Philosophical Investigations

The Department of Homeland Security and the US Patriot Act where created and passed as a direct result of the terrorist attacks orchestrated on September 11, 2001. As a package, both work to preserve life and liberty to citizens of the United States, whether in the homeland or abroad. Therefore, the Department of Homeland Security, while utilizing the US Patriot Act, has partnered with local law enforcement in order to be on the front lines of detecting and preventing homeland terrorism. The…

They gather evidence from many different sources and put it together to show their own perspective of the event of September 11. Due to it being directed and made by an individual, it will contain some elements of bias because of the different views and beliefs that the director has. The evidence collected can contain indisputable and disputable facts. This can cause a distortion of the truth and create a new perspective. Some of the facts will be from individual memory which will also contain…

Accessing Data in Law Enforcement Being able to access data about an offender is an essential tool in law enforcement. We will demonstrate the need for access to data by using the following situation as a guideline: You and Uncle Bob, who is from California, are on a vacation together in Miami when he gets pulled over for speeding. Uncle Bob has never been out of the state of California before this so he only has a criminal history in California. However, the Miami Police Department knows all…

Immediately after the two explosions that occurred around 3pm on April 15th 2013, an investigation was launched that included more than 1,000 law enforcement officials. By sundown on April 18th of investigation a surveillance image of both Tsarnaev brothers was released. Later that night Sean Collier, who was a 27-year-old MIT campus police officer was shot six times and killed while in his patrol…

1. The Federal Freedom of Information Act 1. The Federal Freedom of Information Act suggests that the government is more efficient when it is open to public investigation by allowing the public access to information from the federal government, upon request (Siegel, 2014, p. 268). This act has allowed reporters and activists, to help the public know about pertinent issues such as the CIA’s secret detainee program (Siegel, 2014, p. 268). Every federal agency in question is required to make…

ahead of be turned it down. Thus, once I heard I would be able to take it, I grew very anxious and excited and then met with my advisor to discuss further details. I had first made contact with the supervisors of the Regional Intelligence and Investigation Center in the fall of 2016, in my Senior Seminar class, where Mrs. Ashley Loveit came to my class to give a presentation about them and possible internships and jobs…

system, how the court works, and the process. Being fortunate enough to learn all this at Everest College, where I did obtain my AA degree in Criminal Justice. The feedback that I was giving at this college will prepare me for law school or for my investigation job at Wells Fargo Bank. In the college I was giving the feedback that law was not going to be easy to learn and to master, without the proper…

Organized crime is defined from the FBI as any group having some manner of a formalized structure and whose primary objective is to obtain money through illegal activities. (The FBI- Federal Bureau of Investigation). Yes, I do agree with Professor Howard Abadinsky on his philosophy to fight and control organized crime. Increasing the resources available for law enforcement agencies to fight organized crime would keep Peace Officer’s (police officer’s) and the public safety safer from crimes.…

The Canadian justice system faces controversies set out and displayed in a series of articles by Edward Greenspan, who is a Toronto criminal lawyer and Anthony Doob, who is a professor of criminology at the University of Toronto. The first pointed out that currently The federal government is wanting to reintroduce controversial penalties for the organized crime act that was shot down when the spring election was called, such as minimum sentences for growing marijuana or selling it around youth…

I am playing outside in the yard with my dog Rover. Suddenly, I hear an explosive crackling noise that startled me, I turned around to see our house on fire. It seems as if I was in hell fire everywhere and a dusty cloud of black smoke occurred. I panic I can hear screaming from inside of the house. My neighbors running towards the house as I was sitting on the ground in distraught of what I just witnessed. Sitting there with my knees bent against my chest and my arms wrapped around my legs. I…