On 06 September 2013 Detective Tim Elmore and I were at the Cleveland County Detention Center when we heard radio traffic from Patrol Sergeant Jon McIntyre requesting Criminal investigation Division on-call be notified of the event he responded to.…
It seems like every time the news is on, one of the headlines is about a police shooting. Media coverage can go on for days, weeks even sometimes years covering these kinds of cases; however, most of the media’s coverage is based on the victim and their backstory. What seems to be left out of the news report is how the officer is handled by his own department following the devastating event. In this case regarding Detective Casey, it is as simple as his department failing him, in their lack of communication and empathy.…
The NIBRS does appear to be the most comprehensive set of statistics regarding crime, as it gathers information about the entirety of a crime, including perpetrator and victim. However, as Fagin states in the textbook, the NIBRS currently only accounts for roughly sixteen percent of crime statistics collected by the Uniform Crime Report. This is primarily due to the fact that there is no mandate for agencies at any level of law enforcement to report to the NIBRS. Eventually, that number will probably rise, but, we all know how fast policy changes are implemented; it is usually a painfully slow process. Additionally, you provide an excellent reason as to why the changeover is an incredibly slow process; cost. Enforcement officials…
The 1033 program was enacted in 1996 under the direction of former President Bill Clinton, allowing excess equipment originally purchased for the military to be transferred to state and local law enforcement agencies at no cost (GovTrack, 1996). The equipment is stated as being surplus, moreover, several notations are made on the Defense Logistics Agency’s website advising the equipment was not purchased for the sole purposes of providing it to law enforcement (n.d.). The equipment that has been deemed surplus range from first aid kits to helicopters, each being made available to law enforcement agencies that wish to apply for them.…
Allan Pinkerton started his career in law enforcement in 1849 when he was appointed the first detective in Chicago. In the 1850s, he joined forces with Chicago attorney Edward Rucker in forming the North-Western Police Agency, later known as the Pinkerton National Detective Agency which is still in existence today as Pinkerton Consulting and Investigations, a subsidiary of Securitas AB. Pinkerton's business insignia was a wide open eye with the caption "We never sleep."…
Firemen, policemen, doctors, lawyers, and nurses, when we were children these job titles were primarily the first on our list. When I was growing up I happened to be in a family of police officers that included my dad and a great deal of uncles and cousins. It was like a torch that has been passed down because through the three generations that I know, the candle has been passed to serve as a cop for the community. My father and a couple of my uncles served as local cops in our area. When I was young I didn't know why my family seemed to be so well known and it was because my dad was a cop. As time progressed I could see the livelihood in the community digress. Since time had passed…
The Gotham Police Department posted a hefty reward funded by the Wayne family to anyone who is able to provide information about the whereabouts of Theo Galavan. As the news stations spread the reports to the entire city, citizens and criminals start tracking down Mr. Galavan through his family. Ivy begins to feel guilty for the lie she told as the city is once again filled with terror. She contemplates the weight of her father for the safety of an evil businessman. Bruce also partakes in the search for Theo through his followers. Butch Gilzean is questioned to provide the whereabouts of Theo or face death. He falsely answers to escape death, but is left in the hands of Gordon to be prosecuted for his previous crimes. Ivy worries that if…
How would you explain the several issues - including the political, economic, and social - that revolve around the subject of immigration and border security?…
During the 19th century, Benjamin Disraeli, a British politician made a statement that still has significant resonance today: “There are three kinds of lies – lies, damned lies, and statistics” (as cited in Ball, 2004). Disraeli’s statement is merely a simple explanation of how the media sensationalize data, especially crime data, when reporting or publishing news items to the public. In that regard, reporters and journalist on many occasions take liberties in spicing data and news items up just to garnish some increased attention from the readers or the listeners. In a broader sense, media reporting may not accurately reflect facts since reporters and journalists has the ability to manipulate figures to say whatever they want them to.…
The television show Criminal Minds is a brain teaser at times, because although the show is fiction, they make the shows based on things that seem so surreal. As I watch, I think that this could very easily happen, but not to the degree the make it of television viewing. The cast in this show are very similar to the police and detectives we have today, because of the diverse personalities.…
There are many sub-genres of detective fiction and hard-boiled fiction is one of them. What exactly is hard-boiled detective fiction? Hard-Boiled detective fiction is fiction that features tough, cynical, urban private eyes who expose corruption and frequently get injured in the course of their investigations ("Detective Fiction," Literary).…
as it is generally believed that only the best go to Homicide. Also you have the fulfillment of knowing that your solving cases, ensuring that justice is served, and easing the pain of the victims loved ones.…
Although there are a few discrepancies with the police report and video surveillance one must apprehend that discrepancies are to be expected. According to Changing minds studies “if there is a perceived threat it will lead to fear and fear will lead to stress” ( 3). During the hours of Sandy Hook a cloud of fear and panic was spread throughout the scene. Many feared for the safety of others, as well as themselves. Shots were fired multiple times, which only elevated the pandemonium unfolding on the scene. It is only expected for stress to foster in the police and victims on the school grounds. Many people on scene begged the perpetrator to to put the gun down , which only stirred the perpetrator’s hunger to execute the massacre. Despite the…
“Who is the man that would risk his neck for his brother man?” Many have heard these lyrics for over 30 years from the theme song of a very well-known African American detective movie. The answer is Shaft, John Shaft to be exact. The 2000 version starring Samuel L. Jackson proved to be just as good as the first. Although, this Shaft happened to be the nephew of the original one, played by Richard Roundtree, Samuel L. Jackson did not disappoint. Shaft showed even more cleverness, wittiness and street smarts as he made it his quest to solve his latest case. John Shaft proves that he takes no mess and will go out of his way to bring justice to the ones who deserve it. Shaft had grown up in the inner city and learned the ins and outs of his town and it helped him succeed as a detective. Shaft does it all from handling local drug dealers who want to corrupt kids to arresting a racist male who killed another and almost got away with it. He’s well-known in his town and everybody knows he doesn’t take any mess from anybody.…
Love is blindness. Therefore, no matter how smart, intelligent a woman is, she will lose her obvious judgment to a man she has a crush on. There is no exception to Mma Ramotswe, the main character in the No.1 Ladies Detective Agency. She is in the relationship with two men who are totally opposite in physical appearance, characteristics, attitude toward woman. We are going to analyze the differences between Note Mokoti and J.L.B Matekoni.…