Policing In America

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    Communiting Policing

    Ajs502 Community Policing Chicago Alternative Policing Strategy October 22, 2012 A police officer’s duty is to keep the peace, maintain order, and solve problems within the community. Their role as officers is selfless and demanding. Duties of a police officer include patrol, answering calls, conducting interviews, investigations, traffic, make arrests, and report writing. Each officer is sworn to serve and protect a national average of 1,000 citizens per officer (Barnard, 2008). In big cities

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    Criminal Justice

    reports information for law enforcement, operations and management. The NCVS provides information about each crime, its victims and the offenders. 2 Running Head: Midterm Essay 3 Summarize the evolution of the criminal justice system in America. Identify and discuss at least three (3) key U.S Supreme Court cases that have had a significant

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    Community-Oriented Policing Analysis

    Community-Oriented Policing Analysis This analysis confirms the issue of community-oriented policing began in the early years of a growing country. Building the first organized police forces in America become complicated by the influx of immigration from other countries. The ethnic, racial, and cultural backgrounds of immigrants, and citizens of this nation provided a continual reshaping, and growing of police organizations. The role of the police organizations became multi-faceted and complex

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    Law Enforcement Agencies and Systems

    and Systems Law enforcement agencies and systems have shown consistent changes over the centuries and is evolving over time. Even though “modern policing in the U.S. is still based on the nineteenth-century British model of the Metropolitan Police of London, a tremendous amount of specialization has evolved in today’s sphere of policing, especially among federal, state, and local agencies” (Peak, 2015, p.277). In this assignment, I will discuss similarities and differences between the modern

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    Police History

    Sir Robert Peel set the tone for American policing and his practices are still being followed present day. He had the idea that focusing on preventing crime was more effective than punishing criminals and that crime prevention would set a precedence for what was to come and deter individuals from any illegal or forbidden activity. Policing began in the early 1200’s, when Britain established a “watch” system that relied on citizens, or a posse, responsible for monitoring the community. England established

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    Predictive Policing

    Topic: Predictive Policing Name: Zainab Sesay Course ID: CIS 500 Instructor: Zeehasham Rasheed Date: 04/0/2014 ABSTRACT Predictive Policing is the act of reducing crime using technology. It is the act of analyzing past data and anticipate the result in the response to future crime. All over the world and in the United States of America in particular, the law enforcement faced problems in the budgets slashed to implement advanced technology towards the increasing crime rate. In recent

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    The Role of Women and Minorities, Criminal Justice

    Write a 200- to 300-word response addressing the following questions:  Throughout policing history, what has been the role of women and minorities?  How has the role of women and minorities changed over time?  How has this role change affected modern policing agencies?  What comparisons can you make regarding the criteria for women police recruits and men police recruits? Throughout policing history the role of women and minorities were hired to police their own group of people and

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    The Future of Policing

    The Future of Policing Christina Johnson CJS/210 September 14, 2014 Ronald Rucker University of Phoenix Policing in the United States has changed dramatically since it was first brought to the thirteen colonies from England. However, some of the issues faced then are being faced in policing today. There are also new trends that are prevalent, and these trends will continue to have lasting effects on the future of policing. Even though new trends improve policing overall, they can also cause

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    Future of Policing Paper

    Future of Policing Paper In every country, there are various security jobs that are handled and managed by police, law enforcement agencies, and militaries. These police enforcement agencies play a significant role towards safeguarding the laws and protecting the society. The following information explores the future of policing with respect to the trends which are currently affecting policing, foreseeable serious problems which might affect policing in the future, and changes which might need

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    Police History

    understanding policing today. American policing has changed drastically over the years and within the last decade of the twentieth century; the most creative period of policing has taken place (Walker & Katz, 2011). Sir Robert Peel and his principles of policing helped organize and establish clear chains of command and rules of conduct (Grant & Terry, 2012). These principles encouraged accountability and professionalism amongst officers (Grant & Terry, 2012). The U.S. government and the policing organizations

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