structure of laws came from England, their Bobbies (police officers), statutory, and case law. Sheriffs were the town’s authority, received taxes, and gave out punishment and banishing citizens. Common law highlighted in 1811 when English prison reformer and jurist, Jeremy Bentham wrote to President James Madison offering to codify the law of the United States. The bases of the nation’s laws are from the Constitutions, peruses as a constraint on police power the government can enact, guarding personal
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likely to occur. Police departments maintain records, data, and or databases which log huge volumes of information on crimes, criminals, suspects, and much more. Inputting that information into a sophisticated computer program designed to predict crime, to within a 500 by 500 foot location, is proving to have some merit. With technological advances, police no longer radio headquarters to retrieve basic information like license plates. In fact, the majority of police possess internet-connected
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Insecurity in our nation: Examining the call for State Police. As it has been widely reported, the question of State Police has again come to the fore like sore thumb. In the past few months, Nigerians have been exposed to more argument about the merits and demerits of having State-established and controlled Police as opposed to the centrally controlled, Nigeria Police Force. Also, in these same past few weeks, it seems as if a new low has been reached in terms of insecurity which made people
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of outlaws have gained acceptance in poor neighborhoods and are widely seen as alternate authorities that bring both social order and disorder in many societies. These actors are characterized by a strict organization with bureaucratic modes of operation driven by underlying violence. However, in the last two decades, the Mafia has faced a considerable decline in its global and local presence due to the collaborative efforts of multiple state governments. Hume N. Johnson and Joseph L. Soeters, in
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Societies in this century and the previous ones have been victims to unlawful, racial discriminated unrests. Unrests which have been known to be quite damaging not only to the victims of the act but rather the community as well. Regardless of the government’s ability to control and manage any offensive events in the community, cases still seem to arise in the community. It’s evident for a need communication and an understanding of crisis management, peaceful resolutions to the crisis in order to
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Police Organizational Structures: Compare & Contrast The highly decentralized nature and varying size of American police departments compel police agencies to vary greatly in organizational structures. The administration of most police organizational structures are based on a traditional pyramidal, quasi-military organizational structure that contains the elements of an organization, which are entities of two or more people who cooperate to accomplish an objective, and a bureaucracy, which are
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Militarization of Peace Officers Jose J. Silva Gonzalez COMM/215 08 September 2014 John Cantlon Lately there has been talk of the militarization of peace officers all over the news and social media. There have been reports everywhere about police using excessive force, deaths of unarmed civilians and home raids in the middle of the night. While I strongly believe there is no order without those people risking their lives everyday to try and make a change in the world they live in I also believe
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should be address to Albeiro E. Florez, Department of Criminal Justice, University of Maryland University College, Adelphi eCampus, Adelphi, MD 20783. Contact: florezalbeiro87@gmail.com Departmental Task Force Strategic Plan The Virtual City Police Department (VCPD) is working thoroughly to increase its abilities to better serve the citizens of Virtual City. Officials within the agency identify the significance of working with the public in order to increase their possibility of success to prevent
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Civic Event Paper Fortuna City Council Political Science Sara Callow July 19, 2015 I chose to attend the Fortuna City Council meeting. The council establishes policies and provides guidance on everything that concerns the city and its operations. “As a legislative body, the City Council is responsible for the enactment of local laws (ordinances), the adoption of the annual City Budget and Capital Improvement Program, and the review and adoption of proposed policies, agreements, contracts
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governments’ concerns for drug use. During this time law enforcement agencies around America began cracking down on marijuana uses and the individuals selling it. Agencies like the DEA, Border Patrol, and Forest Rangers have to deal with marijuana operations more than any other drug. This war on marijuana has yet to slow down and is a dangerous business. This cash crop is one of the, if not the most, sought after illegal drugs used in America; Officers shouldn’t waste their time fighting a war that
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