The strengths of implementing such a program would be statistical information to back why and when crime is occurring within a particular part of a district. It also holds individuals responsible for their actions and what happens within their jurisdiction. Willis, Mastrofski, and Weisburd (2004) illustrate this perceptive by stating “CompStat establishes a formal system of control in which top leadership monitors, evaluates, and holds middle managers directly accountable for their performance” (p. 476). It also ensures that decision making within the department is made by the leadership teams and reduces police resources. It also helps to have information that is up-to-date and shows where crimes are occurring most
Although Goldstein envisioned the problemoriented approach as a departmentwide activity, it has largely been implemented by uniformed patrol officers. 3 Similar to uniformed patrol offi cers responding to repeated 911 calls for service, the work of most criminal investigators can also be thought of as “incident-driven policing” (Eck and Spelman, 1987). Investigators respond to recurring incidents, attempt to gather enough information to generate a warrant or make an arrest, and rarely look for the underlying conditions that may be causing like groups of incidents. Like Goldstein, we believe criminal investigators should go further than responding to case after case, that they search for solutions to recurring problems that generate the repeated incidents. Investigating unsolved inci dents is an important task and still must be done, but criminal investigators should respond system atically to recurring crimes arising from the same problem.
What is the difference between local, county, state, and federal law enforcement? What do we have them and how is their authority differing? Local officials will enforce all levels of law. The most common law enforcement officials that we see are municipal police officers that deal with cities and townships. The main difference between these officers and those at the state or federal level is they are the initial enforcement front for all criminal laws.
The reform era is where we saw police officers in patrol cars. Patrolling in cars help deter and detect criminal activity and led to the specialized units to address problems not being addressed by the normal patrol method. It also changed citizen response to policing; more responsibility was handed over for issues normally handled through family and community intervention. The Community era of policing started around the 1980s and is still present today. The main function of this era is to continue to control crime while still providing a broader range of social services.
Because officers work in law enforcement it provides an opportunity for their deviance from the law to be justified if there actions are questioned. Most law enforcement agencies have lenient supervision and officers often work
It teaches residents how to help themselves by identifying and reporting suspicious activity in their neighborhoods. Most citizen groups concentrate on observation and awareness as the primary means of preventing crime. Some groups, however, look out for their neighborhood by actively patrolling on a regular basis. In addition, the Neighborhood Watch Program gives residents the opportunity to reinvigorate their communities. For example, some groups seek to address youth crime by creating activity programs, which range from athletic events such as "midnight basketball" leagues to tutoring and drug awareness
These individuals will allow different police organizations to make decisions that are more organized and decisions based on evidence rather than the normal guesswork. (Grant and Terry, pp. 508, 2008) Crime analysis will also help in deciding future criminal activity, the supporting of the officers who are on patrol, and investigators upon making decisions. (Grant and Terry, pp. 508, 2008) There are three areas in crime analysis that will help our police force in the future.
Law Enforcement Danna Robbins CRJ 201: Introduction to Criminal Justice Dawn Aldrich 05/06/2013 Law Enforcement Law enforcement broadly refers to any system by which some members of society act in an organized manner to promote adherence to the law by discovering and punishing persons who violate the rules governing that society. It is most frequently referred to those who directly engage in patrols and surveillance to dissuade and discover criminal activity and those who investigate crimes and apprehend offenders. The public view of policing is police officers patrolling streets and responding to emergency crime calls; police detectives interviewing witnesses, examining forensic clues, checking records and interrogating suspects;
Police have the authority to make a decision between two or more choices. Ethical issues with regards to law enforcement have been a central part in the development of the structure of the police authorities. Police discretion is a tool used by officers which gives them the ability to utilize the law of the letter or not to enforce it to the letter of the law. Discretion in enforcing offenses allows an officer to interact with people who are making mistakes, and correct those gently restoring order without disrupting the smooth functioning of every ones lives. Discretion also allows an officer the flexibility to accept that everyone makes mistakes.
There could also be more community policing that could reduce physical abuse and social disorder that attributes to domestic violence. Community policing is also a strategy that shows a reduction in physical and social disorder. There are many areas that have implemented these types of programs to promote confidence in the police and participate in anti-crime programs. Community policing has been used to promote police and the community to share information and to problem solve through the different types of programs initiated in the community (Wehrman & De Angelis 2011). Wehrman and De Angelis (2011) state that there are four common forms of involvement being 1) police-community, 2) encouragement of citizens to step forward and speak to help police, 3) participation in crime-prevention programs and 4) having citizens sitting on advisory boards or committees.