Police investigations are an essential part of the police mission of protecting and defending the public. Today, crime has become profoundly complex and is constantly changing to adapt to new laws and regulations in order to accomplish the criminal goal of chaos and pain. In order to combat against the developing of new crimes and ways to get away with them, criminal investigators must be adaptable and must possess intellectual, psychological, and physical characteristics. Effective investigators obtain and retain information, apply technical knowledge and remain open-minded, objective and logical. (Hess, 2013) The sophistication of how crimes are committed today and the challenging of certain laws have added a substantial burden to those who have chosen careers within the
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This coordinated mission includes every aspect of policing from the youngest patrolman all the way up to the attorney general of the United States, and without cooperation from any one level, or even the civilian public, the country is at risk.
Another issue involved with the job is knowing when and how to act, according to the policies and procedures put in place by each department, which can vary greatly from department to department. Police generally have very broad powers in which to carry out their duties. The Constitution and Statute 42 of the U.S. Code, Section 1983, place limits on how far police can go in trying to enforce the law but is sometimes overstepped. As the videotaped beating of motorist Rodney King, in Los Angeles and several recent cases in New York have illustrated, police officers sometimes go way too far, violating the rights of citizens in an outright racist or ethically wrong way. When this happens, the victim of the
This coordinated mission includes every aspect of policing from the youngest patrolman all the way up to the attorney general of the United States, and without cooperation from any one level, or even the civilian public, the country is at risk.
Another issue involved with the job is knowing when and how to act, according to the policies and procedures put in place by each department, which can vary greatly from department to department. Police generally have very broad powers in which to carry out their duties. The Constitution and Statute 42 of the U.S. Code, Section 1983, place limits on how far police can go in trying to enforce the law but is sometimes overstepped. As the videotaped beating of motorist Rodney King, in Los Angeles and several recent cases in New York have illustrated, police officers sometimes go way too far, violating the rights of citizens in an outright racist or ethically wrong way. When this happens, the victim of the