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    used by many Americans in the united states. Blacks, whites and mexicans all use racial profiling. Their profiling is much different then you could say is used by police enforcement today. Minorities are high on the list of racial profiling by police in today 's society. This has caused many issues with minorities and police enforcement relations since police use this as a way of controlling crime rates in many cities. With this paper it will be to show and scrutinize every aspect of consequences of

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    of the handbook, the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994, was passed to authorize the Attorney General to conduct investigations and, if warranted, file civil litigation to eliminate a pattern or practice of unconstitutional conduct by law enforcement officers. Within ten years after the act was passed, the Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice had sued or entered into settlement agreements with eleven law-enforcement agencies. However, internal constraints and the

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    1. Identify and discuss the eight (8) recurring reasons that change occurs in law enforcement agencies. There are many recurring reasons that changes occurs in law enforcement agencies. The book outlines 8 reasons that change occurs. The 8 reasons are as follow: 1. A single catastrophic event, often followed by civil liability litigation, leads to the chief of police being replaced (Swanson, 2012, pg. 650). This forces changes because it addresses a single incident and forces change. A good example

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    Both private and public law enforcement agencies use technologies to help them prevent, deter, investigate, and imprison criminals. Technologies have helped law enforcement agencies to reduce crime rates within their assigned sector. Without technologies, crime rate won’t be as low as it is now. All criminals have one similar fear, and that is getting caught and imprison by law enforcement officers. FUTURETech are technologies that law enforcement agencies use nowadays to assist them in fighting

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    trust, confidence and cooperation between community and various law enforcement authorities, especially police to fight, curb, and prevent crime and terrorism jointly. The citizens will report suspicious or unusual activities to police and they will do the action. A number of crimes and terrorism plans were foiled and tragedies on massive scale were averted, because of alertness of citizens, while reporting the matters to the law enforcement agencies on time. This community and police partnership is

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    Law Enforcement Agencies and Systems Throughout history, law enforcement has greatly evolved and presently continues to improve with better hiring selections, crime solving technology and community policing. This paper will explain some of the similarities and differences in the development of modern law enforcement agencies and systems throughout the United States. Some of the similarities in small rural areas are that historically and today a sheriff was/is

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    Massachusetts was founded on the ideal that all citizens are equal in the eyes of the Law. Without the Massachusetts State Police and their 149 years of experience our beloved state would be overrun by criminal offenders. As of 2014 the Massachusetts statewide crime rate was on average 25.59%. Violent Crime being about 4.06 % of the average, and Property Crime being about 21.53% of the average. The Massachusetts State Police is an agency apart of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts’ E.O.P.S. (Executive

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    types of law enforcement career options may have similarities or be quite different depending on whether the work involves federal, state, or local agency. The differences at local state and federal levels includes: benefits, jurisdictions, pay structure, job responsibilities, travel requirements, and career advancement opportunities among others. The similarities include power to make arrests without warrant for some crimes; they all carry firearms and are trained in similar law enforcement skills

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    Assess the role of law enforcement and corrections in the future. What does the role of state and local police or corrections look like in five years? What about ten years? Support your statements with scholarly sources. Since the attacks of 9/11, there has been much reflection on current state of law enforcement and correction throughout the United States. Common practices in law enforcement and corrections is likely to change given the vast technological advances that have been made in recent years

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    Impact on video and cell phones in law Enforcement Technological advances will continue to change the ways in which police agencies combat crime. It’s critical that these technologies are implemented correctly. New equipment, no matter how effective will be useless, unless the operators completely understand the function, application, and procedures of the technology. Cameras can interfere with the interact of the nature flow of law enforcement and citizen, because its script and not natural. Cameras

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