When it comes to being an officer of the law there are many actions or styles that you can take to get results. Three of the main styles are Watchman, Legalistic, and Service. Each of these will get different results when it comes to various encounters that you may run into. The Watchman style of policing is used for order or the maintenance of order, and the prevention of crimes. The officers that use this technique are usually very discreet to prevent misconduct from happening. This style is mainly used in areas of large population of poverty and minorities, which are usually larger and older cities. Due to the large population of these cities law enforcement officers tend to turn a blind-eye towards smaller laws and infraction; such as j-walking,
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The Legalistic form of policing focuses on violation of the laws. While nothing can be enforced perfectly this method of policing can be influenced by many things some being positive and some being negative. The main ways that have been found to sway the minds of the officers are things such as; the seriousness of the crime/offense, personal relationship to the offender, sadly there race/ or ethnicity, the victims reasoning, the obvious reason of politeness, and lastly the newer and most affluent communities also have major effects on the discussion of the police officers (Voigt et al., 1994, p. 477). An example of the Legalistic style is if someone was speeding to get some such as their pregnant wife to the hospital. While technically it is still a crime almost all officers would be influenced by the victim's reason as well as the seriousness of the offense and possibly will help or overlook the offense. Another great situation of the Legalistic at works is if a politician was caught doing something that is illegal such as narcotics, they may get away with is because of their impact on the community. Although this is a tremendously upsetting fact that happens with corrupt cops, it is still an event that happens more often then we may like to think. While this style of policing is not used correctly if it was then it may actually be
The Legalistic form of policing focuses on violation of the laws. While nothing can be enforced perfectly this method of policing can be influenced by many things some being positive and some being negative. The main ways that have been found to sway the minds of the officers are things such as; the seriousness of the crime/offense, personal relationship to the offender, sadly there race/ or ethnicity, the victims reasoning, the obvious reason of politeness, and lastly the newer and most affluent communities also have major effects on the discussion of the police officers (Voigt et al., 1994, p. 477). An example of the Legalistic style is if someone was speeding to get some such as their pregnant wife to the hospital. While technically it is still a crime almost all officers would be influenced by the victim's reason as well as the seriousness of the offense and possibly will help or overlook the offense. Another great situation of the Legalistic at works is if a politician was caught doing something that is illegal such as narcotics, they may get away with is because of their impact on the community. Although this is a tremendously upsetting fact that happens with corrupt cops, it is still an event that happens more often then we may like to think. While this style of policing is not used correctly if it was then it may actually be