Law enforcement agency powers

had the most reliable data until I read this “About one-third of all the police agencies that contribute data to the UCR are now part of the NIBRS program. When fully implemented and adopted across the nation, NIBRS…

New technological advances provide new options for police and law enforcement agencies, also it presents new challenges. Nowadays a great percentage of population owns some sort of portable recording device, they can range from a simple camera phone with very poor image and sound capacity, to a very sophisticated drone with high pixel camera, magnifying zoom, and global positioning system, but no matter what it is there is always something new and more advanced every day. Police need to keep up…

policing technology, law enforcement agencies forecast the people and places most likely to contribute to future crimes based on information gathered from local and national sources. Depending on the desired forecast, the agencies analyze the information using various forensic processes. Around the country, law enforcement agencies report substantial performance improvements resulting from predictive police technology implementation. Policing in the 21st Century Law enforcement agencies have…

which has evolved drastically over time, but in all its forms it has always reflected the significance of breaking into a building, or part thereof, and the damage that it can cause to both people and property. Policymakers have long sought to use law to shape the physical environment to reduce crime (Anderson, MacDonald, Bluthenthal, & Ashwood, 2013). Such efforts date at least as far back as the Statute of Winchester in 1285, in which King Edward I required the widening of highways and…

Drones: Not the Perfect Soldier Imagine a world where all our soldiers are at home with there wife and kids; they do not need to go overseas to fight in wars and we are no longer losing our loved ones due to war violence because we have soldiers that are not human but robots. This sounds pretty darn nice, doesn 't it? Killer robots are the ideal soldier; they do not need food or water, they do not need to stop and rest, they do not need long training programs, and they do not need to sleep at…

Like any crime, there’s specific procedures that law enforcement must take to ensure the authenticity of the evidence being presented. Many times, when a forensic specialist is presented with a computer or a ton of computers with which to retrieve information, the most vital procedure is making sure…

of 2014 and 2015 twenty active shooter incidents occurred each year. This was nearly six times more than any other time in the preceding sixteen years. This creates a unique situation in which law enforcement officers must be adequately trained to respond, in conjunction with other law enforcement agencies to resolve these high risk critical incidents. The Interagency Security Council defines an active shooter…

made by the law enforcement agency, the officer represents the entire department and what a person think about the police is generated from the experience that is garnered by that encounter. The police are people just as the homeless are. There are good as well as bad days that an officer has. Many times the officer’s personal life is not what is in questioned, it is his professional life that have many people making negative statements about the police officer in general and the agency as a…

How does the agency ensure diversity in the recruiting process? The FBI has a serious commitment to ensure diversity and inclusiveness of all races, genders, and cultures. To ensure that the agency commitment is being fulfilled, the agency track the successes of their diversity initiatives (Hartmann,2002). The particular initiatives includes; providing EEO-related training, such as cultural diversity, to every employees. As well as monitors and reporting employment practices, such as their…

In recent years, law enforcement agencies across the country have been pressured to be more transparent and increase officer accountability. The most prominent manner in which law enforcement agencies have attempted to meet these demands is through the implementation of body-worn cameras. Few studies have been conducted in the recent history of body-worn cameras on law enforcement officers. There are still many questions regarding body-worn camera utilization that must be addressed to obtain…