Police officers face many challenges when trying to maintain communities’ safe and crime free. Over the last two years there has been a major surge in the amount of communication devices available to the public and the amount of news coverage that we are exposed to. “The public has increasingly turned to cable television‚ the Internet‚ and social media for news and information. Social media giants like Facebook and Twitter that were not around 10 years ago today have 1.1 billion and 500 million users
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This essay focuses on the demographics of the police department‚ who the police are‚ the struggles minorities encounter as police officers‚ and how society perceives police departments. The responsibility of Law Enforcement Officers is to protect citizen’s constitutional rights‚ enforce laws‚ and provide service. Sir Robert Peel also known as the father of modern policing created a police force because society was becoming more complex. This was a result of the industrial revolution but also to avoid
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Corrupt‚ disrespectful‚ unethical‚ and criminal - these are just a few words society uses to describe law enforcement‚ but is society right? After the incident in Ferguson‚ Mo. the media has sparked more controversial outlooks upon law enforcement. Eliott C. McLaughlin from CNN states‚ “The headlines make it feel as if the country is experiencing an unprecedented wave of police violence‚ but experts say that isn’t the case. We’re just seeing more mainstream media coverage‚ and for a variety of reasons
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Decisions Over the past several decades attitudes towards law enforcement have changed tremendously. Law Enforcement officers are looked down upon by most people because of wrong decisions made in the heat of the moment by a growing percentage of police officers. Those wrong decisions that some have made‚ have had a huge impact on the nation because lives were wrongfully lost. In order to prevent needless killings‚ all law enforcement officers should be required to take fear training classes to
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bad thing in the criminal justice field. Alcohol and drug abuse plagues cops everywhere. There are many suggestions for programs and treatment ideas for these problems that plague our law enforcement officers. Job stress can’t be avoided in any job field. It especially can’t be avoided in the field of law enforcement. Job stress can come from many sources. Having to exercise prudent discretion all the time‚ the threat of using violence and having violence used against them‚ and isolation from the
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The basis of law… The basic of law can be summarized in two words: human conflict. People dispute and argue over money and theft and property damage. Law is a body of rules enacted by public officials in a legitimate manner and backed by the force of the state. The first element (body of rules) is self evident‚ the hidden part is these rules are found in a myriad of different places. The second element (law is enacted by a public official) is critical. all places have rules but they are not
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enterprise. Law enforcement efforts are focused on responding to citizen request for service. Policing at the state and local level is structured to meet the demands for service. Ideas such as community policing as well as problem oriented policing have attempted to move policing into a proactive‚ future-oriented process. Policing will be greatly impacted by the rapid changing cultural dynamics of our communities. The most significant trend will continue to be the utilization of technology to law enforcement
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stress in policing. It will also analyze the culture for women and ethnic minorities in policing and how they can achieve equality in law enforcement. In addition to examining the culture we will describe the internal and external mechanisms that control police discretion. * Police Culture Analysis * Police culture is extremely complex. There are two main perspectives on police culture‚ the traditional view and the new perspective. The traditional view paints a negative view of police
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determine whether an entity can be successful with a defined mission‚ policies and procedures. Law enforcement today exists to serve the cause of justice. The cause of justice involves combatting criminal entities and this could be labeled as their mission. A mission drives policies and procedures after that. Procedures are exactly how a policy will be carried out. Origins of Law Enforcement Modern law enforcement began as a means to warn the community of possible danger. The "watch" system was not entirely
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Issues facing police departments in today’s society the Governance sort out the Governance model of policing once and for all. The tripartite model of Home office police authority & chief constable is at best opaque with a mass confusion over roles and responsibilities. Sort out the professional governance of the police service. After years of growth the service is under increasing pressure to demonstrate they are more financially efficient. Shared service and shared procurement are becoming more
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