Police Department Roles and Functions

The Kansas City preventive patrol experiment was a landmark experiment carried out between 1972 and 1973 by the Kansas City Police Department of Kansas City, Missouri. It was designed to test the assumption that the presence (or potential presence) of police officers in marked cars reduced the likelihood of a crime being committed. It was the first study to demonstrate that research into the effectiveness of different policing styles could be carried out responsibly and safely. The Kansas City Police Department drew the conclusion that routine preventive patrol in marked police cars has little value in preventing crime or making citizens feel safe and that resources normally allocated to these activities could safely be allocated elsewhere. A significant factor realized was that crime prevention was more highly dependent on the willingness of citizens to report suspicious and/or criminal behavior to Police than the levels or types of patrol.

Another role that the police have is searching people or vehicles. For example, in areas where there are people who drug deal, they would be able to deter people if needed of suspecting people of doing illegal things and to make sure that nothing dodgy is going on to prevent crimes and keep people away from danger.

I feel as if the reason that the different levels of motorized patrol failed to have an impact on crime or public perception because when the police are in large areas patrolling, they may not be able to cover as much area as they think and adding more officers or cars may remove an officer or car from an rea that it is actually needed in which may move crime into another area.

Congress ushered in the Patriot Act by arming law enforcement with new tools to detect and prevent terrorism by expanding federal officials’ powers to keep tabs on our personal information, from credit card use to cell phone calls to car travel. It allows investigators to use the tools that were

A variety of police agencies to enforce the law is created by local, state, and federal law enforcement. Federal law enforcement agency is “A U.S government agency or office whose primary functional responsibility is to enforce

According to internet, The Patriot Act was a U.S. law passed in response to the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. Its goals were to strengthen domestic security and broaden the

The primary concern of this paper is to establish the impact of the USA Patriot Act on local law enforcement and its potential for

I believe preventive patrol is effective because of the deterrence theory. People who plan to commit a crime do not want to get caught. I also think that some people will probably get nervous if a police officer keeps passing by when they plan to commit a crime and might wonder if the police noticed them. However, cop cars pass by in seconds, so I am glad other methods of patrol are being used like foot patrol, bicycle patrol, and mounted patrol. Even if preventive patrols weren’t effective, they still make a presence in the community, which is important. Making a presence could familiarize a neighborhood with a police officer. For example, the first day my son learned how to unlock the front door, he did so when i was showering. He went outside

     The Patriot Act allows investigators to use the tools that were already available to investigate organized crime and drug trafficking. Many of the tools the Act provides to law enforcement to fight terrorism have been used for decades to fight organized crime and drug dealers, and have been reviewed and approved by the courts.

The Patriot Act allows the United States to use surveillance and wiretaps to keep its country safe from terrorists and other radical groups. This impacts our lives everyday whether we know it or not, by such as a one

Policing major concerns are keeping citizens safe in their state and community, and enforcing their laws. The law enforcement agencies focus is upholding the law in making sure they intercede on the goal. Once Congress appointed the federal with power to regulate the United States but came with jurisdiction, containing to the United States Constitution for states to hold their own power the people must abide by laws. The police force includes protecting and serving the people and must enforce what the law is mandated. The police have several concerns with trying to protect and serve the public, keeping the communities with peace and not violated the government rules on the United States Constitution rights. The police

The Patriot Act, an act passed by Congress in 2001 that addressed the topic of privacy in terrorist or radical situations, is controversial in today's society. Although it helps with protection against terroristic events, The Patriot Act is not fair, nor is it constitutional, because it allows the government to intrude on citizens' privacy, it gives governmental individuals too much power, and because the act is invasive to the 4th amendment right. To further describe key points in the act, it states that it allows investigators to use the tools that were already available to investigate organized crime and drug trafficking, and it allows law enforcement officials to obtain a search warrant anywhere a terrorist-related activity occurred.

"One small study in California reported crime decreased during directed patrol" (Cordner, 2016, p.395). Kansas City Preventative Patrol Experiment could have been different if more proactive patrols had been used and tested to combat crime in high crime areas. (Vigoa, 2010) "Theoretically, random preventive patrol activities should provide general deterrence effects for publicly visible crimes, such as vandalism, disorderly conduct, robberies and burglaries, and potentially aggravated assault" (Hart, 2013). I feel, if officers are direct patrolling a permitted assigned area, in unmarked units, at all times, the people in the communities will notice, instead of officers just randomly driving through or only responding to calls when needed. Nevertheless, officers direct patrolling in unmarked units wearing plain clothes appear to be aggressive patrol which may have the same effect with regards to increased public visibility in providing a level of deterrence while simultaneously providing far more powerful specific deterrence effects analyzed in the research. "Therefore, the effectiveness of random preventive patrol activities is conclusively inefficient when compared with other methods of targeting and reducing criminal activity within any given zone" (Hart, 2013). If the citizens are satisfied with directed patrol presence, then maybe they want haste to call dispatch for officers’ assistance, and perhaps officer’s attitude towards responding and solving crimes will change to a more committed

City or Local Police patrol within city limits and they follow city ordinances as well as county mandates. City police may have specialized units such as S.W.A.T., Mounted Unit, Air Support Division, Art Theft Detail, K-9 Unit, ACTF, Gang and Narcotics Division, Motors and Commercial Enforcement. County Sheriff patrols the unincorporated areas within a county, enforce county mandates and they also operate the county jails. State Police patrol state highways and maintain building operated by the state. Traditional organizational structures of policing agencies, traditionally respond to crime

With this type of policing, the emphasis is more on benefitting the community, and gaining an active relationship with it as well. Patrolling on foot, or horse, or even walking the beat gives officers a superb opportunity to talk to citizens and help them to realize that we, as officers, care about the community. Building a relationship with the community will help leading them to have confidence in that, the war on crime is at a surplus. A good example of this in Canada, would be with the D.A.R.E. program. Police agencies working with the community to reduce possible future drug crimes