situations in the line of duty‚ the police department employs a multitude of operational strategies. Also they can employ a series of specialized strategies and techniques for more detailed and complex investigations which would take place over a longer period of time. A few examples of core police strategies include: preventative patrol‚ aggressive patrol‚ and directed patrol. Preventative patrol is defined as an attempt to stop crimes before they happen. (This can be implemented through several strategies
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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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Ethnicity and the Police Part II Police Brutality and Corruption: New Orleans Police Department By Brittany Jackson Staff Writer BATON ROUGE- New Orleans Police Department is known for its harsh brutality‚ corruption‚ discrimination‚ and deadly force. The issue of citizen complaints has been a controversial concern in New Orleans. The complaints of citizens are generally a racial issue. African American civil groups have commanded civilian evaluation as a way of presenting independent assessments
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Running Head: Women in Policing Women in Policing Derrick Jones University of Phoenix Women in Policing Law enforcement is one of the oldest professions in this country. Law enforcement is a profession that has been primarily dominated by men since its inception more than one hundred years ago. This paper will discuss in detail the emergence of women in the profession of law enforcement. The author will discuss some of the contemporary issues that face women in the performance of their
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Nicole McAfee Community Policing Chapter 3 It is important to be a part of strong community. Communities that have strong values usually have a strong foundation against crime and work together to lower crime rates in their area. Community refers to the specific geographic area served by a police department or law enforcement agency and the individuals‚ organizations and agencies within that area. Community also refers to a feeling of be3longing a sense of integration‚ a sense of shared values
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Effectiveness of Community Policing To understand the effectiveness of community policing we first must understand the concept regarding community policing. Community policing is both a philosophy and an organizational strategy that allows the police and the community residences to work closely together in new ways to solve the problems‚ fear of crime‚ criminal disorder and at the same time increasing the community living conditions. Community policing implies an agreement‚ almost like a formal
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Minorities and Policing 1 Minorities and Policing: Unfairly Treated Dorothy J. Fells Criminal Justice 131 C. Thompson December 6‚ 2001 Minorities and Policing 2 Minorities and Policing: Unfairly Treated If we look at the past‚ we can see that there is no warm tradition of community cooperation between the African-American community and law enforcement. Minorities and Policing is an important topic because it deals with issues pertaining to how minorities are
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collaboration by brainstorming on how the complaint can be resolved or what part of the process is not working. The questions to ask are; how can we improve? Additional steps are implementing the new process and checking the quality to see if it is actually an improvement. This is done through feedback‚ surveys and visual observance. 2. How is the nature of crime changing? What types of crimes do you feel we will have to deal with in the future‚ possibly some that we presently do not deal with? Crime has
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Police and Law Enforcement Traci D McGahey CJS/200 December 5‚ 2012 Professor DeFranco Police and Law Enforcement Police and law enforcement play a critical part of keeping peace in our society and trying to make sure that criminal activity is kept at a minimal from the local to the national levels. The five main responsibilities of the police are to enforce the law‚ arrest offenders‚ crime prevention‚ preserving the peace‚ and providing services to the citizens of our communities. The main
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Policing in Kelsey Budget Report AJS522 February 02‚ 2012 In this paper‚ I will discuss the budget cuts on the City of Kelsey. The mayor has assigned me as a budget director to review and perform budget cuts on the City’s Police Department‚ due to a 15% budget cut on the City deficit. The state legislature wants to hire less Police Officers and build more prisons. The Police Department currently has an annual budget of $16‚177‚678. With the 15% budget cut‚ the mayor is requesting from
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