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| A GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL AUTHORIZED TO ENFORCE THE LAW, PROVIDE SERVICES, AND MAINTIAIN ORDER, USING PHYSICAL FORCE IF NECESSARY. |
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| IN OLD ENGLISH COMMON LAW, A SYSTEM WHEREBY THE MEMBERS OF A TITHING HAD CORPORATE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE BEHAVIOR OF ALL MEMBERS OVER 14 YEARS OLD... |
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| IN ENGLISH HISTORY, A SYSTEM OF 10 FAMILIES WHO HAD RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE BEHAVIOR OF MEMBERS OVER THE AGE OF 14. ALSO IMPORTANT IN PROTECTING THE GROUP FROM OUTSIDERS. |
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| IN ENGLISH LAW, A COMBINATION OF 10 TITHINGS AS PART OF THE FRANKPLEDGE SYSTEM. |
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| AN OFFICER OF A MUNICIPAL CORPORATION WHO HAD DUTIES SIMILAR TO THOSE OF A SHERIFF, SUCH AS PRESERVING THE PUBLIC PEACE, EXECUTING PAPERS FROM THE COURT, AND MAINTAINING THE CUSTODY OF JURIES. |
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| ONCE HUNDREDS OF WOULD COMBINED THEY BECOME... |
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| THE CHEIF LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER IN A COUNTY, USUALLY CHOSEN BY POPULAR ELECTION. |
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| A SYSTEM CHARGED WITH THE DUTIES OF OVERSEEING, PATROLLING, OR GUARDING AN AREA OR A PERSON. |
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| A JUDGE FROM THE LOWER COURTS OF THE STATE OR FEDERAL COURT SYSTEM. USUALLY, PRESIDE OVER ARRAINGMENTS, PRELIMINARY HEARINGS, BAIL HEARINGS, AND MINOR OFFENSES. |
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| THE MID-18TH-CENTURY LONDON SYSTEM THAT GAVE THE POLICE POWERS OF INVESTIGATION AND ARREST TO CONSTABLES, WHO WERE GIVEN SOME TRAINING AND PAID A PORTION OF THE FINES IN SUCCESSFULLY PROSECUTED CASES. |
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| THE RURAL POLICE SYSTEM IN WHICH THE SHERIFF MAY CALL INTO ACTION ANY NUMBER OF CITIZENS OVER A CERTAIN AGE IF THEY ARE NEEDED TO ASSIST IN LAW ENFORCEMENT |
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| LITERALLY, "WATCHMEN". ACTION BY A PERSON WHO IS ALERT AND ON GUARD, CAUTIOUS, SUSPICIOUS, AND READY TO TAKE ACTION TO MAINTAIN AND PRESERVE PEACE. ACTIONS OF CITIZENS WHO TAKE THE LAW INTO THEIR OWN HANDS IN AN EFFORT TO CATCH AND PUNISH CRIMINALS. |
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| A SWORN LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER WHO PERFORMS THE CIVIL DUTIES OF THE COURTS, SUCH AS THE DELIVERY OF PAPERS TO BEGIN CIVIL PROCEEDINGS. IN SOME JURISDICTIONS, THEY SERVE PAPERS FOR THE ARREST OF CRIMINAL SUSPECTS AND ESCORT INMATES FROM JAIL TO COURT OR INTO THE COMMUNITY WHEN THEY ARE PERMIITED TO LEAVE THE JAIL OR PRISON TEMPORARILY. |
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| A POWERFUL SECRET POLICE ORGANIZATION IN THE 1870's IN PENNSYLVANIA. |
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| FBI (FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATIONS) |
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| A FEDERAL AGENCY ESTABLISHED IN 1908 AND DELEGATED THE POWER TO INVESTIGATE ALL FEDEAL LAWS (UNLESS THEY ARE OTHERWISE ASSIGNED TO ANOTHER AGENCY) |
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| THE UNITING AND STRENGTHENING AMERICA BY PROVIDING APPROPRIATE TOOLS REQUIRED TO INTERCEPT AND OBSTRUCT TERRORISM ACT OF 2001, ENACTED IN FALL 2001 IN RESPONSE TO THE 9/11 TERRORIST ATTACKS. |
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| DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURTIY (DHS) |
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| THE CABINET-LEVEL DEPARTMENT CREATED AFTER THE 9/11 TERROSIST ATTACKS. ITS CREATION CONSTITUED THE MOST EXTENSIVE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT REORGANIZATION IN 50 YEARS. |
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| TRANSPORTATION SECURITY ADMINISTRATION (TSA) |
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| A FEDERAL AGENCY CREATED BY THE AVIAITON AND TRANSPORTATION SECURITY ACT(ATSA), ENACTED TWO MONTHS AFTER THE 9/11 TERROSIST ATTACKS. |
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| A WORLD POLICE ORGANIZATION THAT WAS ESTABLISHED FOR THE PURPOSE OF COOPERATION AMONG NATIONS IN COMMON POLICING PROBLEMS |
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| PERSONS EMPLOYED BY PRIVATE AGENCIES INSTEAD OF GOVERNMENTAL ONES TO PROVIDE SECURITY FROM CRIMINAL ACTIVITY. |
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| LAW ENFORCEMENT ASSISTANCE ADMINISTRATION(LEAA) |
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| THE AGENCY, ESTABLISHED BY CONGRESS IN 1965, THAT PROVIDED FUNDING FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF POLICE DEPARTMENTS, POLICE TECHNIQUES, POLICE EDUCATION, AND POLICE TRAINING. IT WAS ABOLISHED IN 1982. MONEY FOR EDUCATION WAS PROVIDED THROUGH THE LAW ENFORCEMENT EDUCATION PROGRAM (LEEP). |
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| LAW ENFORCEMENT EDUCATION PROGRAM(LEEP) |
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| PROVIDES MONEY FOR EDUCATION TO LAW ENFORCEMENT. |
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| IN POLICING, PREPARING FOR, INTERVEING IN, OR TAKING THE INIATIVE IN FINDING CRIMINALS, RATHER THAN DEPENDING ON THE REPORTS OF CITIZENS. |
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| IN POLICING, DEPENDING ON THE REPORTS OF CITIZENS TO FIND CRIMINAL SUSPECTS, RATHER THAN WORKING INDEPENENTLY. |
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| A STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT PROCESS ACCLAIMED BY NUMEROUS ORGANIZATIONS TODAY AS EFFECTIVE IN CRIME REDUCTION. |
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