“Well done, good and faithful servant! You have been faithful with a few things; I will put you in charge of many things.” Those were the words written in the bible under Matthew 25:21. In connection to that quote, for the past several decades, policing had been one of the most challenging careers in the U.S. Consequently, police officers, patrols, investigators all have played a huge role to protect and serve the community. However, within the small system there had been issues that affect our society. In a law enforcement agency, Deputy Chief Gowaski have received heat from city officials and the public that they need to do a better job protecting and serving the community. He has analyzed and studied an experiment that has been successful in Anne Aroundel County Police Department and wants to implant that strategy in his agency. He gathers his team and discusses that the experiment is intended to increase officer productivity, expand responsibility beyond writing incident reports, decrease reliance on specialized units for case follow-up and establish flexibility as an operational norm. Consequently, a research will be made using the textbook Policing in America: Challenges and Best Practices to understand the comparison of this experiment to the traditional model of law enforcement, the changes that will and will not be resisted and the success the experiment will bring to the agency.
For the past several decades law enforcement has done the necessary to deter crime and improve society. According to the textbook, the dominant police have come up with a traditional model strategy that has emphasized motorized patrol, rapid response time, and retrospective investigation of crimes (Peak 165). In Chief Gowaski’s situation, he ha...
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...ivity strategy,” investigators were required to have the necessary skills to overcome such goal.
The program and overall experiment was very successful at Anne Arundel County Police Department that after 14 months, many cases were solved. The case study solved the destruction properties, armed robberies, vehicle thefts and others. Along with the resistance discussed with traffic control, 265 drunk drivers were apprehend. Most importantly, the traditional law enforcement that was practiced several decades ago allowed investigators to focus on major crimes than having to rely on the public’s voice for answers. After all, the professionalism of an investigator and the support of all the departments made a great impact in the society.
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According to Kelling, Pate, Dieckman, & Brown (1974), patrol is the “backbone” of police work. This belief is based around the premise that the mere presence of police officers on patrol prohibits criminal activity. Despite increasing budgets and the availability of more officers on the streets, crime rates still rose with the expanding metropolitan populations (Kelling et al., 1974). A one year experiment to determine the effectiveness of routine preventive patrol would be conducted, beginning on the first day of October 1972, and ending on the last day of September 1973.
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The use of force, particularly with correlation to officer morale and/or inadequate education/training, has become particularly problematic. Measures should be taken to reduce the injury to suspects, particularly physical injury resulting from poor officer tactics or malicious intentions not related to upholding the law. These are problems, which, if properly handled and rectified, will result in improved officer morale, improved relationships with the public as well as ensure a continued upstanding reputation for the oldest police force in the nation.
The modern police agencies have grown and developed since the early 1600s to become an increasingly organized group that endeavors to prevent crime while preserving the rights and professionalism of citizens. Generally, modern policing in the United has been shaped by the early English police styles (“The History of the Police”, n.d.). This is primarily because the first organized policing agencies were witnessed in the early 1800s but exper...
Crime is a part of society encompases the news and the public. A variety of studies of media content have estimated that as much as 25 percent of the daily news is devoted to crime (Surette 1992) and that crime is the largest major category of stories in the print and electronic media (Chermak 1994, 103). (Lawrence 18). With crime at an all time high, police are constantly having to deal with more and more issues. This can lead to stressed out and fed up officers, which can lead to poor decisions by an officer. The use of force by police is a highly controversial topic as it raises questions about a government’s ability to use force against its citizens (Lawrence 19). Today’s society is caught up on the ideals of civility and equality before the law, making police use of force a touchy
These changes have manifested both positive and negative reverberations in the way we perform our job. Police officials have contemplated for years over the key to maintaining a positive image for their organization. Unfortunately, several incidents in the past years have altered society's perception of police in some communities. Police in America are no longer strangers to innovation born of scandal.
As elucidated above, William Bratton successfully engages the audience in thinking about the possibility of having responsible cops and a functional police department. He does so by explaining and revealing how new strategies changed the entire operations of the NYPD and other police departments in America. Though not flawless, the book is fascinating, informing and interesting for learners and law enforcers.
As taught in the lectures, it is impossible for police officers to win the war against crime without bending the rules, however when the rules are bent so much that it starts to violate t...
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In the fifth chapter of Walker’s book, he discusses the idea that we can reduce crime rates if we “unleash” cops and give them more capabilities, deter future crimes through more severe punishments, and that we should lock up more criminals and for longer terms. The author of 14 books on issues of crime, policing, and policies surrounding those issues, Walker holds the title of Emeritus Professor of Criminal Justice at the University of Nebraska at Omaha where he taught for many years, even though he has not taught there since 2005. Before this, in 1973, he acquired a Ph.D. in American History at Ohio State University which is his highest degree to date. Walker has written and done research on numerous subjects involving the criminal justice system and because of this has keen insight into the world of law and policing.
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Describe the various "styles of policing" discussed in this chapter. Which do you think are the most popular today? Which do you think are the most effective? Due Date March 11, 2005
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