Aimee Pallais
Contemporary Issues and Futures in Criminal Justice
September 15, 2014
John Peterson
Police organizations traditionally respond to criminal activities and criminal acts after they have already occurred. After the crime is committed and after police officers arrive at the scene, future investigations and routine patrols are done. The police organizations are characterized in several ways; routine patrol, rapid response for service, arrests, investigations, and law enforcement sharing information. Each of these characteristics plays an important role within the policing organizations. Policing strategies and police organizations have dramatically changed throughout the years. During the …show more content…
Law enforcement has been able to provide protection and discipline in their communities. Policing agencies have particular characteristics which are highly important for the community. First, routine patrol, patrolling the streets of their community provides protection and unity for the citizens. Second, rapid response for service, this allows the community to feel confident about calling the local law enforcement agency and knowing they will arrive with a sense of urgency. Third, arrests, the community has to feel safe within their streets and law enforcement must put away the men and women involved in criminal activities and criminal acts. Fourth, investigations, police agencies cannot make any arrests until they provide a thorough investigation for the individual’s crime. Finally, law enforcement sharing information, once a person is investigated and arrested it becomes public record. Putting a person’s record out in public allows the community to know who their neighbors are and who can and cannot be trusted. Policing agencies must follow certain procedures in order to properly protect and serve their community. Although law enforcement has full authority to perform investigations and make arrests, the community is encouraged to get …show more content…
A program, organization, trend, and mobility, anything that is used to protect society from dangerous criminals and dangerous criminal activities serves the country good. The United States law enforcement agencies are trained and very well experienced as to what the community needs from them and as to what the community wants from the city to maintain protection and peace within their neighborhoods and within their cities. If the agencies continue to do what they do now for us then the citizens all around the United States will always feel safe and secure. Policing practices and operations are used to keep people out of danger and dangerous people away from society. Although many people do not feel the same protection as other people do from local police agencies, they do more than enough to keep citizens safe and to keep their trust. Having a well-structured policing organization by the people’s side is more than enough protection and