A Report On The Police Agency

I spent my third and fourth session of my practicum with Constable Dwayne Harrison and Constable Paul Davis. Both members of the Lethbridge Regional Police Service (LRPS) are in the patrol unit; responding to calls and investigating. Patrol work is broad, responding to calls that mostly consist of theft, mischief, and domestic. It defines the police as a public service and making the public happy to have someone to solve their problems.

Officers will not always be able to a call right away. It will obviously take them time to get there. What happens if you live in an extremely populated city with a police force that is lacking in numbers which causes response times to be even longer. What do you do

On Thursday, March 31, 2016, at approximately 12:35 p.m., I, Trooper Bradley Brachear, received a telephone call from Sergeant Robert Ventura. Sgt. Ventura advised Trooper Gregg Cox of Illinois State Police District 11 requested a reconstructionist respond to a three-vehicle crash on the ramp from Interstate 55 southbound to Tudor Avenue in East St. Louis Township, St. Clair County. I responded from the Metro East Crime Lab in Belleville to assist. The crash resulted in five injuries.

Administrative planning and decision-making is necessary for efficient and effective operations management in any setting (Roberts, 2000). Police administrative planning becomes the first step in successful management of the department. Planning provides administrative officials with better information, an analysis of the problem at hand, clarity of goals, objectives, and procedures (Swanson, Territo, & Taylor, 2012). Planning results in more active distribution of resources, program development and performance, increased inter- and intradepartmental collaboration and organization. Planning provides the opportunity for greater public support and a clear sense of direction for the police department with increased commitment of personnel. There are many approaches to planning. However, the most commonly used approach is

Police departments across the country and their actions of their employees have been scrutinized a lot lately in the media. Not only the way their employees behave but the way they recruit potential employees. Police officers take an oath to protect the communities that they serve in and uphold the constitution no matter what race, gender or ethnicity. With that being said, police officers should also be made up of people of different genders, races, and ethnicities.

Dispatchers are civilians who are responsible for assigning patrol cars to 911 incidents in the precincts they handle. They also monitor the status of incidents and patrol cars and input all relevant information to the central computer system. Dispatchers are typically responsible for 2 or 3 contiguous precincts. When a dispatcher receives a new incident, the information is automatically added to a computer screen for that precinct, and the job is added to the dispatch queue in priority order. When a patrol car from the precinct is available, the dispatcher will assign it to the next job in the dispatch queue. If the incident is a dangerous one, more than one car may be dispatched. All communications are via radio When a car is dispatched to a job, it first travels to the scene of the incident. If the incident is still active, the officers perform whatever tasks are called for and, when done, write up required reports and radio to the dispatcher a final status code. The amount of service time per car per incident (including travel time) varies greatly from incident to incident, but overall it averages about 30 minutes. Allocation of the 1300 car-tours among the precincts is a complex and sensitive issue. Precincts vary greatly in population, physical area, frequency of 911 calls, incidence, and type of crime and special needs. Moreover, the rate and type of

This research project is an analysis of six scenarios. The scenarios are as follows: History and rolls of law enforcement in society, Levels of jurisdiction, Distinction among the multiple functions of Law enforcement agencies, Analysis of Historical events that have shaped modern policing practices, Ethical and professional behavior in the workplace, and Evaluation of how knowledge, skills, and attitude learned in this course apply to your chosen career. There will also be a summary of reactions on Ethical and professional behavior in the work place. Included in the second section, there will be six scenarios. The responses will incorporate knowledge of

An Initial recommendation determined that all local and state governments work together to develop one set of state protocols utilized during a crisis. These protocols would be implemented by all responding or involved agencies during a county or state crisis declaration. As with any area, territories and boundaries are a major issue. Without a clear, concise directive, the different state and local police agency jurisdictions may handle this combined protocol. However, the assortment of EMS agencies within my direct surrounding area would certainly have issues as to who establishes the EMS incident command. Unfortunately, there are still too many boundaries that even lower scale multi-victim motor vehicle accidents have previously caused friction between responding agencies.

When victims call for help, they expect officers to spring into action immediately. To meet this challenge, police departments have 911 emergency systems. But incoming calls have to be prioritized by dispatchers who determine each one’s degree or urgency. Obviously, reports about immediate danger, such as screams for help in the night or concerns about prowlers or shots fired, merit a higher priority than calls about cars that have disappeared from parking spots If officers reach crime scenes quickly, they have a better chance of recurring someone who is in grave danger, catching the culprit, recovering stolen property, gathering crucial evidence, and locating eyewitnesses.

Law enforcement agencies throughout the country look for ways to reduce response times in addressing citizens’ concerns and calls for service. In efforts to meet the demands of citizens wanting officers to respond to their being victimized, agencies are looking for alternative ways to prioritize calls needed for police to make the location requested by the citizen. The additional time that officers spend answering minor calls for service (alarms not monitored, thefts, burglary, barking dog etc.) the reduction of time police have accessible for pro-active problem solving. Although, the greater parts of dispatched calls have nothing to do with reportable wrongdoings, which demonstrate an over-dependence on the police, however responding to calls establishes a relationship between the citizen and officer. In addressing ways to minimize police response to minor calls, departments are using advance information technology to enhance ways citizens can report crime without the presence of an officer. Above all, people use online services to shop, pay bills and do their banking. Online reporting has made it easier for citizens to report crime faster, reducing time waiting for police to manually take the report. Additionally, citizens assessing the computerized systems create a service number which can be given to their insurance company.

Police are on duty and avaliable 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, and 365 days a year. The officers are the only “first responders” that are working every second so they have the responsibility to be at any accident, even the situations that are outside of the normal duties. The National Response Framework is very help when it comes to being responsive. They are intended to work in connection with the National Incident Management System (Cordner, 2016.) Being able to be a fast responder is benefical to not only the protection of our country but also the law enforcement officers working for our country. By communicating with the NRF helps police departments, fire departments, health services, emergency room management as well as any other personnel that needs to be notified when it comes to an incident. The value of the Incident Command System is very evident to most police agencies that ave ever had to deal with a hostage crisis or other life-threatening even that required coordinated resposes and approach (Cordner, 2016.) In any natural disaster or any terroristic threat effected by our country every level of the law enforcement agencies should be notified, from the local, state, and as well as the federal and be responsive to the two

In 1994 a report by the Mollen commission on police corruption in New York exposed disproportionate corruption within the department. Violent crime, including gang type activity, cops in uniform routinely storming drug locations and stealing narcotics, money weapons and whatever they felt like taking. On duty police officers riding alongside drug dealers, providing protection while the dealers carried big amounts of drugs and cash. The commission also found cops who became drug dealers themselves starting up their own drug dealing networks and delivery centers. (Neighborhood Explanations) Although most officers are honest and hard-working, the Mollen report exposed serious, violent activity by some in the department.

On Friday, December 2, 2016, I, Officer McDaniel #147, of Mansfield ISD Police Department, located at 1522 N Walnut Creek Dr, Mansfield, TX, was on a campus check at Della Icenhower Intermediate, located at 8100 Webb Ferrell Rd, Arlington, TX. While on a Campus Check, I made contact with Assistant Principal Brooks, Amber, B/F, DOB 8/26/1985.

Automobiles and two-way radios dramatically affected police patrol in the twentieth century. As more and more of the public got into cars, so did the police. Motorized police patrol was deemed necessary to pursue motorized criminals and to enforce traffic laws. Motorized patrol also came to be seen as more efficient than foot patrol, since a larger area could be watched by police in cars. Then, the addition of the two-way radio made it possible for personnel at police headquarters to contact patrol officers in the field and dispatch them to respond to citizen requests for assistance. The impact of these two basic technologies should not be underestimated. Before cars and radios, police response to emergencies and other crises was more like the fire department model—from the station. Officers on patrol were out on the streets watching, but they were not in continuous communication with headquarters.

The earlier development of the law enforcement was developed by a man named Sir Robert Peel also known as the “Father of Modern Policing” (Bennett & Hess, 2007). He was born February 5, 1788 in Chamber Hall near Bury in Lancashire (Bloy, n.d.). He was the one who greatly influenced and set forth the fundamental principles of the police force. He developed an organized force called the London Metropolitan Police in 1829 that protected the people who were victimized due to high unemployment, poverty, and crime. An organization is “an artificial structure created to coordinate either people or groups and resources to achieve a mission or goal” (Bennett & Hess, 2007). The police’s goal is to protect and serve their community. Although the term of a police officer is mixed up with a peace officer “all police officers are peace officers, but all peace officers are not police officers” (Walker & Katz, 2011). The principles that Sir Robert Peel set for the police include: