A Change Of Policing Policy

There are many factors that contribute to today’s American policing. Once such factor that contribute tremendously to today’s policing came in 1829 when Sir Robert Peel’s concept of policing came into effect. This would change the way policing would be performed in not only England, but the United States (U.S) and around the world. Another huge factor that impacts policing is the relationship the U.S. Government has with policing. These factors affect every policing organization in the U.S.

Policing today consists of three eras. These three eras have adapted and built off one another through history (Parr, 2014). The first era started around 1840 to 1930, and is known as the Political Era. The second Era is known as the Reform Era and lasted from 1930 to 1970. The last era is called the Community-Problem Solving Era and is still being adapted and used today. The Political Era emphasizes on meeting the needs of politicians. The police were given power through the local government and the community had very little say in what happened. The police and politicians worked together to control the city and neighborhoods (Palmiotto, 2000). This was often referred to as a ward. The ward politician controlled all the police in their neighborhood. The police officers tasks included not only crime prevention and order but a lot of social service activities that involved their neighborhoods. The officers resembled the ethnic backgrounds of the neighborhoods they lived and worked in and performed their patrols gaining trust from their community (Palmiotto, 2000). This allowed positive integration of police officers leading to more public service, and the trust of the officers to stop crime when is starts.

Assess the significance of developments in policing in influencing the effectiveness of law and order in the period 1830 – 1965.

Different officers may have different ways to contribute to partnerships. For example, patrol officers have a unique position to help monitor and supervise supervisees (Parent and Snyder, 1999). Patrolling gives officers access to the supervisee and their social networks which can help provide knowledge of their activity (La Vigne, N. G., Solomon, A. L., Beckman, K. A., Dedel, K., & Center, J. P., 2006), this can be very valuable especially in cases which community corrections officers are mostly in their office and not in the field (Thornton et al. 2006). This can help with intervening before recidivism occurs due to being able to foresee issues that the supervisee may be having. This may help law enforcement officers prevent certain crime

I imagine the small town Rixton of 16,000 citizens experience with law enforcement is probably inconvenience and inconsistent. For example, one month the citizen might experience an officer being friendly and respectful versus the next month the citizen feels as though they been victimized or violated. Conversely, I think most police departments experience the inconsistency in their police department because a few percentages officers have their own way of policing. However, in the town of Rixton, a population of 16,000, that inconsistency may seem greater because 6 out of 36 officers are doing their own thing, which makes the percentage 17%, close to 20%. Nonetheless, Rixton population is similar to Ferguson MO, where the protest

In my opinion I think that there is a problem with the policing in America. Due to the fact that the police would rather implement force then to talk through the situation. I think that if more police were like Chief of Police Chris Magnus that crime would go down and that the use of force would not be necessary. I also think that police officers should not have guns on them. One reason being that if they get knocked out in a violent situation someone could take their gun. Another reason is that by having a gun they are already making the problem worse because the majority of people feel threatened by guns.

1. Identify and discuss the eight (8) recurring reasons that change occurs in law enforcement agencies.

Policing History and Function Law enforcement officers are primarily responsible for detecting and preventing crimes within the state. Their purpose is to safeguard public order; however, due to the arduous history and sometimes troubling present-day policing that has occurred in America, numerous people have negative attitudes toward police. Despite the various attitudes toward police, it is important to observe the growth of law enforcement by examining the history, laws, and functions of police in today’s society. The History of Policing in America to Present day To understand how policing has progressed and changed over time, it is important to examine the history of policing.

Since the founding of this country, to the wild west, and up to the present, the agenda of the policing bodies have been clear: to uphold and enforce the laws of our society. Of course the way they do this today had undergone changes from the first police forces of early America, law enforcement has seen trends come and go.

In this week reading, I learned about all the different future society changes in policing. There is numerous influence of changes like aging population, cultural diversity, shifting economics, immigration and migration. There has been a huge increase life span since the twentieth century. People who were 65 older only made up 4 percent of the population, now they make up 14 percent of the population. When the economy goes bad it affects the demand of police officers and crime. As people become more diverse and older they start to migrate to find a better life in other states.

In this paper I would be identifying, compare, and contrast the policing function at the local, state, and federal organizational levels. I would be Analyzing how the organizational, management, administration, and operational functions at these three organizational levels are similar or different and why. Also I would be identifying the leadership characteristics and responsibilities pertaining to each organizational level.

Just how there are styles of policing there are also PCR programs that are also types of policing. These type of policing include team policing, strategic policing, problem-solving policing and community policing. Now there are several types of policing but I will be focusing on one throughout the essay.

New Police “A police force formed in 1829 under the command of Sir Robert Peel. It became a model for the modern-day police forces throughout the Western world.” (F. Schallenger . Criminal Justice Today 2015). Over the years more laws were adopted into the Western world especially in the United States. When new laws are adopted police intelligence tactics with advancements are made and some errors during the process are made. This cannot be avoided when trying new tactics in policing the areas which is also known as trial and

“To deny people their human rights is to challenge their very humanity.” This quote from Nelson Mandela exhibits the problems that exist in prisons worldwide, as many prisoners and convicts encounter abusive and immoral conditions daily. More than 10 million people are imprisoned around the world, many for minor offenses. About 3.2 million potentially innocent men and women are awaiting a trial and are stuck in those poor conditions (Penal). Governments are unwilling to withdraw funds from their tight budgets to invest in safer conditions. Ergo, inmates are deprived of their natural human rights to be treated with humanity and to be free from cruel torture and degrading conditions.

After reading many stories about people being incarcerated by their environments, you would think they would just accept it or give up. Shockingly in many of the stories I’ve read the exact opposite happens and they fight through these tough situations and always manage to stay positive no matter what is thrown at them. Anne Frank, Nelson Mandela and Louis Zamperini are perfect examples of people who were physically and emotionally incarcerated and they never let it bring them down. Instead, they used their incarceration as motivation to better the situation they were in.