Police procedural

Procedural Issues Criminal procedure issues faced by law enforcement Law enforcement is an important area in criminal justice procedures of any nation and is mainly composed of police department and various agencies that work to ensure the law is followed by all. The law enforcement unit ensures that the rules are upheld and ensures that violators are apprehended and handed to the courts for arbitration. In United States the law enforcement unit operates under various agencies which include the…

When thinking of the criminal justice system, it is often broken down into three subcategories; law enforcement, courts, and corrections. Initial contact with the system usually occurs with law enforcement, and if necessary continues throughout the court system and into corrections such as jail, prison, probation, etc. All of these parts of the system face their own challenges when it comes to acting ethically, and establishing a moral code that aligns with the requirements of the job. In recent…

The landmark U.S. Supreme Court case I have chosen to write about is Miranda v. Arizona. This was a case in Arizona where Mr. Miranda was arrested at his home and taken by police into custody to a police station where he was then identified by a complaining witness. Once, he was identified he was interrogated by two police officers for about two hours and as a result to this long interrogation he signed a written confession to the crime. Therefore, once the case went to trial his oral and…

Jones was a nightclub owner in the District of Columbia that was arrested in 2005 for drug possession after the police attached a GPS tracker to his vehicle. The tracker was attached to the vehicle because Jones was under suspicion of narcotics trafficking. The GPS tracker was authorized for use on the vehicle belonging to Jones’ wife although Jones was the primary driver. However, the police failed to comply with the warrant’s deadline and installed the GPS tracker on the vehicle anyway. The…

organizational structure reform in and out of the police departments. There is a theory that when people believe that law enforcement are legitimate and they interact with the community respectfully, people are more likely to obey the law (The President’s Task Force on 21st Century Policing,…

In Steve Herbert's, Territoriality and the Los Angeles Police Department, the author points out six definitive normative orders that are representative of how police officers within the Los Angeles Police Department perform their duties as officers of the law. Each normative order details a specific positionality albeit structural, bureaucratic or individual based on the police offer exercising the order. The normative orders reflect the wide-range of the ways officers delineate and maintain the…

justice is a framework that recognises accountability and the need to repair harm caused to victims and communities impacted by crime. It is a reform that seeks to engage all parties such as (victims, offenders, both their families or support persons, police officer and the facilitator) comes together to discuss the offence, its impact and what should be done to repair the harm, and resolve…

The police and local law enforcement are key parts to combat and respond to threats of terrorism throughout our country. Local law enforcement officials are likely to be the first people with the authority to arrest and or take out a suspected terrorist and investigate suspicion of terrorist activity. The policy and training regarding police work and terrorism allows for law enforcement to try and protect the United States from events like 9-11 and the Boston Bombing. When community policing is…

was charged for rape and questioned by the police for two hours. He was not informed of his rights of self-incrimination or assistance of an attorney. In Vignera v. New York, a man was questioned by police without being notified of his right to counsel. In a similar situation, Westover v. United States, a man was arrested and questioned by the FBI also without being notified of his right to counsel. In yet another case, California v. Stewart, local police questioned a man for five days again…

Before June 13th 1966, police questioning of suspects in custody was covered by the "voluntariness" doctrine. Under the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments to the Constitution, courts would admit a defendant 's confession into evidence if it was voluntary, but excluded any involuntary confession.3 The law curtailed police misconduct in securing confessions and exemplifies judicial activism. Yet many dare to question the impacts…