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The American Law Enforcement System

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1. The American law enforcement system is a close representation of the old English law enforcement. The principles that were drafted up by Sir Robert Peel are still very closely followed by police officers today. Some of the most notable things that are influences are his principles. They have remained the same for almost 200 years. One of the main differences though is that in the US law enforcement does not have the same powers all over the country. The social influences are the need for a policing presence in all communities. Not only since the dawn of the early English has there been some sort of policing effort but since the United States became independent they wanted a policing influence as well. It helps to keep the community and individuals safe.
2. The attitudes toward police have drastically changed within the last 100 years. People used to see police officers as highly respectable and very influential people. When a police officer was around people felt as if they were safe. Unfortunately now day’s people have the wrong idea of police officer. When people see an officer their first instinct is that they are trying to catch them doing something wrong or that they are just out looking to arrest someone. That is a very false misconception and gives police a bad name. People see the 1% of officers who are bad to represent the other 99% this makes it hard for officers to do their jobs when they are really there to help protect the people. Attitudes have gone from

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