Throughout history, police departments have utilized various technological advancements in an effort to improve their ability to fight crime and maintain public safety. These technological advancements have enhanced a variety of areas in policing, including communication and transportation. Helicopters have assisted police activities by providing law enforcement presence in the air. Helicopters have served an important role in modifying and improving police operations, but questions remain about
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Bruce E. Kubu With contributions by Eugene Glover, John Anderson, Paul Snabel, Chuck Wexler, Rachael Bambery, Nathan Ballard, Anthony Bellero, David Prothero, Willie Marsh, Mike Schroeder, Mike Taylor, Greg Maultsby, Donnie Gilley and Dave Kier Police Executive Research Forum 1120 Connecticut Ave., N.W., Suite 930 Washington, D.C. 20036 Jan 16, 2009 Report Outline Section Executive Summary Chapter 1: Overview / Introduction Chapter 2: Technology and Law Enforcement: An Overview of Applications
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cheerfulness, and discipline” (The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, William Morris Editor, 9th Printing). Factors that affect officer morale come from inside the department as well as from outside forces. Community relations can either help or hinder officer morale. Two types of stress that law enforcement face are organizational and operational. Organizational stress comes from within one’s own organization or place of employment. Some
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Women Lawfully Protecting Women: Brazil’s Women Police force It’s hard for citizens in the United States to consider the idea that honor can be used as a defense for murdering ones spouse when the commit adultery. Or that “violent emotions” could be used to justify a man to kill his wife and her lover when caught. This is not hard for citizens in many other countries to understand, nor is it something that doesn’t cross the men’s minds in countries when their spouses are not faithful. In particular
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approach to studying criminal behavior. Like any other –ology there is ethical issues and concerns. Psychology has ethical concerns on some studies due to the factor of research subjects being lied to about what they are participating in or the harming of animals for research. With psychology certain ethical standard committees have been created to help deter the unethical behavior. In criminology the ethical issues are: what they should study, whom they should study, and how they should study
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Mr. Joseph Ceccarelli Chief of Police Huntington Police Department 675 10th street Huntington, WV 25701 Dear Mr. Ciccarelli: This letter is to address certain issues in the Huntington area that are becoming more significant in terms of crime. It is most likely no surprise to you that the number of outside drug dealers in this area has dramatically increased, which in return has resulted in the dramatic increase of crime rates of this area. The issues of murder, driving under the influence
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Police Operations David Thompson CJA/214 January 12, 2012 Jon Holman Police Operations The plight of the police officer’s of today are ever changing, as the criminal element, adapts to the changes around them to circumvent the system, officers must make necessary changes in everything the force does just to keep up with the criminal elements seeking to take down and destroy every law abiding citizen they come across. These changes begin in the community and carry on throughout the
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Non-Lethal Way of Thinking Abstract Police brutality coupled with the use of force has become a social highlight throughout the last few years. It is an ever-increasing problem that is in dire need of immediate action to be taken before things spiral further out of control. This paper suggests approaches that can be used to help reduce the use of force that has become a highlighted topic. Introduction Police officers have a vital role in their communities; they are the ones
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smile wherever he was seen. I know I will be villified by the LAPD and the media. Unfortunately, this is a necessary evil that I do not enjoy but must partake and complete for substantial change to occur within the LAPD and reclaim my name. The department has not changed since the Rampart and Rodney King days. It has gotten worse. The consent decree should never have been lifted. The only thing that has evolved from the consent decree is those officers involved in the Rampart scandal and Rodney King
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Kyle Wright CJA/334 August 13, 2012 Nelly Clotter Conducting Research Police Officers The year was 1870; the idea of collecting crime statistics is discussed between the US Congress and local police executives throughout the year (Investigation, 2006). Their ideas, thoughts, and hurdles overcame them with doubts of funding suck a program. With the overwhelming issues of creating such a program the US Congress and police executives were forced to shut the program down until additional funds and counsel
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