Paramilitary

Drug trafficking is a major issue in Colombia, causing many other issues across the country. Many people involved in the drug trade including civilians are being killed, kidnapped, and injured over this problem. Over the years, the government has started cracking down on the growers, producers, and sellers but so far, they have only caught minor criminals. The government is making agreements with neighboring countries and finding alternative uses for the crops to slow down the production of drugs

seen more and more in larger departments. Unfortunately, smaller police agencies are still waiting for the trend make into their cities(Gomez-Mejia et al., 2012). The perspective of a paramilitary structure when it comes to policing has developed some concerns. The fixed and inflexible communications of paramilitary departments have breed efficiency, effectiveness, and anger when attempting to accomplish the agency’s vision of public safety and service. The concepts

of such a system was an effort to help produce more professional police agencies through previously successful control means, however it became evident that it had resulted in a highly bureaucratic organization (Roberg). A lot of people see the paramilitary model to be an obstacle to law enforcement agencies when it comes to serving the changing needs of their communities. Many studies have been done; have proven that this model often fails in trying to develop an open and constructive communication

S. diplomats were aware of these kinds of attacks as early as 1994. Additionally, Colombia is now only behind Sudan with the world’s second most displaced citizens or refugees within their own country. The cause of that displacement is the paramilitaries, along with the Colombian military. Colombia contains tremendous natural resources such as oil, gold, and silver. However, there are millions of peasant

who often defy law enforcement. SWAT teams were founded in an effort the lower the massively high crime rate that was dominating the late 1990s. These specially trained police officers are an example of the paramilitary policing which also first arose during this time period. Paramilitary policing can be defined just how it sounds. It is a style of policing that is similar

dealers, guerrillas and paramilitary groups, it has been a long fight since 1945, when the first guerrilla groups appeared, then with the beginning of drug trafficking by Pablo Escobar, Medellin and Cali cartels, the Army has fought them, later in 1996 when the paramilitaries showed, the situation became even worse. It was a huge dispute among the drug dealers, guerrillas (Fuerzas Armada Revolucionarias de Colombia FARC, or Ejercito de Liberacion Nacional ELN) and paramilitary groups to control the

what the conflict was based on. The obscurity of the conflict made the processes just as obscure and according to the author was centered on the “Justice Peace and Law”. Colombia’s Constitutional Court approved this law was designed to aid the paramilitary troops to reintegrate into public life. The author calls this law a sham and he also said that it is often compared to South Africa, Guatemala, and Northern Ireland. Burbidge mentions that Colombia is different because their guerilla group is still

Chapter 3: Methodology The researcher conducted this quantitative research study to explore the influence of age, work experience, education level, and competence based standardized entrance exam scores on whether a job applicant will pass a pre-employment polygraph exam. While demand for qualified law enforcement applicants has increased significantly, the pool of participants qualified for these positions has diminished (Wilson et al., 2010). In order to address this developing issue, law enforcement

The Difficulties of Implementing the Good Friday Agreement The Good Friday Agreement was voted on by a relatively large turnout of 68.8% in 1998 and was rejected by a significant 29% of people in Northern Ireland. For the past six years it has proved to be difficult to implement and there are a number of reasons for this. The emphasis on issues raised in the agreement has changed over the years and some are proving to be more difficult

Bureaucratic Model as it Pertains to Training Methods of Policing First, to understand the bureaucracy model is important to obtain a clear understanding of ideologies associated with para-militarism and the Federal Bureau of Investigations. The modern police bureaucracy emerged in the 20th century when the professionalism movement occurred. The leaders of the movement were August Vollmer, Bruce Smith, and O.W. Wilson who adopted the military model from Sir Robert Peel. The field of police management