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Have you ever wondered what it is like to be a law enforcement officer? Most people imagine driving fast and running after the “bad guys”. While this is one part of many law enforcement careers, there are many other things that law enforcement officers do in their daily duties. While law enforcement is an exciting career, officers must be able to face dangerous situations daily, be organized, have good writing skills and work well with high stress situations.
One of the first attempts at law enforcement began in 1692, an act known as the highway act was taking place. The highway act provided rewards to anyone who captured a criminal. In the 1600’s, crime spreads through city of England. There was a group of investigators called the “Bow Street Runners” and they went to major crime scenes to see if they could figure out what happened. With the success of the Bow Street Runners, the government started paying people to be law enforcers. (2)
When people first started coming to America from England. The Europeans found it strange that the Native Americans lived off of 1 rule, survival. The Europeans had done all they could do to get ready to protect themselves from people who didn’t want to share land. So any man available including young boys started patrolling to keep the rest safe. "Police History." Police History. N.p., n.d. Web. 03 Nov. 2013. http://www.aphf.org/hist.html
After Europeans got settled to maintain order they left the justices of peace in control of laws. But once they started towns started getting larger they rapidly figured out that leaving them in charge was not going to be enough to maintain order. This is when they came up with the idea of organizing areas and paying people to enforce the laws. In 1636 Boston...

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...a good way to enforce the laws in places that have a large population that it was not possible for everyone to know where everyone else is. Informal method is what law enforcer’s use now and by using this type of law enforcement they have to implies all laws to everyone.

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