Police Organization Flashcards
What is the main difference between the Military and Law Enforcement?
Discretion: Individual police officers have more discretion than individual soldiers
What kinds of things do officers decide on?
How has a law been broken, should an arrest be made, should advice be given?
Police are responsible for their appearances because of…?
Visibility. The press and politics scrutinize police officers heavily.
Many police departments operate under…?
Collective bargaining agreements
Punishments for wrongdoing are spelled out, so the officers have…?
Authority
The Federal Level of law enforcement contains which departments?
Department of Justice
Department of the Treasury
Department of Homeland Security
The Department of Justice includes…?
FDA, FBI, border control, marshals
The Department of the Treasury includes…?
Alcohol, tobacco, firearms, customs, IRS
The Department of Homeland Security includes…?
Secret Service
What is the organization at the state level?
It varies by state
Montana’s organization includes…?
Highway Patrol (like 50% of states)
What is Montana’s top legal agency?
The Department of Justice
The Local level of law enforcement is…?
The cops, the first responders, patrol, and investigative
The Local law enforcement stems from…?
The Sheriff’s department
How does the Sheriff receive the position?
Elected
Grew post-9/11 to combat terrorism, with ethnic profiling, emphasis on immigration, and has personnel shortages
Homeland Security
What is the Patriot Act?
An act that allows for invasion of privacy in order to prevent terrorism.
What is the Freedom Act?
Protects Civil Liberties, disallowing eavesdropping and other invasions of privacy.
The construction and monitoring of databases for volumes of information in the legal system are part of…?
Information technologies
CODIS is…?
The FBI’s Combined DNA Index System, every offender’s DNA is taken and entered into the system.
