The power of law enforcement …show more content…
It depends on the legal, social, technical development of the country and on the resources that are available to all the legal enforcement agencies of the country. The mission of LEA is to achieve two main goals. First goal is the prevention of the occurrence of a crime which affects a human being or a society as a whole. The second goal is to ensure the manner in which a crime was committed against the local laws by the suspected criminals.
A number of Law enforcement jobs are found at different levels. Local Police department serves the society by protecting the citizens within their jurisdiction. Police force is empowered to arrest and take the suspected persons into custody for interrogation and to arrest people who commit crime against the law. State and National Law Enforcement professionals are also empowered to arrest suspects when they have proper evidence of the crime.
LEA has some other responsibilities like assisting people to avoid non-compliance with law and ensuring safety and security for the people. Some examples for their services are social order, regulation, victim identification, public safety, crowd control, traffic control, search and rescue, awareness campaigns, prevention of anti social behavior, etc. Some of the Law enforcement agencies like Customs and Taxation agencies help people to comply with law by providing services and