The Pros And Cons Of A National Police Force

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I believe a national police force has more positive aspects than the state/local format for the United States. England’s police force alone has enough power locally for both Wales and England alone (Terrill, 2016). According to The home secretary has an enormous amount of influence and regulation (Terrill, 2016). According to Terrill (2016), “The home secretary oversees the national strategic direction of the police, in particular as it related to national threats and regional issues associated with organized crime, terrorism, and national borders” (p. 33). One thing that is different with most of England’s police force, more than “90 percent” of their officers do not use firearms; however, there are some that do depending on where they are …show more content…

The amount of available police staff in France is phenomenal. One disadvantage of the French is that king tends to be fragile diplomatically. The defense department is broken down in multiple entities, and the officers go through extensive training. Japan also runs their police force in alignment much like that of the European government; however, the have a prime minister who is appointed by the “Supreme Court”. One interesting thing I learned is how many civilians on a national level in Japan, participate in the police forces and “12,100 are females. The one area of disadvantage is that Japan has a minimum age requirement of the age “19” for males and “20” for females. This seems to be a form of discrimination as some older individuals are much more physically fit that those who are just out of high school age. Russia has always been operational under Communist social equality, and the United States definitely could not operate under Russia’s curriculum. Even the militia of Russian history was monotonous. There has been a change as “militia” is now called

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