Law Enforcement Against Prohibition

Corcoran State prison when Preston Tate and his cellmate were fighting against two rivalries who were Hispanic gang members. Following Preston Tate’s death at the hands of a prison guard and that’s when whistle blowers approached the Federal Bureau Investigation (FBI) with stories of abuse against the inmates (Dryburgh, 2009). Also, the Corcoran case provides understanding into of how power can be taken…

authors defined personal preferences as the “lack of interests that minorities have towards the law enforcement profession” (Gaines & Kappeler, 2014, p. 118). An example of personal preferences as defined by Gaines and Kappeler is the perspectives and attitudes of minorities towards law enforcement. Gaines and Kappeler (2014) revealed several reasons why minorities are not attracted to the law enforcement profession and they are as follows: (1) police work is not considered as a desirable…

Much has been written and said about the benefits of fusion centers and their potentials to improve collaboration at all levels of the law enforcement hierarchy. These organizational modalities have proved to be particularly useful for collecting and disseminating intelligence data. By partnering with private bodies, fusion centers have significantly expanded their information sharing outreach…

communities, help lower the number of law enforcement officers assaulted every day, and help lower the number of people in jail. There are many different ways we can help law enforcement officers solve crime faster. First, we can make communities safer, and overall help lower the crime rate. Some of…

The distinction between the military and law enforcement agencies has become increasingly more blurred in the last 50 years. With political movements, such as the War on Drugs, the use of military tactics in policing has become more prominent in American society. Paramilitary Patrol Units, or PPUs, have become increasingly more established in policing, and often are viewed as the elite police entity in our country. These units have become normalized in localities, and it has become evident that…

advancement program, law enforcement agencies should provide applicable trainings to civilian employees to enhance their professional support within the organization. In some law enforcement agencies, civilian employees do not acquire close to the amount of trainings than their sworn counterparts received, but could most definitely use the essential trainings to support their sworn counterpart. According to the United State Department of Justice report on basic state and local law enforcement…

As a leader in a law enforcement agency Detective Doe has a lot of social power from many different sources. French and Raven’s 5 sources of power are very effective in describing the source Detective Doe’s social power in the workplace (1959). It is extremely important for him to use the appropriate power sources and not to abuse his power in any way as both a leader and representative of justice. Another thing he must ensure is that his team is motivated to work and not distracted by material…

the wars in in Iraq and Afghanistan claimed the lives of thousands and we the United States have taken massive counterterrorism measures home with us. The United States Patriot Act of 2001 made significant changes in the structure of federal law enforcement, it was revised in 2006 and in 2004 when the 9/11 commission called for a complete overhaul of the U.S. intelligence system the National Criminal Intelligence Sharing Plan or NCISP set standards for a new system of domestic intelligence…

could and hold a desire to harm the nation. The primary investigative jurisdiction for the FBI is covering all federal criminal laws except cases in which the responsibility is assigned to another agency specifically. They have special investigative jurisdiction for violations of state law under limited circumstances, specifically felonies, murders of state law enforcement officers, violent crimes, and serial killers (U.S. Department of Justice,…

in the law enforcement, especially where we want more diversity so they can represent their community. The decades of research show that members of the community believe the law enforcement represents and responds to them. When the community perceives the law enforcement as fair, legitimate, and accountable it enhances the trust the community to the law enforcement. The trust the community has towards can defuse tensions, solve crimes, and create a system where the community sees the law…