...Critical Issues in Policing College of Criminal Justice and Security CJA/214 Version 3Introduction to Police Theory and Abstract There are several critical issues in policing. The main critical issues of policing are: use of deadly force, police deviance, police prejudice and discrimination, violence, substance abuse, and police brutality as well as other police misconduct. Not only do law enforcement agencies have to deal with critical issues within their agencies, they also have to deal with critical issues that pertain to the public. Keywords: deadly force, police deviance, police prejudice and discrimination, violence, substance abuse, and police brutality Critical Issues in Policing Officers put their lives at risk every day. When they put on their uniforms and go out into the field they are faced with danger and they have to be prepared to handle the situations they come face to face with. “When you are in a position to protect the people and the community your job generally will come with a large amount of risks” (www.termpaperhouse.com). Dangers There are many dangers associated with policing. The policing agencies deal with several different people on a daily basis, some of which cause a lot of problems for them. The main dangers that police officers face is getting shot. Police officers are exposed to the danger of getting shot while they are patrolling, making traffic stops, making arrests, during vehicle pursuits, and while responding to calls. Another danger...
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...Critical Issues in Policing Paper CJA/214 Robert Krause 12/15/2014 Critical issues when it comes to policing can be summed up in many different ways due to your experience, and education with police. Here we will discuss what I feel are the most critical. Here you will find a summary of the dangers of policing, less than lethal weapons, the technology used in policing, and issues with homeland securities and the connection with policing. When it comes to the dangers of policing, many people can only think of an officer getting shot. Even though that’s true, there are also other dangers. Another danger people don’t take in consideration is a cop being injured or even killed in a car chase or vehicle pursuit of a suspect. Officers lose their lives every day in vehicle related deaths. The most of all is the safety of their families. With laws put in place to insure that officers live in the community the serve and protect. Now officers have to worry about running into suspects they have apprehended when out doing normal things with their families. Other dangers like stress, and responding to disaster situations aren’t even taken into consideration by people when asked about the dangers of policing. With all the different dangers in policing, police have come up with different protocols to ensure their safety and also the safety of the offender. Using non lethal weapons such as tazers, combat skills, and mace help do just that. In the instance where an offender is resisting...
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...Critical Issues in Policing Being a police officer in today’s world is a very dangerous job. Officers is faced with one of the most demanding jobs to do in the criminal justice system. Officers deal with all types of criminals who break the law. We have seen officers lose their life while wearing the badge trying to apprehend a suspect or even questioning an individual. Police departments across the country have lost officers due to the hands of criminals. The dangers police personnel face is at an all-time high. Police officers deal with the public on a daily basis. Officers is constantly in the community eye while on duty which makes officers an easy bull's eye for criminals. Police officers also make traffic stops which is a very dangerous situation for the officer. The officer can certainly get shot or killed by making a traffic stop on an individual. Another danger police officers face is dealing with high speed chases. Not only due the officer got to watch out for himself but also the officer have to watch out for the drivers on the public roads. We have seen so many tragedies from officers losing their life while pursuing a suspect in a high speed chase. When a pedestrian or a driver lose their life to a high speed chase. The family of the person who life was lost due to the high speed chase would likely sue. In some cases we have seen officers stress level rise to a high level due to the loss of that person. Officers also have to deal with the criminals they lock up...
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...There are many critical issues that face the policing community on a daily basis. These issues are not only from a personal, but a technological standpoint. There are many types of technology used in the policing community. There are some that enhance the job and those that detract from the functionality of the officers as they try to serve and protect the community. With this ever changing world, there are so many stressors and dangers that police officers have to confront on a daily basis and without the right technology, these officers are left to their own devices. Officers who have symptoms of distress, reduced effectiveness, increased motivation, and dysfunctional attitudes and behaviors at work are said to be in the state of burnout. There are organizations that police can turn to for help with these different kinds of stress but they have to admit that they are having issues. (Roberson) Officers who get burnout are in danger because they lose focus and do not care as much for the job that they do, add to that the likelihood that there is also depression on top of that and you have a recipe for disaster. When an officer gets ready for his day, he must be mentally, physically, and technologically ready for anything that may come his/her way. Mentally, an officer has many stressors: physical, psychological, internal, external, and operational. Physical stressors have to do with their health issues such as heart attack or ulcers. Psychological issues might include...
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...Critical Issues in Policing Edward Ramos CJA/214 Week 5 June 9, 2013 Kathryn Hamel There is a great deal of critical issues concerning policing. There are more than 15,000 police agencies in the United States and all face similar problems carrying out their duties. The amount of danger the officers are in is astounding. With such a wide range of dangers, it is difficult to prepare for every hazard. With new technologies emerging all the time, the agencies have continued to evolve in order to serve the communities more efficiently and safer. Using less than lethal weapons have become a mainstay in police procedure. The Department of Homeland Security was developed to assist the Federal, State and Local law enforcement agencies with information sharing. In addition, police corruption is another relevant critical issue in society today. Every time an officer puts on the uniform and walks out the door, he puts himself in imminent danger. When a person becomes a police officer, they know the nature of the job is dangerous. Having the job of protecting and serving the community is a hazard in itself. Officers are exposed to many physical dangers while in the line of duty. Firearms related deaths and injuries are often the most reported danger of policing, however they face exposure to extreme temperatures, as well as biohazard materials and contagious diseases. The safety equipment they wear and carry can weigh up to twenty pounds and puts a tremendous amount of stress...
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...Critical Issues in Policing Paper Mark Camarillo CJA/214 May 9, 2013 Gary M. Clifford II, M.A. Critical Issues in Policing Paper Many issues arise when policing in the community on a daily basis. Police officers have to face personal, social control, democratic principles, professional codes, public trust, and to adhere for the safety of the public. Police officers deal with different stressors on a daily basis not only their own personal life but the life they deal with in the society. They must prepare mentally, internally, externally, physical, and operational. They face the fact that they may not only have their own life in danger but as well as others at all times. Furthermore, they may not have the support at work from others and also the support from the community that may put them in danger. It is important that all officers have thorough training and safety practices. Officers also rely on the most modern technology so that they can proceed with their job effectively. All the training and all the safety that officers are provided with still does not guarantee their safety. Therefore, it is important to acknowledge and give gratitude to all of the thousands of officer throughout our nation that put their life on the line for our safety. The use of less-than lethal weapons has decreased injuries for officers and offenders. It is nothing new that officers have been using wooden clubs since the eighteen hundreds, now they use pepper spray and conducted energy...
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...Future of Policing University of Phoenix CJS/210 4/27/2013 The field of police work is constantly being forced to develop and improve its protocols, procedures, and practices in an effort to keep pace with the ever-changing society in which it operates and criminal behavior it seeks to eradicate. While the history of policing has been marked by substantial changes throughout time, the work of modern-day police officers and officials demonstrate some of the most substantial adaptations to its surrounding environment that the field has ever seen. In order to understand where the future of policing is heading, it is important to first understand these current trends that are affecting the current landscape of the profession. By doing so, some foreseeable critical issues that may affect policing in the future can be identified, and potential changes can then be proposed and implemented to effectively address these critical issues. Perhaps the most important current trends in policing are those that affect the operational aspects of its crime fighting function. The first and foremost trend amongst this group has been the development of intelligence-led policing, which at its most basic, deals with the “identification of specific criminal activities or specific criminal populations and targeted enforcement against the highest-risk crimes or criminals to achieve overall reduction in the impact of crime in a community” (Wallentine, 2009, para. 2). Within this broadly...
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...The Future of Policing Christina Johnson CJS/210 September 14, 2014 Ronald Rucker University of Phoenix Policing in the United States has changed dramatically since it was first brought to the thirteen colonies from England. However, some of the issues faced then are being faced in policing today. There are also new trends that are prevalent, and these trends will continue to have lasting effects on the future of policing. Even though new trends improve policing overall, they can also cause more serious issues. It is crucial to continue making changes topolicing because it allows law enforcement officers to keep up with the rest of society, including the knowledge of new crime trends. This paper will describe the current trends and issues in policing and analyze possible solutions to improve policing tactics. One trend currently affecting policing is police-community relations. There is a strong emphasis now on community policing, which promotes trust and better relationships between police officers and community members, and less on the militaristic style (Stephens, 2005). Improving police-community relations not only accents the importance of diversity, but it reduces prejudice and discrimination by officers. Community policing helps build trust between the police and community members by relying on citizens to help fight crime. Hence, it is a type of proactive policing (Walker & Katz, 2011). By relying on citizens, police officers have a better chance at preventing...
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...Future of Policing Future of Policing With the new trends and issues currently facing policing, changes are needed in order to effectively address these critical issues. Intelligence- led policing is a philosophy where data analysis and crime intelligence are central to an objective which is to aid in crime and problem reduction, disruption, and prevention through both strategic management and effective enforcement strategies that target serious offenders. This tactic emphasizes the gathering of information through the use of confidential informants, offender interviews, analysis of recorded crime and calls for service, surveillance of suspects, and community sources of information. After analyzing these sources, law enforcement officials can determine effective policing tactics in regards to enforcement targets, prevention activities, and further intelligence gathering operations. (Ratcliffe, 2008) In the last few years, the meaning and interpretation of intelligence-led policing has changed. It is evolving into a management philosophy that places greater emphasis on information-sharing and strategic solutions to crime problems at the local and regional level. (Ratcliffe, 2008) Another trend that will impact policing in America is the changing cultural dynamics of our nation. We will see fewer younger violent criminals, and more white-collar criminals committing identity fraud, Internet-facilitated fraud, money laundering, and other financial crimes...
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...The future of policing Jennifer Picard CJS/210 08/24/2014 Michael Crumpler The future of policing Many police officers believe that 20 years from now some of them will be able to operate much of the things they do today. They will have the advance technology, and the operating concepts which are driving the significant changes in the day to day operations. There is also many of the police officers who will have the personal education, and to build the internal support which will include changes in transitioning to the shared technical platforms, and the leveraging of technologies. This will then give the criminals new technology that will become available. The one key to the future of policing will not be the technology. It will be the ways which police forces will adapt to the technology to their needs. There is also the technology that will be used to predict a crime before it happens. This will help lessen the crime rates before they get out of hand. This will also reduce the agencies costs. The predictive-policing models by the police department builds, and enhances the promise of the new intelligence led policing with this new technology, new business process, and new algorithms, the predictive policing is based on the information based patrol, and the rapid response. It is supported by the preposition of assets, and the proactive, and the strategy, and police. This is the predictive policing which promises measurable results, includes the crime reduction. The more...
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...Future of Policing Melissa D. Turner CJS 210 Jason Garner Future of Policing This paper will center on the current trend that affects policing in the twenty-first century. I will also focus on any anticipated critical issues that could affect policing in the future and changes that are needed to effectively address those critical issues. American policing has revolutionized enormously since the 1800’s. Policing for America began with the colonist bringing the rural community police methods that observed the scattered parishes, and while under this type of configuration one man from that specific county was responsible for serving a term of one-year as constable. During that time policing worked well but as towns became more colonized and the blossom of prosperity resulted into illegal wrongdoings. Even though, American policing was configured as a quasi-military with the task to prevent crime and being conspicuous while on patrol was an pure imitation of London’s contemporary policing, the organization of government control over the police force was different from London’s patrol the United States were self-govern and with this policing became more time-consuming, dangerous, and less attractive (Walker, S., & Katz, C. M. 2011). The three eras American policing comprised of political, professional, and conflicting pressures and those eras ranged from the 1830 are to 1900’s. The old conventional eras of policing consisted of police patrolling without any proper...
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...Critical Issues in Policing Lindsay R.V. Klamp CJA/214 – Introduction to Police Theory and Practices June 11, 2012 Melinda Allen University of Phoenix Critical Issues in Policing There are a number of critical issues when concering policing. This paper will discuss the dangers of policing and how it affects police officers; less-than-lethal weapons and the benefits that it has for officers and our community; past, present, and future technology of policing and some of the benefits that they entail; homeland security and law enforcements relationship, and police corruption. Dangers of Policing When you are in a position to protect the people and the community, your job generally will come with a large amount of risks. Every day that an officer steps out into the world to do his/her job; they are risking their lives for the sake of the community. Not only do police risk his/her lives, but also they are put at risk for a number of other dangers that are related to police work. A few of these dangers include: death, stress, physical damage to the body, mental damage to the mind and various health issues. One danger for police officers that which seem to be rising over the years is that police officers are being killed by perpetrators. According to statistics compiled by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, 72 officers were killed by perpetrators in 2011, a 25% increase from the previous year and a 75% increase from 2008. The 2011 deaths were the first time that more...
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...Future of Policing CJS/210 June 10th, 2013 There are many trends that are currently affecting policing in today’s society. Police officers have to deal with different issues that come their way like human trafficking, drug trafficking, and many of gangs. The many trends that police are dealing with are getting worst by the minute. Trends that are currently affecting policing are human trafficking, gangs, illegal migrations and drug trafficking. Sex trafficking, labor trafficking, and unknown labor all fall under human trafficking. Federally funded human trafficking task forces opened a total of 2,515 suspected incidents of human trafficking for investigation between January 1, 2008, and June 30, 2010 (BJS, 2013). Out of the 2,515 of human trafficking sex trafficking had the most incident totaling at 2,065. Sex trafficking has become a trend that the police cannot stop. There are so many people out there kidnapping runaway victim to make money. They are having young runaway victim sell their body for their personal gain. In the street police officer like to call them pimps or madams. Pimp is a man who solicits for a prostitute or brothel and lives off the earnings. Madam is a woman who runs a brothel. Labor trafficking is a form of modern-day slavery in which individuals perform labor or services through the use of force, fraud, or coercion. Labor trafficking includes situations of debt bondage, forced labor, and involuntary child labor. 350 were labor trafficking cases...
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...Future of Policing CJS/210 There are many trends that are currently affecting policing in today’s society. Police officers have to deal with different issues that come their way like human trafficking, drug trafficking, and many of gangs. The many trends that police are dealing with are getting worst by the minute. Trends that are currently affecting policing are human trafficking, gangs, illegal migrations and drug trafficking. Sex trafficking, labor trafficking, and unknown labor all fall under human trafficking. Federally funded human trafficking task forces opened a total of 2,515 suspected incidents of human trafficking for investigation between January 1, 2008, and June 30, 2010 (BJS, 2011). Out of the 2,515 of human trafficking sex trafficking had the most incident totaling at 2,065. Sex trafficking has become a trend that the police cannot stop. There are so many people out there kidnapping runaway victim to make money. They are having young runaway victim sell their body for their personal gain. In the street police officer like to call them pimps or madams. Pimp is a man who solicits for a prostitute or brothel and lives off the earnings. Madam is a woman who runs a brothel. Labor trafficking is a form of modern-day slavery in which individuals perform labor or services through the use of force, fraud, or coercion. Labor trafficking includes situations of debt bondage, forced labor, and involuntary child labor. 350 were labor trafficking case out of the 2,515. Unknown...
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...Critical Issues in Policing Chaz Gonzales CJA/214 Anthony Maez November 19, 2014 Critical Issues in Policing Policing is a vital occupation to hold and necessary for society to function properly without too much concern about dangerous situations. There are many factors that are critical and vital to police to do their jobs effectively. Some issues pertain to equipment and others just to scenarios faced out in the field and how to handle them. The most recognized danger in policing is of course that of being shot. However, there are other multiple dangers that are dealt with on a daily basis. Some that the public may not think of are those like foot pursuits, vehicle pursuits, responding code 3 (lights and sirens), making an arrest, stress, heat stroke, equipment duty, and biohazard and sun exposure. The equipment alone can weigh up to 20 pounds and includes items like ballistic vests and heavy leather belts containing batons, pepper spray, handcuffs, a radio and a handgun. The weight from this equipment can puts a tremendous amount of stress on the back, hips, knees and feet. Another thing to keep in mind is that officers get in and out of their patrol car upwards of 20 times a day while wearing this equipment. The result of this combination can be injury to the point of being unable to work in law enforcement indefinitely. Exposure to extreme temperatures for extended periods of time isn’t uncommon. They can be conducting traffic control in 100 degree weather while...
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