John Constable

“The Saints and Roughnecks” by Williams J Chambliss In this Article by Williams J Chambliss he talks about two groups of gangs saints and roughnecks. Saint were seen in society as a respectable bunch of boys that community think they will grow up to be quite successful in life. The other group known as the roughnecks were acknowledges as delinquents by everyone and was not accepted to even pass high school. Both boys of groups were involved in many different kinds of criminal…

The authors report on the issue of the Santa Cruz police and its people being angry with the actions taken by the feds during a raid. They are mad at the feds for arresting undocumented immigrants while on a separate mission. The Santa Cruz police claim that they only agreed to the plan for DHS to carry out the raid with the condition that undocumented immigrants are not arrested. However, the feds went ahead and arrested eleven people to which they claim were detained because of immigration…

A state trooper, sometimes called highway patrol officers or a state police officer, is a law enforcement officer. Many people don’t know what a state trooper is or what they do. State troopers patrol highways enforcing traffic laws, provide emergency assistance when needed, and help prevent crime and arrest law offenders. The goal of a state trooper is to promote safety by enforcing the law. What most people don’t know is that there are many thigs a state trooper may be required to do besides…

Should the public feel safe around police officers all the time? Will the cameras they wear capture every move a police officer makes? Everywhere in the world, people might want to rethink the use of these cameras that the police officers have been given. Police with body cameras have been used before but they were never put good use. Less than half of all police officers report information and video evidence when back at the station after their shift. Police Officers in the US and UK using body…

Using real life situations, I can refer to Kentrell Gaulden, commonly known by his rap name NBA Youngboy. Growing up in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Gaulden was exposed to violence and harshness of the streets at a young age. Nevertheless, after catching the attention of the nation for his unique rap style, Gaulden caught the attention of the Baton Rouge police when he was taken in for attempted murder. Thousands of people that Gaulden had inspired were left scratching their head, wondering how…

Introduction Any law is a standard determined by the governing power for the benefit and good operations of its society. Any abuse of that law is bound to create social unrest and resistance, exactly the opposite of the effect that the law is intended to achieve. Hence, maintaining confidence in the exercise of a law as part of law enforcement in an increasingly blurred environment between law enforcement, security and intelligence relies on appropriate controls. The exercise of any intrusive…

Change in Leadership in the Workplace While every organization experiences changes in leadership and organizational structure, few have the shuffling of managers and shifts in organizational ideology, as often as police departments. With mandatory retirement ages, employment contracts, and the ability for individuals to take advantage of retirement packages, few chiefs stay longer than 5-7 years at one department. This constant change in management leaves the employees dealing with the…

Police Discretion ‘De-escalation’ vs. ‘Use of Force’ training: The largest and most obvious difference between de-escalation and use of force is that de-escalation is trying to diffuse the situation with words and body language, use of force is diffusing the situation with forceful tones, moods, and actions. For example to diffuse a robbery with force the officer would use his/her weapon to stop the robber, to use the de-escalation method the officer would try to keep the robber in the area and…

I was so shocked as I was taken to be put in the back of the police car to be driven to a local jail by the police after the party.I started trembling on the way unable to process what had happened. Previously I only had spent a few minutes at the party and didn’t realize my friends wanted me to go a party with drugs and alcohol.Upon arrival at the prison there were tall electric fence that surrounded the premises.On the top of the fence I was able to see the vividly sharp barbed wire at the…

weapons are involved and there is a higher danger element as well as the public crime rate are all environmental factors. Internally, administrative workings, police organization, and normal behaviors all can have adverse effects on an officer's decision also. Two shooting types are identified, "non-elective and elective." (White, 1999) "Non-elective shootings are seen as an officer using deadly force to protect against threat of immediate serious injury or death. As the amount of danger facing…