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    Utilizing Technology: Law Enforcement Style Ashley Fortin Everest University- Introduction to Criminal Justice   Law enforcement officers are engaging in new technologies in order to better assist the community. Our world is evolving and moving rapidly into a technology based civilization‚ we rely on technology for almost everything we do these days. It only makes sense that our officers utilize the technologies that will help them conduct better investigations‚ and also keep themselves

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    effects of illegal immigration on local law enforcement is relevant to contemporary law enforcement because until the federal government takes actions to correct the issue and provide appropriate assistance‚ the state and local agencies will be forced to provide local solutions to a national problem. This approach will create a piecemeal system of enforcement by local jurisdictions within the state‚ with no hope of uniformity. All state and local law enforcement agencies and their officials stand to

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    [The law enforcement community has a vast number of agencies‚ from federal‚ state and local systems. They have gone through many transitions over the almost two hundred years of organized police agencies. In this paper we will discuss the organizational structures of policing agencies‚ communication patterns within and outside of the agencies‚ and the trends in the approach to the policing function. In exploring this issues we can identify the changes to the field over the years and changes that

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    EFFECTIVE LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICE ONE MUST BE ABLE TO RECOGNIZE AND EFFECTIVELY UPHOLD THE RIGHTS OF ALL INDIVIDUALS IN RESIDING IN THE UNITED STATES. TO BE ABLE TO DO THIS ONE MUST HAVE A CLEAR UNDERSTANDING OF FREEDOMS AND RIGHTS DESCRIBED IN THE CONSTITUTION‚ THE BILL OF RIGHTS‚ AND LASTLY THE ENTIRE 27 AMENDMENTS. ONE MUST ALSO UNDERSTAND THE ROLES OF LAW ENFORCEMENT‚ THE JUDICIAL SYSTEM‚ AND THE ROLE OF CORRECTIONS‚ PAROLE AND PROBATION. THE CONSTITUTION IS CONSIDERED THE HIGHEST LAW OF THE

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    Throughout the United States‚ women were minorities in Law Enforcement. Women have been in policing for over 150 years and‚ despite strong resistance by those within the male-dominated field and public opinion‚ have challenged traditional and stereotypical perceptions of “authentic” police officers; women have used their talents and abilities in policing to prove their capacity as viable police officers. For example‚ Alice Stebbin Wells was the first women to be called a policewomen in the Los Angeles

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    England formed their first law enforcement or criminal justice system sometime in the late ninth century. The law enforcement system that was established put the responsibility of keeping order on the citizens. This law enforcement or criminal justice system was known as a mutual pledge system. England’s king‚ Alfred the Great‚ was credited with forming the mutual pledge system. King Alfred formed this system to prepare his kingdom from an invasion by the Danish. The mutual pledge system is a system

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    Women in law enforcement face multiple workplace challenges that can be very trying for them. They face sexual harassment‚ gender discrimination in the form of the glass ceiling‚ double standards‚ differential treatment‚ and are made to feel like it is career versus family. Many people believe that it is a man’s place to be put in the frontlines where it is the most dangerous and that women should not be allowed there. Sexual harassment is something that does happen more than it should. Many of

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    Final Paper Diversity in law enforcement has grown to become a hot topic within the law enforcement community. The demographic of society has changed dramatically over the last 20 years and with that law enforcement has been changing‚ but have they been changing enough? Different law enforcement agencies have their own ways of implementing diversity in their practices and procedures‚ some of them are better than others‚ but with issues that happen today it is important that they do something.

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    In any field of work‚ the phrase “two heads are better than one” is a perfect way to describe the importance of teamwork. In law enforcement‚ there is teamwork every day. In law enforcement‚ men and women work side by side in order keep the streets safe from crime‚ and by doing so‚ putting themselves at risk. The comradery that officers have between on another which is the essence of teamwork. Their lives depend on their partners and it is this common goal that help teamwork thrive with officers

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    contingent on the integrity and ethical conduct of law enforcement is paramount to effective policing. Community relationships can be repaired and/or strengthened by educating and training officers on procedural justice‚ bias reduction‚ and racial reconciliation (Kassin‚ 2008). When these three concepts are enforced an environment is created where law enforcement and the community can prosper. This thread will focus on conduct becoming law enforcement in regard to the Fourth Amendment and a what would

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