Police Agencies and Jurisdiction The development of police agencies was a necessary part of US history because of crime and the need to contain and eliminate as much of it as possible. Local, state, and federal agencies were created to protect and serve. Part of the process to assist in assigning authority is assigning jurisdiction; mapped out regions for the many precincts. Before the evolution of law enforcement in the 12th Century, an organized posse came to the rescue of victims. According
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operated (Dept. of Homeland Security). This sector oversees powering our homes, hospitals, and schools as well as fueling our cars, trains, and planes. The availability and uptime of energy is crucial to the stability and prosperity of our country. This is why the energy sector is considered a critical infrastructure.
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set forth by laws including procedural law which is defined by the United States Supreme Court. As of September 11, 2001, the framework for all the police agencies was altered completely by the development of the United States Department of Homeland Security. The jurisdiction at all levels of law enforcement was restricted as well as the application of services. The American Law Enforcement system, that is, uniformed police officers responding to calls and investigating possible crimes, was developed
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Orig. from Illinois; Wellesley College; Yale Law; Female | Pushed Bill Clinton’s health-care reform during his presidency | Department of the Treasury | Secretary Timothy F. Geithner | Pres. of Federal Reserve Bank of NY; prev. worked in Treasury Dept. in Clinton admin., US Embassy in Tokyo | - Family well connected and financially well-off; Dartmouth, Johns Hopkins – Int’l econ. and East Asian Studies | | Department of Defense | Secretary Leon Panetta | Former director of the CIA; Served as
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Network Security Practices and Policies 3.1 Intro A. Regulation 1.To be a good reg, must be measurable by a metric 2. Security and privacy regs issued and quick pace to keep up with technology 3. Used to prevent misuse, mishandling, and misappropriation of sensitive info B. Private vs Gov -When private sector fails, then government is called in to regulate C. 4 areas of regulation compliance 1. Financial
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Chapter 8 Outline I. Separation of Powers A. Definition- the system of holding governmental powers across separate branches while maintaining that they have powers to cancel or ‘check’ each other B. Powers 1. Legislative Power- (all powers of congress)“the power to regulate commerce with foreign states” , broad power to pass domestic laws, raise an army, navy, declare war, levy and collect taxes” etc. 2. Executive- presidential powers. More so over foreign affairs than created
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performs a valuable service to the public. For example, the Environmental Protection Agency develops and enforces environmental regulations, the Health & Human Services protect the health of all Americans and provide essential human services, and the Dept. of Agriculture makes sure that our food meets certain minimum standards. I don't think the federal government is too powerful. The citizens are just too uninvolved towards what the government is doing because we are too distracted either by TV shows
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Supreme Court on whether or not wiretaps went against the 4th Amendment. It was decided that the 4th Amendment did not restrict wiretaps since there was no search not seizure. Government agencies, such as FBI and National Security Administration have argued that national security requires eavesdropping on electronic communications. Due to the terrorists attacks on September 11, 2001, the question went from “Should we continue to protect personal privacy to should we authorize the Bush administration
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Review question Ch 1 1.Sheriff, Constable, Coroner and the Justice of the Peace. 2.The principle of civil control of the military remained intact, the true legacy of Colonial policing after the Revolutionary War. 3. 4.Law Enforcement in the Wild West wasn't very good. They law officers were essentially bounty hunters, they had a lot of trouble with stopping crime but they did what they could to find the man/woman responsible for a crime as long as they knew who he/she was. 5. He
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Economic Systems, Socialism, and Supply & Demand Patrick Domench Intro to Business and Technology Professor Armes DeVry University September 7, 2014 The best system to handle a disaster of epic proportions is Capitalism. We live in a Capitalist system now and we have been through many natural disasters that have rocked our communities and we have always pulled together and gotten through everyone so far. We have even been attacked in New York, one of the largest cities in the USA, and
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