In Rise of the Warrior Cop, Radley Balko discusses in chapter five the use of police in the 1970s. He starts of by mentioning Sam Ervin a senator from North Carolina who would try fight then President Richard Nixon Administration stance on the no knock warrant. At the time the main focus for any political election was showing the public that they were tough on crime in order to tally up votes. This started to set up policies and agencies that will soon begin the war on drugs. First thing was the no knock warrant that allowed police to obtain a warrant that doesn't require them to knock if they believed a suspect was going to destroy evidence. The no knock warrant has its flaws, for example, many times officers have been allowed the no knock
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This allowed many police agencies across the country to request things they felt that they needed, many of those things were military gear. Nixon appointed Jerry Wilson to the head the Metropolitan Police Department in Washington, D.C., surprisingly Wilson had a different approach on crime than Nixon, he didn't really support the militarization that was going on across the country but rather he preferred that police gain the trust of the community, and know that they work for the people. Washington, D.C. began to see a drop in their crime rate, which Nixon took credit for. A plan to give enforcement to the White House took effect and started up by Nixon, which was Office of Drug Abuse Law Enforcement led by Myles Ambrose. Dirk Dickenson would die in the hands of ODALE. Dickenson’s home was raided by ODALE, after an informant gave a tip to the BNDD, that Dickenson was running a million dollar PCP lab. On the day of the raid the press was invited along to give exposure to ODALE, and what was supposed the biggest drug bust in California history. Lloyd Clifton was one of the federal agents invited to tag along and help with the …show more content…
Under the Reagan Administration a tough approach on crime was on the horizon, Reagan tried to be much tougher on drug crimes, he now wanted the FBI involved with drug crimes, and there was also the development of RICO (Racketeering Influenced and Corrupt Organizations). RICO was an idea by Robert Blakely that allowed prosecutors to go after everything a guilty party had earned with money from the illegal crimes. Reagan also wanted to do away with Miranda, exclusionary rule, parole, and bail. They would also focus on marijuana, calling it the gateway drugs to all other drugs. He also created a new office for a drug czar, who would report directly to him and coordinate and oversee all the anti drugs effort, Carlton Turner will be appointed. The military would know have role in the drug war when Congress passed the 1981 Military Cooperation with Law Enforcement Act. This allowed the Navy and the Coast Guard to work together to stop drug smugglers, and also allowed the Pentagon to give state and local law enforcement access to military intelligence and research, along with military training on using military equipment. Carlton Turner and California attorney general John Van de Kamp also developed CAMP (Campaign Against Marijuana Production). This allowed the National Guard to search for, find, and destroy marijuana fields in Northern California. They even used U-2 spy planes to fly
This allowed many police agencies across the country to request things they felt that they needed, many of those things were military gear. Nixon appointed Jerry Wilson to the head the Metropolitan Police Department in Washington, D.C., surprisingly Wilson had a different approach on crime than Nixon, he didn't really support the militarization that was going on across the country but rather he preferred that police gain the trust of the community, and know that they work for the people. Washington, D.C. began to see a drop in their crime rate, which Nixon took credit for. A plan to give enforcement to the White House took effect and started up by Nixon, which was Office of Drug Abuse Law Enforcement led by Myles Ambrose. Dirk Dickenson would die in the hands of ODALE. Dickenson’s home was raided by ODALE, after an informant gave a tip to the BNDD, that Dickenson was running a million dollar PCP lab. On the day of the raid the press was invited along to give exposure to ODALE, and what was supposed the biggest drug bust in California history. Lloyd Clifton was one of the federal agents invited to tag along and help with the …show more content…
Under the Reagan Administration a tough approach on crime was on the horizon, Reagan tried to be much tougher on drug crimes, he now wanted the FBI involved with drug crimes, and there was also the development of RICO (Racketeering Influenced and Corrupt Organizations). RICO was an idea by Robert Blakely that allowed prosecutors to go after everything a guilty party had earned with money from the illegal crimes. Reagan also wanted to do away with Miranda, exclusionary rule, parole, and bail. They would also focus on marijuana, calling it the gateway drugs to all other drugs. He also created a new office for a drug czar, who would report directly to him and coordinate and oversee all the anti drugs effort, Carlton Turner will be appointed. The military would know have role in the drug war when Congress passed the 1981 Military Cooperation with Law Enforcement Act. This allowed the Navy and the Coast Guard to work together to stop drug smugglers, and also allowed the Pentagon to give state and local law enforcement access to military intelligence and research, along with military training on using military equipment. Carlton Turner and California attorney general John Van de Kamp also developed CAMP (Campaign Against Marijuana Production). This allowed the National Guard to search for, find, and destroy marijuana fields in Northern California. They even used U-2 spy planes to fly