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What is Kin policing

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An early form of policing that relied on family and clans to be responsible for the behaviors of their people

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Bow street runners

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An early English police unit similar to vigalanties

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London Metropolitan Police Act

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Passed in 1829, this act led to the first formal police department, the London Metropolitan Police, led by Sir Robert Peel

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Slave patrols

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Police-type organizations were created in the American South considered to be one of the first police departments

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Political Era (184-1920)

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Paid police

Police Officers were political appointees

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Reform era

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Early 1930s to the 1970s. A direct reaction to the politics of before; took the form of police professionalism and antipolitics.

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Mapp v. Ohio(1961)

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Illegally obtained evidence cannot be used in a criminal trial

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Miranda v. Arizona (1966)

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5th Amendment self-incrimination clause (Miranda rights)

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Terry v. Ohio (1968)

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Police can search and seize if they have probable cause

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Community Era of Policing

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The era of policing beginning in the 1980s that has been characterized by proactive police efforts to better involve the community and address crime and crime-related problems

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SARA

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Scanning, Analysis, Response, Assessment

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Decentralization

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federalists system. decentralized law enforcement agency

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Jurisdiction

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an area of authority or control; the right to administer justice

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federal jurisdiction agencies

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Bureau of alcohol, tobacco, firearms, and explosives

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Local law enforcement

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Regions that include townships and special district police, municipal or metropolitan police and county law enforcement

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State Law Enforcement

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Often defined as highway patrols. Provides investigative and emergency assistance to local agencies.

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State Law Enforcement

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Often defined as highway patrols. Provides investigative and emergency assistance to local agencies.

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Federal Law Enforcement

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Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms amongst many others

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International Law enforemcent

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INTERPOL

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Private Security

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security services, such as guard and patrol services, provided by private corporations or individuals rather than police officers

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police subculture

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Formal and practical education, shared occupational tasks, use of force, authority, and weapons, general shared Normas and expectations

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culture

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values, and such that shapes the way of life for people

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Subculture

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patterns that identify with smaller segments of people

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recruitment

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need to live close, pass physical and health requirement, and not have an outstanding criminal history

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Basic training
skills and knowledge gained, and reading skills go up
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Field training
on the job, assist leading officer
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in-service training
help keep up to date with laws and ordinances
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sources of stress
nature of work, negative media, shift work, danger, and individual issues
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reactions to stress physically
headaches, muscle aches
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reactions to stress emotionally
fear, guilt, irritable, anger, anxiety, sadness
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PTSD
type of stress(7-19% of officers)
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coping mechanisms
Action- counseling, or therapy Misuse of substances
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Substance abuse
coping mechanism, increased access, social pressure, police subculture
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family problems
nature of job, style of work, divorce rates higher
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health problems
elevated because of work- heart problems, cancer, depression, and diabetes Higher stress, substance abuse, corruption
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suicide in officers
90% males 25% veterans with over 20 years of service
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Types of services
find people, find animals, help lost individuals
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types of reactive maintenance
Police provide assistance in helping resotre community
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types of proactive maintenance
presence of police prohibit crime in first places
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Broken Windows Theory
a theory proposing that even small acts of crime, disorder, and vandalism can threaten a neighborhood and render it unsafe
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zero tolerance policing
aggressive targeting of minor infractions
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patrol functions
protect and defend, repress criminal behavior, reduce accidents, sense of community, and maintain order
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types of patrol
-preventative patrol -directed patrol -aggressive patrol -motorized vs foot patrol
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deliquency
"behavior that violated the criminal code and is committed by youth who have not reaches a statutorily prescribed age"
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"school-to-prison pipeline"
the established relationship between severe disciplinary practices, increased rates of dropping out of school, lowered academic achievement, and court or juvenile detention involvement
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Drug Abuse Resistance Education (DARE)
Officers encourage resistance to drugs by classroom teaching
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Student Resource Officer (SRO)
There to help kids, and prevent harm
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Gang Resistance Education and Training (GREAT)
A Dare-like program that discourages youth from joining gangs
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police violence
violence by and against the police; it can be justified or unjustified, legal or illegal, and deadly or non-deadly
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Tennessee v. Garner (1985)
Deadly force may not be used against an unarmed and fleeing suspect unless necessary to prevent the escape and unless the officer has probable cause to believe that the suspect poses a significant threat of death or serious injury to the officers or others.
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weapons
- Conducted-energy divices (CEDs) - Verbal commands - Physical restraints - Chemical agents - Tactical weapons - Firearms
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protection
- encounters- how to do it safely - body armor - cameras
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search and siezure
the act of police searching or taking into possession a person or their property
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Stopping and frisking
reasonable suspicion- stop and short detainment
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No-knock seraches
No warrant
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good faith exception
officers made an honest and reasonable effort
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inevitable discovery exception
evidence might have been obtained even if the officer did not illegally sieze it
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Purged Taint Exception
suspect willfully offers information
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independent source exception
officers can demonstrate info was obtained from source unrelated to the illegal search or sieze
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arrests
"When police take a person into custody after commission of an offense"
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arrest warrants
Peace officers must articulate probable cause that (1) a crime has been committed and (2) the individual to be arrested committed that crime
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Miranda Rights
A list of rights that police in the United States must read to suspects in custody before questioning them
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public saftey exception
permits questions if answers are imperative to police safety
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booking
The formal process of making a police record of an arrest
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Technology
- mobile digital terminals - crime mapping and predictive policing - computer-assisted training - surveillance - video recording - digital photos - robotics
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economic prosperity
crime decrease, more legitimate opportunities to obtain money
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economic stress
increase in crime, encourages people to go into police work
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war on drugs
- affected urban areas and African American males - Police is the enemy - focus on more serious crimes, not on drug related ones
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international crime challenges
- Terrorism - Organized crime - High-tech crime - Human trafficking - Drug trafficking - Illegal weapons - Environmental crimes - International gang-related crimes

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