State police

Police body cameras DO increase accountability for the Police Officer Technology is once again going to shape and form the way Police Officers perform their jobs functions. Since the start of Law enforcement there has always been change. This is very ironic since the culture of the organization at its heart hates change. Mention change to the department and watch moral drop. However, after time and the growing pains the change is the best thing that has ever happened. The change that is…

Since the forming of the first watchmen in 1635, law enforcement in the United States has played a crucial role in the forming of municipalities and the protection of citizens (National Law Enforcement Memorial, 2014). Law enforcement has seen many changes since induction, particularly due to necessity and advances in technology. Officers have gone from once strictly foot patrol to motor vehicles, from largely radio based information to in vehicle computers, and from revolvers to semi-automatic…

Crime scene investigators “CSIs” go by many names including evidence technician, crime scene technician, forensic investigator, crime scene analyst, criminalistics officer and more. In the past most CSIs were trained police officers. In fact most still work out of police stations today. While CSI professionals collect and preserve evidence from active crime scenes. Forensic lab professionals decipher their findings through DNA testing and other forensic analysis. Crime scene investigators and…

Addiction reaches epidemic levels Heroin use in the United States has skyrocketed. Over the past 11 years use has gone up nearly 63%. From 2002 to 2013 the number of heroin related deaths has nearly quadrupled. Those addicted to pain medication are replacing their pills for a more accessible, cheaper and longer lasting high from the drug that is heroin. The question in place is how do we stop this epidemic that is taking the United States by storm? How do we help treat those addicted to heroin…

years the role of police have changed immensely and will continue to change to fit the society. “Anyone attempting to construct a workable definition of the police role will typically come away with old images shattered and a new found appreciation for the intricacies of police work” advised by Herman Goldstein (Dempsey & Forst, 2016). There are two major views of the role of the police that exist: crime fighting and order maintenance. The first major view of the role of the police is crime…

Criminal damage is an indictable offence. An assessment will be made using specific sections of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 as to whether the arrests of Enid and Ruth were lawful. The arrest of Ruth will firstly be addressed. Amijt arrested Ruth with the power provided by section 24A Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (PACE) as amended by S110(1) Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2004 (SOCPA). Specifically, s24A(1)(a) PACE 1984 provides that a person other than a constable…

Stop and frisk is an unjust crime prevention that gives permission to provided police officers to stop a person and frisk them based on “reasonable suspicions” of possible criminal activities. Although nowadays it seems to be a way for police officers to harass people on the street specifically minorities. From this program, minorities experienced police interrogations, physical assault, and even arrests, only to establish innocence in court. Despite being declared unconstitutional in 2013,…

This scenario raises the question of whether PC Sharkey has legally exercised his powers of stop and search. The statutory requirement of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1998 and the accompanying PACE Codes of Practice require PC Sharkey to have reasonable grounds for suspecting Marcus of committing an unlawful act while taking reasonable steps when conducting the search. The scenario also raises the question as to whether PC Sharkey has exercised his powers of arrest by having reasonable…

we can compare them to our own to see if we need to make improvements or if we can help to improve others. Japan 's legal system is based on civil law. They were influenced by Prussia and France legal system models. After World War II, the United States introduced judicial review to Japan through the Allied Occupation. Japan 's legal system is more closely related to that of other European…

at the tender age of eleven. Minorities, especially blacks and latino who are young often get criminalized by police officers and the general public. Punished: Policing the Lives of Black and Latino Boys was written by Victor M.Rios. Mr. Rios was a part of a gang when he was younger, which led him to become a juvenile delinquent, but through all of the adversity, having to deal with police brutality and criminalization, Mr. Rios got a doctorate in sociology at Berkeley. Since Rios grew up with…