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attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon on September 11, 2001 was that local law enforcement agencies and the federal government now interact more within one another. Both local law enforcement and the federal government progressed through a variety of “procedural and structural changes” (Marks 166). There were changes after 9/11 that caused federal agencies to have more interactions with local law enforcement than they would have had prior. One of the reasons there was a change among…

In recent years, developments in the technologies used by law enforcement organizations have been continually accelerating. Technology, from less-lethal devices, such as TASER, and forensic evidence to advanced crime analysis, aims to shape law enforcement and has redefined multiple aspects of policing (White, 2014). One of the most recent technologies is police body-worn camera system, which has already received extensive attentions among media and policing executives in 2013 (White, 2014). In…

evolve. Beginning in 2013, hundreds of police departments began to utilize body-worn cameras on their officers. Over the last few years, whether all police departments should implement these programs has become a rising issue. Body-worn cameras provide departments with unbiased evidence of officer interactions with the public. They have been shown to improve department transparency, improve officer and citizen behavior, decrease length and difficulty of investigation of public complaints, and…

Being a police officer is a constant test of a person’s will power and morality. They are faced with many different obstacles and advances that they must on a daily basis. Many of the obstacles 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…

citizen’s privacy, officer privacy, and investments and costs of creating and maintaining programs. Citizen privacy is the biggest concern regarding body-worn camera programs. Body- worn cameras have the potential to infringe on citizens’ expectation of privacy. The technology may also present concerns for vulnerable populations such as children and victims of crime, such as sexual assaults and rapes. Law enforcement agencies must fully investigate state and federal privacy laws before…

While police officers handle violent crime, they also protect citizens and their property as well as teach safety to children, maintain traffic control and respond to medical emergencies. History More than 350 years ago, America’s first known system…

Law enforcement agencies have significantly changed over the past several decades and they will only continue to change as time goes by. The new technological advances that have occurred over the past several years have allowed agencies to adopt newer and more efficient gadgets. One of these new gadgets that many law enforcement agencies have adopted is the stun gun. According to Michael D. White and Justine Ready from John Jay College of Criminal Justice, there are over 8,000 law enforcement…

years 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…

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…