Public police is often referred as city or government security officers that are given the task to protect and serve the community from criminals, offenders, and gangs or groups which only purpose is to endanger the lives of all individuals within a target area. According to a definition of public police found on Encarta, public police is an “agency of a community or government that is responsible for maintaining public order and preventing and detecting crime. The basic police mission—preserving
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In this world where chaos and animosity and racism run, we as Average Americans have a really big problem with racial profiling in the Criminal Justice system and is it a hindrance or help. A question that we must ask ourselves, should we allow racial profiling during investigations? Like many of you I would say absolutely not, however the thought of racial profiling has been around for centuries and can be traced back to slavery days. Racial profiling was established by stopping any black person
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local crimes. The local law enforcement includes differing agencies like the municipal (local police departments), county (local sheriff department), regional and tribal (local reservation police department) police that get there authority from the local government. The state law enforcement agencies main purpose is to do highway patrol and state wide investigations. State police aid the local police department with emergencies and investigations that are beyond the jurisdiction and resource boundaries
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Policing in US Society Local police agencies have rules and regulations that they are to abide by; however, these policies change between agencies and jurisdictions. The federal government does not have many guidelines to lead the local agencies into how their agencies should be ran, including how many officers there should be for a certain amount of citizens in a patrolled area. In 2003 the national average for local agencies was 2.5 sworn officers per thousand (Walker & Katz, 2008, p. 66)
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From personal experiences that I have had with police, I believe that many officers overlook the fact that part of the job is to serve the community, many of them neglect interacting and forming positive relationships with people. I believe the police as a whole need to interact more with the community to prove that not all interactions with police are negative. By doing this it builds trust and when you have trust crime fighting can be 78%** more effective, and when crime fighting is more effective
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Predictive Policing By Jamia Yant April 13th, 2012 In order to effectively compare and contrast the application of information technology (IT) to optimize police departments’ performance to reduce crime versus random patrols of the streets, we first have to look at exactly what information technology is available to police today. The term predictive policing is the name given to “any policing strategy or tactic that develops and uses information and advanced analysis to inform forward-thinking
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Bangladesh Police System Course Title: Criminology Course Code: LLB2321 Submitted To: Md.Gaziur Rahman Lecturer of Law, NUB Khulna Campus Prepared By : Mahbuba Sultana ID: LLB080160227 Section: 9A Semester: Fall Date of submission:03 october 2011 NORTHERN UNIVERSITY B A N G L A D E S H CONTENTS ❖ Introduction ❖ Meaning of Police ❖ Definition
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ce historyRunning Head: Police History Paper Title Page: Police History Paper Ruby Riley Instructor: Miriam Moore University of Phoenix Abstract: 1). Describe the impact of Sir Robert Peel on American policing. 2). Analyze the relationship between the U.S. Government and the policing organizations throughout the United States. 3). Explain how this relationship may affect Police Practices. 1. Describe the impact of Sir Robert Peel on American policing? - The English statesman Sir Robert
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Predictive Policing By Jamia Yant April 13th, 2012 In order to effectively compare and contrast the application of information technology (IT) to optimize police departments’ performance to reduce crime versus random patrols of the streets, we first have to look at exactly what information technology is available to police today. The term predictive policing is the name given to “any policing strategy or tactic that develops and uses information and advanced analysis to inform forward-thinking
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As we discovered in Project 1, Little Louie, Billy Bad Boy committed a string of crimes, initially resulting in an attempt to rob Commercial Corruption, a local bank. The two alleged criminals were apprehended by the police and informed of their rights. Here, I will identify the specific role that each played with the particular crime, the elements that lead to this conclusion, and the potential defenses the defending party might assert and any inconsistencies that might arise with these defenses
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