that established their first organized police force in London” In 1829 of London, Sir Robert Peel referred to as England’s home secretary developed the Metropolitan Police Act, a concept or idea to improve the organization of police. The Metropolitan Police Act was the first organized police, employed more than 1,000 men, who wore a distinctive uniform, led by two magistrates, and later became known as “bobbies” after their creator. Though the Metropolitan Police Act improved policing and successfully
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The History of Police No Name CJA/214 00/00/00 Instructor: No Name We can learn a lot from the history of our police; this history tells us about how we first started off as society. As society today, this history should be something that everyone should know about. The start of our police was a great period in history. America learned a lot of its policing tactics from Great Britain and still uses many of those tactics with a few modifications today. It is a misconception that policing stayed
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optimize police departments’ performance to reduce crime versus random patrols of the streets. It will describe how COMSTAT as an information system (IS) implements the four (4) basic (IS) functions; and will discuss the fashion is which IT systems have made police departments more efficient in preventing and responding to crime. I will also explore the Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunity , and Threats (SWOT) analysis. This is essential for police departments that intend to use
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Police Operations Mary A. Schutta CJA/214 March 19, 2012 Don Redden, PhD Police Operations During the early 1900s law enforcement was made up of two different functions patrolling and investigating crimes. The patrol officer would patrol the community he was assigned to on foot, which made him have direct contact with the individuals in the community. The detectives would investigate the illegal crimes that were committed. In today’s society policing dangers there first concern is how they
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Police History In the infancy of policing the early colonists followed the English style of policing; monitoring the community on behaviors, moral, and civil obligations rather than criminal issues. Citizens performed these policing duties and were referred to as a civic duty, no training or pay was offered for these services. The wealthy citizens that did not want to serve their watch began to pay others to do their duty for them. Philadelphia began to offer monetary compensation for the citizens
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policing is described as a partnership between the community and the police focused on detecting crime and relating the community in the solution to the problems. Community policing began in the 70’s as a way for better communication with the public. It is a way for officers and citizens to share information and morals to benefit the community. (Community Policing) The police departments do their utmost to improve their operations by using an assortment of methods: a highly trained and skillful work
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August 15, 2011 Don Redden Sir Robert Peel and American Policing The history of policing dates back several thousand years ago when there was no order or peace and inhumane acts upon citizens was the norm with religious, political, or military police acting as the law. Policing was unstable and unorganized. Citizens took the law into their own hands and served as judge, jury, and executioner. There was not such a thing as being “innocent until proven guilty.” If the community believed an individual
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created the Metropolitan Police and according to Peel, the real key for policing is the police are the people and the people are the police. Peel believed that prevention of crime could be accomplished without intruding into the lives of citizens. Community policing is based on Peel's concept of prevention. Community policing has been embraced by many law enforcement organizations across our country. Community policing is based on its goal to prevent crime and promote better police-community partnerships
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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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Royal Thai Police Primary responsibility for the maintenance of public order through enforcement of the kingdom's laws was exercised by the Thailand National Police Department (TNPD), a subdivision of the Ministry of Interior. Charged with performing police functions throughout the entire country, the TNPD was a unitary agency whose power and influence in Thai national life had at times rivaled that of the army. The formal functions of the TNPD included more than the enforcement of laws and apprehension
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