Policing

• can be traced back to anglo saxon times in england.
• Pursued felons "hue and cry"

• established a full time preventative police force
• placed under the control of the city government and politicians

• law and professionalism
• crime control
• centralized & classical

• national commission on law observance & enforcement
• completed the 1st national study of crime and criminal justice

professional era of policing

• official legal arm of the u.s. government 
• headed by the attorney general

National Crime Information Center

• formed after 9/11
• to safeguard the nation,develop vacinned to protect against chemical threats,training first responders

• fbi
• includes data reported concerning part 1 index crimes 
• crime clock

• popular police training
• stimulates real life observations

suspicion

embraces new officers & evaluates them on understanding & application of comm. oriented policing & problem solving

greater procedual safeguards to protect themselves against infringement of rights

• brought on by the job 
• silent epidemic

passed to protect working conditions in the private sectors of policing

an activity in which employes engage to express their satisfaction w a particular person event or condition

• 10 men responsible for policing if one sees crime Hue & cry
• "stop and chase"
• head of tithing issues punsihment

• 10 tithings 
• connection among villages
• headed by reeve/constable

• collected taxes
• head of multiple hundreds

leaded to distrust

• father of modern policing
• metropolitan police act of 1829

• 24 hr day force
• uniformed
• no lethal weapons
• high standards 
• good behavior both on and off street
• pay = to skilled workers

• policing in the south
• slave revolts
• issue punishment right on the spot
• fairly organized but corrupt

father of police professionalism

• pre service academy
• military discipline
• removed political influence

originally out of south

• ny
• chicago
• LA
• philadelphia
• houston detroit

• all about preventing terrorist attacks
• customs, secret service, coast guard

• old section of law enforcement agencies
• allowed to hire own deputy
• helped settle the west

• worked on currency and counterfeiting orig,
• post civilw ar protect for president

• fraud anti-trust violations and fugitives
• expanded role after WW1
• J edgar hoover

• director of fbi from 1924-1972
• began collecting crime statistics in 1935

• 1st modern state force
• well structured and organized, mounted uniform force

• earliest example of policing
• semi unofficial law enforecment to stop cattle
• became organized in 1935v

• patrol highways 
• largest dep. is CA

• agencies for profit 
• more $ spent on private than public
• securitas group & GS4
• duties: physical,information & personnel security

• protect railroads 
• got involved in labor disputes
• bought out by securitas group

provide secure stagecoaches

more applicants than openings-> best selection

more openings than applicants-> less strict

• age 21-37
• height/ weight normal
• HS diploma
• past exam

• multiple hurdle approach
• written exam, phys, med,mental, oral exams/interview
• polygraph & background

fed law enf training center

fbi training center

• in service: 3-6 months, 3-6 months to 1 year of probation 
• can be fired easily
• -> importance of recruitment

• 1st few weeks/months 
• public interaction 
• justice system
• attitude may change

• disrespect
• selective contact(more likely to remember bad ones)

• usually with criminals
• stereotyped

• most dep. usually get rotating shift
• most officers prefer stable assignments

• is there one because of some attitude/personality changes
• studied by william westley

• researched on police subculture
• determined-> group solidarity
• secrecy"us vs them"
• violence "if necessary"-> disrespect