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    Constitutional Policing

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    Constitutional Policing The Fourth Amendment of the Constitution states: “The right of the people to be secure in their persons‚ houses‚ papers‚ and effects‚ against unreasonable search and seizures‚ shall not be violated‚ and no warrants shall issue‚ but upon probable cause‚ supported by oath or affirmation‚ and particularly describing the place to be searched and the persons or things seized.” The Fourth Amendment is clearly broken in the case of Weeks v. United States‚ it was a United

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    Gender Policing

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    The topic my group did was gender policing and violence against gay men. I feel like this is an important topic‚ especially today‚ because of the ongoing changes that our society is seeing. The constant changing‚ and growing of not just gay men‚ but the LGBQT community as a whole. In today’s society‚ more and more people are coming out about being gay‚ or bisexual‚ or transgender. Unfortunately‚ the violence against these same people are also increasing. I also think that even though the violence

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    Reactive Policing

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    ------------------------------------------------- Reactive vs. proactive policing Allison Hendricks February 22‚ 2013 University of Phoenix/axia policing February 22‚ 2013 University of Phoenix/axia policing Reactive patrol is police responding to specific requests from individuals or groups in a community that provides “immediate” response to calls. Reactive patrol provides help to ensure that calls are responded to in an efficient and timely manner. Reactive patrol also involves the

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    Predictive Policing

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    Predictive Policing Paul T. Lane CIS500005VA016-1134-001 Dr. Edwin Otto 14‚ April 2013 COMPSTAT (COMPuter or COMParative statistics) is a geographic information system adopted by the New York City Police Department in 1994 to predict future crimes. Mathematicians utilize COMPSTAT by designing algorithms to come up with future crimes for police departments. These crimes include‚ but are not limited to drug distribution‚ theft‚ homicide‚ and domestic violence. This method of policing has come

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    Policing Styles

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    Aggressive patrol can be seen whenever the police cracks down on a suspects and arrests them for their wrongdoing. Directed patrol‚ however‚ keeps the police patrol time centered in high crime areas and neighborhoods. When it comes to the style of policing‚ you must first take a look at the different situations that a police officer might come upon. In crowd control‚ a police officer would want to use preventative patrol. Doing this would mean that he is keeping an eye out for any troublemakers and

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    Community Policing

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    What is community policing? Community policing is a working partnership with a community that helps make the environment a better place to live in. This partnership with the community has goals such as reducing neighborhood crime‚ helping to reduce fear of crime and enhancing the quality of life in the community. And it does so with the help of police‚ local government and community members. With the collaboration between the police and the community‚ community policing should identify problems of

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    Moral policing

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    MORAL POLICING‚ WOMEN‚ MEDIA AND PERSONAL FREEDOMMoral policing is a controversial term. Its supporters say it is an important function to be performed to safeguard our culture against western influence and save our youth from corruption. Those who oppose it see it as a threat to individual freedom and democratic dissent. I would not have been interested in these debates till I saw them affecting my life as an individual and more so as a woman. What is morality? How moral policing is gender biased

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    Ethics in Policing

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    Police officer’s of NSW owe a duty to the community to act in a manner that demonstrates the highest level of ethics‚ integrity and professionalism. Police officers are always in the public eye. The ways in which police officers perform their duties are closely monitored and scrutinised by the community‚ the media‚ and their own peers at any and all opportunities available. This is why it is imperative that Police must always perform to a high standard in any action or decision they make. This

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    Predictive Policing

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    agencies to adopt innovative technologies and problem-solving techniques while empowering traditional police organizational structures. Some participants questioned whether predictive policing was‚ in fact‚ a new model. Many police department argued that good crime analysts have been practicing predictive policing for more than 40 years. (Pearsall‚ B. 2010 May) SINCE THE EARLY 1990s‚ New York City has experienced the deepest and most prolonged crime drop in recorded history. In 1994‚ Police Commissioner

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    Technology and Policing

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    Technology & Policing Kristin E. Blue March 12‚ 2011 UMUC/Prof. Richard Bobys Technology and Policing The use of technology in the police department started as early as 1850’s when a multi shot pistol was for the first time made. Over the years‚ technology has evolved and different institutions have adjusted accordingly and embraced technology in their work. Technology is still being used widely to make work more efficient‚ produce effective results and the police have not

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