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| Centralized State Law Enforcement Agency |
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| State agency responsible for insuring obedience to the laws |
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| The use of the best available research on the outcomes of police work to implement guidelines and evaluate agencies, units and officers. |
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| the first large scale scientific study of law enforcement practices. Sponsored by the police foundation, it focused on the practice of preventive patrol. |
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| Says the employment in the field of private security is anticipated to grow 4% per year, whereas public police agencies are expected to grow 2.8% per year. |
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| Municipal Departments, rural sheriff departments, and specialized groups like campus police. |
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| Private Protective Service |
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| An independent commercial organization that provides protective services to employers on a contractual basis. |
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| Scientific Police Management |
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| the application of social science techniques to the study of police administrative for the purpose of increasing effectiveness, reducing the frequency of citizen complaint, and enhancing the efficient use of available resources. |
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| The act of taking the law into ones own hands. |
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| Well known writer, magistrate of Bow Street. |
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| Prime Minister of England. Formed first modern Police force. |
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| served as a police commissioner. He promoted the use of a call-box system of telephones, helped form the FBI |
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| 1st American born female police officer in the U.S. hired in 1910 in Los Angeles. |
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| Who you can go to for concern. (Next person above you) |
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| A collaborative affect between the police and the community that identifies problems of crime and disorder and involves all elements of the community in the search for solutions. |
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| a style of policing marked by a strict concern wit enforcing the precise letter of the law. |
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| in police organizations, the field activities or supervisory activities directly related to day-to-day police work. |
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| The International Justice and Public Safety Information Sharing Network. |
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| Police-Commiunity Relations |
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| An area of police activity that recognizes the need for the community and police to work together effectively. PCR is based on the notion that the police derive their legitimacy from the community they serve. 1960's-1970's |
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| The opportunity for police officers to exercise choice in their enforcement activity. |
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| a particular set of values, beliefs, and acceptable forms of behavior characteristics of American Police. Begins with Recruit Training (also called "Police Culture") |
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| a minor violation of the law (petty crime) that demoralizes community residents and business people. Quality of life offenses involve acts that create physical disorder or that reflect social decay. |
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| a style of policing marked by a concern with helping rather then strict enforcement. |
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| In police organizations activities that provide support for line operations. |
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| a style in policing marked by a concern for order maintenance. Watchmen policing is characteristic of lower-class communities where police intervene informally into the lives or residents to keep peace. |
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| the popular name given to the first 10 amendments to the U.S. Constitution. |
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| Information and data of investigative value that are stored in or transmitted by a electronic device. |
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| A search conducted by the police without a warrant, which is justified or the basis of some immediate and overriding need, such as public safety, the likely escape of a dangerous suspects or the removal or destruction of evidence. |
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| a law that prohibits the use of illegally obtained evidence in a criminal trial. |
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| Fruit of the Poisonous Tree Doctrine |
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| A legal principle that excludes from introduction at trial any evidence later be developed as a result of an illegal search or seizure. |
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| The exemption that allows evidence collected in violation of privacy rights as interpreted by the 4th Amendment. |
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| the information gathering activity of police officers that involves the direct questioning of suspects. |
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| New precedents that establish a significant new legal principle or concept, or otherwise substantially change the interpretation of existing law. |
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| Evidence of relevance to a criminal investigation that is not readily seen by an unaided eye. |
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| if an officer intends to ask guilt-seeking questions of a suspect who is not in custody, he does not need to read the warning. Alternatively, if an officer arrests a suspect but does not intend to interrogate him, he does not need to read the warning. |
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| Warnings given by police in the United States to criminal suspects in police custody before they are interrogated to preserve the admissibility of their statements against them in criminal proceedings. |
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| Police can obtain evidence without a warrant if its in eye sight. |
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| a search conducted by law enforcement without a warrant and without suspicion and allowed by court based on and overriding concern for public safety. |
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| Protects the innocent from the massive power of the criminal justice |
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| We gave up our 4th Amendment rights, made it easier for law enforcement to get in our stuff. |
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| Established that there is a public safety exception to the rule requiring Miranda Rights that can justify their absence. |
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| The Fourth Amendment prohibition against unreasonable searches and seizures, as applied to the states through the Fourteenth, excludes unconstitutionally obtained evidence from use in criminal prosecutions. Ohio Supreme Court reversed. |
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| The Fifth Amendment privilege against self-incrimination requires law enforcement officials to advise a suspect interrogated in custody of his rights to remain silent and to obtain an attorney. Arizona Supreme Court reversed and remanded. |
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| Silverthorne Lumber Co. v. U.S. |
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| FBI illegally obtained tax books and made copies and was dismissed in court. Fruit of the Poisonous Tree Doctrine. |
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| Police may stop a person if they have a reasonable suspicion that the person has committed or is about to commit a crime, and may frisk the suspect for weapons if they have reasonable suspicion that the suspect is armed and dangerous, without violating the Fourth Amendment prohibition on unreasonable searches and seizures. Supreme Court of Ohio affirmed. |
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The warrantless seizure of documents from a private home violated the Fourth Amendment prohibition against unreasonable searches and seizures, and evidence obtained in this manner is excluded from use in federal criminal prosecutions. Western District of Missouri reversed and remanded.
Speakers without warrant. |
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| Ensure the civil rights of both men and women. |
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| Potential responsibility for payment of damages or other ordered enforcement as a result of a ruling in a lawsuit. Sue for money. |
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| Force likely to cause death or serious injury. |
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| The application of an amount of force greater than required to compel compliance from a wiling or unwilling subject. |
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| Arrested without probable cause. |
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| permits the use of force, including deadly force, against an individual who is suspected of a felony. (Running away, poses a threat so they shot him) |
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| Grass Eaters v. Meat Eaters |
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| Police Corruption at the lower end (Gratuities, Playing Favorites, Minor Bribes) v. Police Corruption at the higher end (Violent Crimes, Denial of Civil Rights, Property Crimes) |
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| A weapon that is designed to disable, capture, or immobilize - but not kill - a suspect. |
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| The abuse of police authority for personal or organizational gain. (Knapp Commision) |
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| Usually applied by courts in reasonable suspicion, high risk job i.e. narcotics division. |
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| Study re: Slain Officers (FBI Study) |
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| Most of the police officers were well liked, all had positive personalities, and they all did not wear their vests. |
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| The state, federal, and tribal governments can not be sued |
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| the court and jury should not be biased when a free citizen claims that the officer used excessive force |
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| An officer can use deadly force on a fleeing suspect only if the suspect presents a significant threat to the officer or others |
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| (Internal Affairs Division) Make sure the police are doing their job correct. Police of the police. |
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