policing history

Question 1

history of police

Answer 1

Traces its roots to English policing.

The other in Southern states traces its roots to the slave patrols of the 17th and 18th centuries and the enforcement of Jim Crow Laws in the 19th and mid 20th century.

Question 2

constable

Answer 2

originally elected, later appointed, some responsibility over law and order

Question 3

slave patrol

Answer 3

american, against slave revolts and runaway slaves

Question 4

watchpolice

Answer 4

all males expected to serve, against fire, crime, disorder

Question 5

Sherif

Answer 5

law enforcement, tax collector, colonial gov appointed

Question 6

Robert peele

Answer 6

Why resistance to centralized modern police force?
The concept of a centralized, professional police force met with resistance. The public feared that a police force would behave as another arm of the military. As result, there was reluctance to agree to be controlled by what many assumed would be an occupying force.

Question 7

4 modern policies (1830s London)

Answer 7

1) publicly supported and bureaucratic in form;
(2) police officers were full-time employees, not community volunteers or case-by-case fee retainers;
(3) permanent and fixed rules and procedures, and employment as a police officers was continuous;
(4) accountable to a central governmental authority

Question 8

3 eras of American policing

Answer 8

The political era: 1830’s-1900
The professional era: 1900-1960’s
The era of conflicting pressures: 1960’s-present

Question 9

traditional/watchman style

Answer 9

focuses on maintaining order
more reactive in nature rather than preventative
patrolling a beat and waiting for a crime to occur and then stopping the crime
or reacting to a crime by trying to solve it.

Question 10

police functions

Answer 10

crime fighting or law enforcement
order maintenance
service

Question 11

tech revolution

Answer 11

patrol cars, call boxes, body cams

Question 12

curbside justice

Question 13

exclusionary rule

Answer 13

evidence obtained unlawfully, ie. no warrant cannot be included

Question 14

blue wall of silence

Answer 14

An unwritten rule among police officers not to report on another officer’s errors, misconducts, and or crimes when questioned about an incident of misconduct involving another colleague, during the course of an inquiry.

Question 15

de-policing

Answer 15

lessens police force and discipline, ie defunding police

Question 16

plain view and feel doctrines

Answer 16

if something is in plain view or can be plainly felt, no warrant is needed

Question 17

4th amendment

Answer 17

protects against unreasonable searches