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61 Cards in this Set
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Frankpledge
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Early form of policing. 10 families that basically watched the town. English custom
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Statute of Winchester
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1285 was Frankpledge with a leader. aka constable. Known as the Bo Street Runners
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Metropolitan Police Act
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(1829) First system where cops were paid. Known as Bobbies
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Political Era
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1840-1920. Corrupt, money bought you power
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Professional Model Era
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1920-1970. Cops had low respect because they were all business.
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Community Policing Era
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1970-Present, In between political and professional eras. Cops with respect. Promotes asking questions which lead to bigger problems.
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Law Enforcement Agencies- Federal
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FBI CIA and over 50 more. Usually a small number of people
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Law Enforcement Agencies- State
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All States but Hawaii have this. Mostly highway patrol
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Law Enforcement Agencies- County
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All but Alaska have these. 3100 Countys in America
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Law Enforcement Agencies- Native Americans
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135 Tribal Agencies
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Order Maintenance
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Disturbing the peace ex loud music
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Law Enforcements
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making arrests
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Service
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Most of Polices works is Service. Locked keys
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Implementing the Mandate
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patrolling and investigating.
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Operations Unit
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Group of people focused on one problem. Ex DEA
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UCR Offenses
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8 most serious crimes
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3 Styles of Policing- Watchman
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Maintenance, patroling, and other mediocre events
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3 Styles of Policing- Legalistic
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Making arrests. If you do something against the law you will be arrested (conservatives view points).
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3 Styles of Policing- Service
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In between Watchman and Legalistic. Using discretion.
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Recruitment
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Fitness Tests, Background checks, some psychological evaluations, written tests, education
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Changing profile of the police
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More females and minority cops now a days.
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Training
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2 weeks for weapons, 4 months for field work. Some have pre service training.
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Socialization
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Learning values of subcultures and being able to analyze situations.
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Police Morality
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Legal guidelines, ethical guidelines
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Police Isolation
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Most cops feel that they are isolated because they are the cops and everyone else is not. Most cops hang out with other cops
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Job Stress
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5x suicides than killed on the job. Also alcoholism and divorce are more likely to happen
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Reactive
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Something happened and going to analyze it.
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Proactive
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Asking questions, being in the community.
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Differential response to calls for service
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some crimes are more important than others
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Clearance Rate
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Number of offenses known to police that have an arrest
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Line Functions
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Working with the community
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Staff Functions
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Desk work
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Sworn Officers
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Allow these people to use force and carry weapons
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Investigations
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Detectives and shit
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Special Operations
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Group of people focused on one problem
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Aggressive Patrol
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Balance of strictness of officers and not causing problems
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SARA
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Scanning Analysis Response Assessment
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Tennesse vs Garner
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1985- Cops cannot use deadly force for fleeing offenders
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Corruption- Grass Eaters
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Not seeking illegal activities but if it comes by they accept it
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Corruption- Meat Eaters
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Seeking opportunities to exploit power
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Corruption- Mooching
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ex Accepting Free meals
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Corruption- Bribery
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Receiving gifts to overlook a crime
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Corruption- Chiseling
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Demanding discounts or treatment
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Corruption- Extortion
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Forcing people to buy a certain thing
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Corruption- Shopping
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Picking up small items for free
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Corruption- Shakedown
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Taking expensive items while a case is going on ex Clarett
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Corruption- Pre meditated Theft
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Planned and known because you know where the locks and cameras are
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Corruption- Favoritism
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Bumper stickers that say "I support cops"
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Corruption- Perjury
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Lying under oath in testimoines and courts
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Corruption- Prejudice
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Treating minorities in a bias fashion
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Internal Affairs Unit
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A branch that investigates complaints about cops
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Civillian review board
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civilians in the community that are incharge of investigating problems
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Standards and Accreditation
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if a cop has more problems than others he may make less money
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DHS
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Department of Homeland Security
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ICS
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Incident Command System. Giving an officers a chance to speak to each other from different areas
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What is the 4th Amendment and what needs to happen before police can enforce this
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Against illegal search and seizure. They must have reasonable suspicion/warrant
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What is needed to make an arrest
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probable cause which is basically more than a hunch
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What are some places that warantless searches are ok
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airports,clubs, sports, borders
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Terry vs Ohio
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Gives cops the rights to pat you down to see if you have weapons
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Dickerson vs MN
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if an officer feels contraband they can seize it
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Miranda vs Arizona
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1966. Must read miranda rights before interogations
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