...Issues in Policing Response CJS/210 Issues in Policing Response Policing is a very psychologically stressful job. Many officers face death, the loss of family, people being disrespectful, late hours, confusion between departments and coworkers. When confusion happens this can cause them to end up dead or harm the case they are working on. Officers have so many things that they have to look out for and watch for. They have to make sure that they are respectful to people who commit crimes even though they may not agree with what they have done or are disrespectful to them. They also have to keep eyes out for terrorist and people who are capable of committing these types of crimes. These issues coincide with those of the (DHS) because these departments work together in getting important information back and forth to one another. They do this so every department is aware of the different dangers in their area including terrorist. This is the main concern right now for the DHS as this can happen anywhere at any time (www.hstoday.gov.com). I think that if we get better communication and more officers willing to work as a team instead of being hard headed and trying to play superman, then I think that all these enforcement agencies would be more willing to work together. I say this because a lot of officers like to be the hero and do not want help or like to share information. So with that being said all the agencies need to be more willing to work together ...
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...Policing in U.S. Society Response Trimeya Washington CJS/210 Sean Beeler The relationship of the government and the policing has a lack of communication between one another in my eyes. Now the government only makes the rules and leaves it up to the policing to enforce them. Well in my opinion if the government would have more communication with polices or other officials they would see that some of those rules need to be amended/changed/ or a new law needs to be put in place to enforce the rule at question. Many of the government officials have no clue as to what is going on in society today so they really are not beneficial to the public eye because they are not aware of the situations that we face as the public. The police have the first hand view of what is going on in the society because they are out in the streets patrolling and communicating with the people while the government sit high in the offices and just do paper work with no concern of society’s issues. In looking at all that is going on the government has no communication with the police at all so they are not involved with a lot of the cases or problems that may are going on. This has impacted the relationship on the U.S as a whole because the public feels as though their opinion doesn’t matter. Until the government and the police start communicating society may never get the justice and help they is desired or needed to...
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...ISSUES IN POLICING RESPONSE Issues in Policing Response Marie Jefferson CJS/210 April 20, 2014 Ronald Meyer As a law enforcement officer, police face many different issues on a daily basis. Typically when discussing racial profiling it is usually in the context of bias or some type of disparity. When talking about bias, this is a kind of difference a person may have that is either covert, or overt. Overt takes place when an individual themselves begin to act upon these differences. While covert bias is harbored but still influences a person’s decision making process. When addressing disparities we are able to see and understand how differences occur. For instance, there are differences amongst groups and in the way that each individual group is handled from law enforcement’s perspective, this creates a disparity. When we think about racial profiling, we have to keep those aspects in mind. Although here have been theories or explanations as to what exactly is racial profiling, however the field of criminal justice does not have an exact definition of racial profiling. Another issue with law enforcement is ethics and police corruption. Police officers have the ability to use their discretion as to enforce the law or not. Ethics is a source of principles that exist apart from the law, ethics tells officers what should be done when the law is unclear or absent. When an officer makes a decision not in the interest of the public, but in...
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...Policing U.S Society Response CJS\210 Our government and our police departments have a very funny relationship with each other. They have one of those relationships were they can’t live with each other but they also can’t live without each other. In the US there are many different kinds of policing that fall under criminal justice. Depending on what department it is the government plays many roles. The United States does not have a national police system. Which means that we do not have a federal agency responsible for looking over police agencies to ensure that the minimum standards are meet? The government has made laws police are required to follow but that does not mean they do. An example would be the Miranda, law if the police do not advise you of the Miranda law when you are arrested you have the right to file an appeal once you have been convicted. The appeal would be filed in a federal court giving you a chance to have your case heard again. Many citizens have an issue with that because the police did not follow the law and you have to first be found guilty to even have a chance at the truth coming out. The government also provides police departments with different kinds of grants to help with changing in policing. The state government sets minimum standards for police in some areas. They also have the right to rule in an issue under there state constitution. Then you have the state codes that say what the police can and can’t do in that...
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...Issues in Policing Response CJS/210 June 1, 2012 Issues in Policing Response There are many issues law enforcement face every day. These issues are corruption, stress on-the-job, terrorism, and illegal immigration. Stress a common issue amongst officers because they deal with dangerous situations every day and are required to handle a range of different and challenging tasks as a matter of routine. (Terry & Grant, 2008, pg.229). Police officers is a tough and threatening job. “Officers occupy a unique position in relation to the public they exist to serve and protect, the police are required to maintain high standards and are frequently subjected to intense scrutiny and criticism from the media and public at large.” (Terry & Grant, 2008, pg.229). According to Grant & Terry, police corruption has been a police concern since the time of the watch systems. Corruption involves a range of actions encompassing an officer’s misuse of his or her authority for personal gain. These types of actions include passive and active behaviors from the officer. The Department of Homeland Security is an important department of the federal government and has eight agencies that have authority to conduct public corruption investigations within the department. For every allegation of corruption within the department, there are three agencies that have jurisdiction to investigate. (Merchant, n.d) Terrorism is a major problem for policing agencies and federal agencies. The...
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...Wk. 8 Checkpoint: Issues in Policing Response 1. CJS/210: Fundamentals of Policing Dec. 9th, 2011 What are the issues facing law enforcement today? How do these issues coincide with those of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS)? How can the relationship between local, state and federal law enforcement agencies and DHS improve? Major incidents of police brutality and corruption amongst law enforcement agencies in the recent 20 + years has made the public realize that police corruption has occurred for many years under their noses, making them feel vulnerable and angry. Example# 1: Police brutality case of Rodney King in 1991, where several police officers brutally beat a black man for a traffic violation. The event happened to get videotaped by a complete stranger, George Holiday, which became a media black eye to police agencies, but that tape became a crucial piece of evidence that led to a chain of events that included two trials and a major riot in 1992. http://prop1.org/legal/prisons/kinga2.htm Example#2- The political downfall of Detroit’s former Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick starting in March 24, 2008, Kilpatrick was charged with eight felony counts, including perjury, misconduct in office, and obstruction of justice. On September 4, 2008, Kilpatrick announced his resignation as mayor and soon after went to jail. http://www.freep.com/article/99999999/NEWS01/80124052/Kwame-Kilpatrick-mayor-crisis 2. Then policing agency such as the FBI...
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...Diversity in the Police Departments CJS/210 12/03/2014 “According to Wilson (1978), all police departments were faced with two fundamental but different types of problems: problems of law enforcement and problems of order maintenance. Law enforcement problems typically involved illegal conduct that could lead to an arrest, whereas order maintenance problems involved less serious behavior that in many cases could be dealt with informally by the police. Based on a study of eight police departments, Wilson concluded that police organizations could be divided into one of three basic categories depending on how they approached these problems: the watchman style, the legalistic style, and the service style.” (Grant & Terry, 2008, Chapter 9) The watchman style places great emphasis on order maintenance and individual officer discretion instead of the letter of the law. The watchman police officer may be more willing to issue warnings, help informants stay out of trouble, or to help work out disputes between citizens instead of making an arrest. The watchman uses discretion in determining when to issue a ticket or make an arrest. The watchman may use bullying or harassment to help maintain the peace. The legalistic style of policing tends to replace the watchman style as the police become more professional technologically advanced, and more proactive. The legalistic style emphasizes the importance of law enforcement and maintaining clear and impartial legal standards for the...
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...Reactive and Proactive Response Vicki Willan CJS 210: Fundamentals of Policing September 23, 2014 MICHAEL CATANZARITAf0, Facilitator University of Phoenix The most common form of law enforcement is the reactive enforcement. Reactive policing is waiting for a crime to occur and then responding appropriately. For example, when an officer sees a vehicle that is being driven erratically, he or she will stop the vehicle and if the officer feels the person was driving under the influence, he would have the driver perform some sobriety tests and if found to be under the influence, the officer would arrest the driver. Triple Jeopardy program enforces the idea that impaired driving, speeding and not wearing a seat belt are common denominators in accidents involving serious injury and even death. People who have been pulled over by an officer are automatically checked for all three violations. ("Reactive And Proactive Enforcement", n.d.). The goal of proactive law enforcement is to prevent or suppress juvenile drinking and driving before it takes place. Many juveniles are able to walk and purchase alcohol themselves. Another thing that juveniles do is to find an adult who will purchase the alcohol for them. ("Reactive And Proactive Enforcement", n.d.). If police agencies were to adopt only one of these styles, it would through the balance of enforcing the law out of whack. The police would only be focusing on one issue, which will lead to them not being able to help...
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...Organizational Theories of Policing Rashika S. Bowden CJS/210 9/72010 Instructor-Mark Morrison Response to Organizational Policing People explore the organizational theories as ways to explain plus help individuals see structure and simples ways the police agencies work. The tree theories of policing are 1) Resource Dependency, 2) Contingency, 3) Institutional. Resource dependency is often used for recognizing that organizations must find ways to survive, and engage in exchange with other organizations is their environment. Up holding an external social and political environment, contingency theory believes that it can and will create structure and achieve specific goals. “Last but not least institutional theories hold and place organizations under a category to operate with relations so they can improve their social and external political beliefs” (Walker & Katz, 2008). Agencies and police organizations try to operate according to the theories that were listed above. Often times as I have seen in numerous cases, if gang activity is a consistent problem in or around different communities, the agencies and police organizations will eventually form or call in the special gang unit. “However, not all resource dependent departments are awarded funding for their community issues; departments that struggle with gang-related problems may not have the resources to form a special gang unit. Each theory can explain the structures and operational strategies of most...
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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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...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 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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...Jessica Couture 7/22/2012 CJS/210 Final: Future of policing paper The biggest issue that effects policing is technology. Technology is at a rise and growing at an incredible rate. Technology advancement gives criminals a whole new way or an easier way to commit crimes. Eventually technology is going to take away jobs from our police officers and other individuals working in law enforcement. We are no longer going to need police officers out on patrol monitoring traffic, we have high speed cameras to detect incident detection, and vehicle counting, traffic flow monitoring and even people who violate traffic laws like speeding, running red lights and stop signs. The technology only gets better with the better quality of surveillance camera on street corners. This trend is going to push for more cameras in high populated areas to maintain safely and order. They now have surveillance cameras with facial recognition so that the camera can identify you. These trends are either going to affect policing in a good way or a potentially be used against them because criminals these days are getting smarter with all this tech-savvy generation that we all live in. We are going to see more criminals of all ages young and old committing more crimes like internet fraud, financial crimes like embezzlement, bribery, credit card fraud, indentify theft and insider trading are just to name a few. The question is can law enforcement keep up with the latest trend of technology? Law enforcement...
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