Law enforcement and society

after a crime. NIBIN stands for national integrated ballistic information network. NIBIN is “a national database of digital images of spent bullets and cartridge cases that were found at crime scenes or test fired from confiscated weapons” (“Law Enforcement,” n.d.). NIBIN was created in 1999. Before this organization firearm examiners would compare each piece of evidence themselves. Since its establishment NIBIN has accomplished “2.8 million images of evidence and 74,000 hits” (“Fact sheet”…

The last thing I remembered about him was his Roman nose. We were at ‘Big Joe’ Brady’s restaurant, and we were having a good time with each other. We agreed to meet at this exact spot, and time after 20 years, and then we parted. We just left each other. That was the last time I saw Jimmy Wells. I feel a drizzle of rain beat down on my coat. I’m waiting at the doorway of a hardware store. The moon glistens, lighting up everything just enough for me to see the outline of my surroundings. I see…

UCR stands for Uniform Crime Report. The UCR started keeping track of criminal record in the 1920's. They officially launched their program in 1929. They receive their data from the FBI and report it to the state. The UCR divides crime into two parts. The first part is for the serious crimes such as criminal homicide, burglary, motor vehicle theft, arson, rape, robbery, Aggravated assault. The second part consists of less serious crimes. If you look at the crimes that are listed, you can see…

they face have to deal with corruption. Corruption lead to the development of the Knapp Commission, there are many different types and reason that corruption occurs, and the presence of corruption affects the persona of law enforcement. The affects that corruption has on law enforcement must be understood in order to end it. First up is the Knapp Commission. It was “created in 1970 by New York City Mayor John V. Lindsay in response to a series of articles in the New York Times detailing…

Sir Robert Peel created the “Nine Principles of Reform” in 1829 the first principle was “The basic mission for which law enforcement agency occurs so that they can avoid wrongdoing and complaints as an alternate suppression of corruption and complaints by soldierly strength and strictness of lawful penalties.” (Peel R. , n.d.) What he was implying was that the police are to prevent crimes and any other disorders The second was “The ability of the police to perform their duties is dependent…

They are rules climate and the law and code climates. Employees in a rules climate demonstrate strict obedience to the policies of the organization and use these policies to make ethical decisions and resolve problems (Rothwell & Baldwin, 2006). Employees that are in law and code climate look to the government rules or professional conventions to resolve dilemmas ethically. Public agencies generally have strong rules and law and code climates because their activities are often…

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…

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…