Law enforcement and society

This third internet activity requires that we locate and analyze the agency applicant requirements for the position of entry level law enforcement officer for our local law enforcement agency; therefore, I will discuss the hiring process for the City of Miramar Police Department. The application process and how to get started are found on the Miramar Police Department’s website at http://www.miramarpd.org/employment/, and although I could not find an estimate on how long this process could take…

Working for a law enforcement agency whether you are a certified officers or a civilian supervisor. All personnel take an oath and have a duty to protect and serve. We as Americans tend hold law enforcement personnel higher standard because we hope they have the moral virtue to do what is right and lead by example to make a unit run efficiently. However, when a leader is a psychological egoist with a utilitarian view, many times he/she tips the scales of right and wrong in order to give their…

department employees increased in the past years, the number of city staff per capita and budget allocation has actually decreased because of geographic growth. Law enforcement is in charge of the public’s safety. At 27.3% of the city’s total budget, and battling budget cuts, while the population continues to grow is only setting up law enforcement for failure. Having less officers per capita can result in officers being delayed or not respond at all to non-priority calls. Police forces are…

and then returned again killing a total of 14 people and injuring 21 people. It was highly speculated that this man was a terrorist linked to a radical organization and was possibly planning multiple attacks following the shooting in December. Law enforcement officers believed the information about these future attacks and his correspondence with the radical organization was stored in his iPhone 5c. The FBI wanted Apple to make it easier for them to guess the 4 or 6-digit password without having…

The photograph was supposedly produced in April 1894, after the capture of the Cook family by Middlesbrough Police. That hypothetical date is based upon the article which was printed in the Daily Gazette for Middlesbrough on 06 April 1894. The article reported the burglary of John W. Mitchell’s house where he accused the Cooks of the intrusion and in addition to that assessed the damage to his property inflicted by the notorious family. It is believed that later on the photograph was included…

example of the potential for error within our judicial system. On July 25, 1984, nine-year old Dawn Hamilton’s body was found in the woods of Rosedale, Maryland after she had been brutally raped and murdered (guest lecture). Within one week, law enforcement found and arrested the primary suspect of Dawn Hamilton’s murder, twenty-three-year old Kirk Bloodsworth (guest lecture). Police seemed certain that they had the murderer in custody. The young man’s trial lasted two weeks, and the jury…

Search Warrant Planning and Procedures Officer Loe is a veteran Red Team member and is well versed in what is required in this area. Officer Loe was on an extended military assignment for a large portion of this rating period. Since his return he has planned at least seven search warrant operations. Officer Loe understands what is needed in a search warrant entry plan and what areas are likely to create difficulties. He plans for these situations and informs me of them early in his planning…

Everyone can relate to this scenario while growing up; in school, one friend made a mistake or broke school’s law and all other friends were also held accountable for one's misdeed. Apple Vs FBI case from last year feels the same way. Somehow one bad guy used Apple’s iPhone, and FBI was asking for backdoor to the iOS operating system so that they can unlock any iPhone. Apple fulfilling FBI request will put hundreds of millions of people at security risk, and it will open the door for massive…

Community policing needs organizational transformation which is similar to the needs of homeland security. For law enforcement to successfully implement homeland security practices they must transform the organization, not just have certain officers learn about how to ‘fight terror’. This includes police learning how terrorists operate and how to identify their activities while on duty. Learning the type of tactics that terrorist may use, their typical living situations, and how to analyze and…

What exactly is technology? Technology is said to be the application of scientific knowledge for practical purposes especially in a particular area. When first thought of technology is looked at as things that are electronically operated, but there is way more to technology then just things involving wires and batteries. What is the Investigative process? The investigative processes are the steps and procedures taken to solve a case. Steps include identifying what crime was committed, gathering…