Local police agencies are the most commonly seen and known, do to their high visibility in our communities. Local agency conduct patrols which helps deter crime do to police visibility. Police also take reports that can be used in trials. Local police tend to be less specialized then the larger agencies such as the FBI, but will be well verse in multiple areas of law enforcement. Local agencies will also be less funded; less funding means these agencies will not always have the latest and greatest of equipment and resources.
Officers operating in the patrol capacity are most commonly confronted with the order maintenance situation. Police presence can help put citizens at ease. In addition to the preventative measures it can accomplish, a police presence can help citizens feel safe as they go about their daily business. It lets citizens know that if something should happen, a police officer is right there to take action and help if necessary. If an emergency happens, such as a terrorist attack, police officers can help control the situation and keep citizens calm.
According to "Private Security Industry Regulatory Authority Making Life Safer" (2007), "the educational opportunities that exist in modern day, the availability of these educational opportunities and the liability problems that exist as a result of not having professionally trained individuals working private security is almost prominent.” Private security companies that are relatively large, are now starting to recognize the significance of having officers that are better trained and the growing level of professionalism for their security officers to have for the solitary purpose of creating contracts and in order to compete against public police officers. In addition, public police officers are given their salaries from the tax payer's dollars and are upheld by strong unions. This being said, public police officers are more so than not held responsible for their dealings as an individual. On the other hand, private security officers, can usually steer clear of most serious liability issues like law suits that are
Crime helps economy by creating a jobs for law enforcement officers, psychiatrists, probation officers, etc. It also proofs that government does not have full control over USA citizens. By decreasing crime rates in the USA we can improve security of the country and make citizens feel safer, but on the other hand it will decrease work load of the law enforcement. When analyzing crime rates by conflict theory we can notice that conflict theorist believe that
Because private officers are not a part of the public police they are not fully respected as being a part of security, because they not do have the same legal standpoint as the public officers . If they did it would allow them to be able to operate the same as public officers do. As of now many states are starting to incorporate the private sector of security with the public side included. If the private and public system learned how to join teams and work together crime rates may not be as high as they are today and there would be a lot less criminals on the streets. The private security sector appeared around the early 1960’s and now there millions of major corporations that employ private security and they used to secure and manage properties all around the world as well as in countries.
One of the advantages of patrolling is that it gives potential criminals the fear of being caught in the act and citizens the peace of knowing that they are being protected against crime. Organizing these patrols starts with answering calls, assigning police presence to any given area, and looking into any suspicious activities. The patrolmen and patrolwomen that are responsible for the patrolling are, without a doubt, the police department’s most important resource. Each officer or group of officers is responsible for a particular well-defined area. While patrolling on foot doesn’t necessarily reduce crime, it does give the community the feeling of being safe and secure.
CJS 250 May 15, 2011 John Feltgen Relationship between Private and Public Police The relationship between private and public police officers has been a topic of debate for decades. Both have a responsibility to provide a certain level protection to the public and still societal views of private and public police can be blurry. However, one view remains constant and that is society has just as much need for private police protection as they do public police protection. An understanding, positive working relationship between both private and public police is beneficial for all parties involved. Although some similarities between public and private police exist, there are some differences that cannot be overlooked.
Relationship between Private and Public Police CJS/250 October 23, 2011 Relationship between Private and Public Police Public and Private Police are two different factors that contribute to the safety of society, even though they are both used to protect and serve; they however have different capabilities Public Police is known as military forces, or law enforcement. Private Police is known as firms that are privately owned and operated; they tend to contract their services to companies that need an extra set of eyes and ears to protect their business or community. There has always been a thin line between public and private police, especially when it comes to the way society see them, public police are viewed as the protectors they go through training, and more authority to make arrest, search and seize property, and work with the community to gain their trust. Private Police is viewed in a negative way, they are seen as just the eyes and ears to many companies, and they don’t possess the same authority as public police. The relationship between public and private police has changed over the years, in certain areas they now work together with protecting the public.
They are also relatively inexpensive for students from other states. Private high schools are schools that are privately funded and run by a body that does not answer to the state or the federal government. Although they come under the education department of the government and they have to adhere to certain regulations, they do not have to follow the syllabus that is offered by the government. Private school, however, are paid schools and their prices can sometimes be extremely expensive for the average person to afford. The same is true for private colleges, that they are extremely expensive when compared to state colleges, but they boast that they have a better standard of education.
The next sector I would want to work in would be the private sector. A person can make a decent living in this sector as well, however, the benefits would be less as the company a person worked for dose not have to provide all the same benefits, but the stress of this sector would be lowered especially if a person owned their own business doing this. The sector I chose would be the federal government, how do I imagine this job would be like. Well first if you can break into this sector you have got it made because this opens other opportunities to get to move around in the government area without having to go through all of the entry testing and interviews. I would imagine this job working for the Department of Defense or DFAS as an accountant being stressful due to how large of a budget the government has and trying to keep the accounts up to date because of the amounts of transactions happening.