join the Los Angeles Police Department in 1910. Reverse prostitution sting operations have created a distinctive role for female officers. Some commentators speculate that a male police officer who puts himself in the position of a ‘john’ or a female officer...
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...It takes time being an undercover cop, it’s not an easy job especially if the cops are trying to catch the right person. If undercover cops were to go into Bogan trying to fit in as a regular student they would have to make friends, build trust, Look sullen, crack jokes, and get bad grades. While fitting in and making connections is important for undercover officers, it’s more important that their fellow students don’t realize they’re narcs. Officers adopt different strategies depending on their real-life personalities, but one obvious way to head off suspicion is to act as un-coplike the best way they could. Undercover cops would have to act like an normal troubled teenager that has to involve breaking school rules, ditching class, come to school late, hang out with the wrong crowd etc. In their first few days, they might act quiet or nervous but they would have to become comfortable around the teens, that’s how a normal teen would act on their first day to a new school. Appearance is also crucial. Shaggy hair, skateboard shoes, and chain wallets are popular accessories, I prefer that the cops choose a persona that’s not too far removed from their real one, to minimize the amount of acting necessary, A name that sounds like their own is also a good touch, talking different, acting different. But going undercover as a student has it pros and cons. Anything can happen during the time frame of how long a cop is...
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...Under Cover For the last three years she had lived another life, had buried her real self taking on the mantle of a hardened Madam, a trafficker of girls, the worst kind of criminal and, for the umpteenth time, she had fought nausea as she negotiated with the Eastern European. Her control back at the command centre had shown concern the last time they’d met. He could see the physical and mental toll this assignment was having on her, but they were committed now; there was no going back. The team had spent too long infiltrating the organisation and she was their only hope. During the time she had been under cover she had alerted them to more shipments of girls than he cared to recall, and the risk had grown with her every betrayal. She knew it was only a matter of time before they rumbled her and her life wouldn’t be worth a fig if the team were unable to protect her and extradite her at exactly the right moment. The latest shipment had arrived at Heathrow only hours before and were already on their way to a secret location in London where there would be an auction of the girls, some as young as eight, and where the special unit of police would be waiting to raid them. Her message had been received and the team was ready for any trouble which might ensue. Marco eyed her from the bed as she gathered her clothes and prepared to shower and dress. He didn’t trust her any more, she seemed nervous and remote these days and his gut didn’t feel right; she didn’t feel right. ...
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...Sunday in a very spiritual way. He is portrayed in a very interesting way. Chesterton suggests ideas of that of which Sunday represents. In the book The Man Who Was Thursday, takes place in London, in the early 1900's. It stars the main character Syme. Syme is a poet who was recruited to a secret police force. The police force that he is recruited into is looking to stop an anarchy group. He gets into the organization and becomes a top member of the group. He is sworn to not tell the police about the group by a fellow poet named Gregory. The top member Sunday has organized this anarchy group and has named the top members of the group after the days of the week. Thursday or Syme, learns that the other days of the week members are also undercover police officers. By the time he figures this out, the whole town has turned on them as anarchists. Even through everything Thursday never breaks his word and tells the police of the group. In the end he is rewarded for keeping his word and staying true., but who is Sunday? Sunday, portrayed by Chesterton in once sentence can be described as a larger than life man. Not only large in the physical sense but in a spiritual sense. In the book Chesterton writes, " the back of a great mountain of a man. When Syme had seen him, his first thought was that the weight of him must break down the balcony of stone. His vastness did not lie only in the fact that he was abnormally tall and quite incredibly fat. This man was planned enormously in his...
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...Definition of Organizational Behaviour: Actions and attitudes of individuals and groups toward one another and toward the organization as a whole, and its effect on the organization’s functioning and performance. The Movie “Under Cover Boss” Baja fresh episode: CBS TV series “Undercover Boss” squarely takes on the workforce reframe, “Executives don’t know what really goes on around here”, and follows executives as they assume front line jobs in their own companies to experience the good, bad and ugly of the day-to-day activities within their companies. This serves as a valuable, first-hand reminder for the executives of how difficult certain jobs are, how hard their people work, and how silly or unfair some of their company's rules can be. In the episode 20 of season 2, David Kim, previously an ordinary restaurant worker and now CEO of Baja Fresh, enters into few outlets of Baja Fresh as a reality show contestant to get the real feel of the field work. This exciting and sometimes really emotional experience reveals the hard work and innovative ways employees are commissioning to keep the sales volume steady despite recession. He learns that many noble and honourable people have been working in his chain and marvels at how physically demanding and mentally exhausting some of the work is. He comes to know how hard and fast the employees have to work to keep customers satisfied and how delays can affect the business and outlet’s reputation. He comes across a very energetic...
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...SYNOPSIS OF DEAR UNDERCOVER ECONOMIST INTRODUCTION The book offers witty, charming and at times caustic answers to our most pressing concerns all through the lens of economics. Does money buy happiness? Is the one really out there? Can cities be greener than farms? Can you really dress for success? When’s the best time to settle down? The book provides brilliant, hilarious, unexpected and wise answers to these and other questions. It lends an outrageous, compassionate and indispensable perspective on anything that may ail a book well worth the investment. The author delivers an informative book, accomplished through the fluid use of economic principle to dissect everyday problems, as seen from Tim Harford’s “Dear Economist” column in the Financial Times newspaper of London. He uses fictional type questions that effortlessly lend themselves to his dry English humor, and both the questions and the answers he provides are quite interesting. Harford commonly employs sophisticated economic principles alongside everyday rules, and makes us entertained by his instructive empirical evidence. SUMMARY In this book, one of the letters is from a man who can’t decide whether to propose to his girlfriend on the upcoming Valentine’s Day, or wait until next year. The Undercover Economist discusses and applies the principle of value creation to the situation. He advises that value creating moves should be applied sooner rather than later, because of the limitation of time. However,...
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...There are many various functions of police agencies. Patron, traffic, juvenile services, intelligence and undercover, and special operations are just some of the various functions of police agencies. There are many differences between the functions of the police agencies and the federal, state, and the local levels. There are reasons of why you need to have various functions and roles of policing in any community. There are a few various functions of police agencies such as patrol, traffic, juvenile services, intelligence and undercover, and special functions. There are many functions of the patrol and consists of protecting the lives of people and their property, repression of criminal and delinquent behavior, identification, apprehension and conviction of offenders, traffic flow, collision reduction, maintenance of order and public safety. Patrol functions are a major part of policing agencies. Traffic functions consist of identifying potential traffic problems and hazards, arresting offenders, investigation property damage and personal injury automobile accidents, regulating parking on the streets and municipal buildings (Grant & Terry, 2008). Traffic functions keep the roads safer and make things flow better for traffic. Juvenile services are there to help juvenile offenders go to counseling and counseling for the juvenile’s families. There are also programs that can help juveniles learn about drugs, alcohol, abuse and gangs. There is a program called (D...
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... patrol, juvenile services, undercover investigations, and special operations are just a few of the many functions of a police agency. There are three levels of police agencies they are local, state, and federal. Each level has some similarities as well as their differences. All functions and roles of policing in any and all communities are valuable and all serve a purpose. Police agencies have several roles and functions such as traffic, patrol, juvenile services, undercover investigations, and special operations are just a few. Police officers tasked with traffic functions are responsible for ensuring the safe movement of traffic, identifying potential traffic problems, arresting offenders, automobile accidents and injuries, safe movement of pedestrians, investigating damaged property, and regulating parking on and off the streets. Traffic functions help keep the roads safer for the public and assist with the flow of traffic. Patrolling functions and patrol officers are the most visible in the police department and are always providing police services within the community. Patrolling officers are always in the eyes of the public and working day in and day out. Patrolling can be done by vehicle, foot, bicycle, and/or horseback riding. Patrol officers are usually the first ones on a scene when a crime is taking place of has taken place. They can also write tickets, direct traffic, respond to calls for help, and assist with investigations. They can also speak and be...
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...Neal Morris 62349 BCJ 240 Procedures in the Justice System Unit #3 Question #3: Drawing on the “Law in Society” section of your text, discuss the nature of undercover police work, its benefits and its problems. Undercover police work is used by many law enforcement agencies all over the world. Unlike the movies that we see on TV where the police are working undercover to catch the bad guy, there are many side effects and hazards that go along with the job. However some will agree that it is a necessary evil in order for law enforcement to solve many crimes. There are three major functions that involve undercover police work. Intelligence is used to covertly investigate crimes past, future, and present. An example of this would be that an officer acts as if he/she is a friend to gather information about a crime. Second is prevention which is where a person is planted in a group to discourage violent acts from being committed. Last is facilitation or encouragement which is where officers act as either a victim or co-conspirator. This function is where entrapment is most likely to occur. Kenneth Neal Morris 62349 BCJ 240 Procedures in the Justice System Unit #3 Undercover work has to be evolving with society in order for it to be effective tool for law enforcement. After the 1970’s undercover work was in high demand, mostly focusing on white-collar crimes, organized crime and political corruption. Spending had risen in upwards of one hundred million...
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