Quiz 5 Flashcards
What is meant by jurisdiction?
Geographic area that is:
- area specific
- politically defined
Includes:
- Laws/duties an agency is permitted to enforce
- refers to a person, territory, or subject matter
Tithing System
A private self-help protection system (Medieval England). It was a group of 10 families who agreed to follow the law, keep peace in their areas, and bring law violators to justice.
Bow Street Runners
A group of professional law enforcement agents to apprehend criminals and recover stolen property in the entertainment district of London
What year was the London Metropolitan Police founded?
1829
Who was Robert Peel?
British Home Secretary he said main function of police should be to prevent crime by preventative control and defined standards of professionalism
What system did English colonists bring to America?
The Constable Watch System
Slave Codes
Protected slave holders property rights in human beings, held slaves responsible for their crimes
Considered the first state police agency?
Texas Rangers
August Vollmer change policing?
Centralized authority, specialized units. Patrol Cars, radios, training. Shifts from social services to crime
Police response to civil disorder of 1960’s affect policing?
shift to community policing - peace keeping and social services, away from crime fighting
Community Policing
a contemporary approach to policing, involves the community in a working partnership to control and reduce crime
CompStat
tech and management system to make police better organized, more effective crime fighters.
US Marshals created
protect federal courts, support their operations, enforce federal/court decesions and laws
FBI created
investigate violations of Sherman anti trust act (business monopolies)
Secret Service created
combat counterfieting
DEA created
establish a single unified command to wage an all out global war on the drug menace
Four main functions of local police
peace keeping, social workers, crime fighters, police servant
Why do county sheriffs have more clout than police cheifs
sheriffs are elected and answers to county officials, chief is appointed and answers to local mayor
State Police Model
agency and officers have the same law enforcement powers as local police but can exercise them anywhere
Highway Patrol Model
officers focus on highway traffic safety, enforcement of state’s traffic laws, and investigation of accidents on the state’s roads highways
Department of Public Safety Model
complex organizations composed of several agencies/divisions
Contract Security
Private security firm provides protective services to outside people that don’t employ their own security personnel/need extra protection
Proprietary Private Security
in house protective services that a security staff provides for the entity that employs it
Successes/Problems with private security and terrorism
successes- provides better protection at important infrastructures/facilities
problems- potential abuse of authority, privacy, information sharing
