Supervisor Flashcards
Studying the Evolution of police administration is important because
The past is full of important lessons, ignoring these lessons increases the probability that prior mistakes will be repeated and opportunities forfeited; (3) knowledge of the past breeds esprit de corps, or pride in the heritage of one’s chosen profession; (4) it instills an appreciation that each of us stands on the shoulders of the men and women who served before us with dignity, compassion, and valor; (5) there is a more complete comprehension of where and why a profession is when you know where it has been; (6) concepts in this chapter are part of the vocabulary of policing; and (7) it sets the stage for discussions in some of the chapters that follow.
Early American Colonists
depended on volunteer citizen night watchmen, patrolling from dusk to dawn, to alert them to threats, such as fires, crimes, and pirates. When watchmen raised an alarm, it became the collective responsibility of all residents to respond. Other offices familiar to the colonists, such as sheriff, constable, and coroner, were subsequently added, although initially their numbers were very small. In 1625, New Amsterdam, now New York City, created its office of sheriff.1
In 1833, Philadelphia became the first city in this country to have a paid, full-time day police force. was not until 1844, in New York City, that the first unified day-night police force was created
Colorado Springs Police Department (1890-1900)
The influence of Union Civil War (1861–1865) uniforms is plainly seen, including the style of several visible belt buckles. In the second row are two commanding officers, identified as such by the Union army’s convention that commissioned officers wore a coat with two rows of buttons so they could be immediately recognized as leaders.
Sir Robert Peel
Injuries from horse fall
London Metropolitan Police
New principles, such as officers should be hired on a probationary basis, stressing the need for professional conduct by the agency and its officers.
Police Corruption Mulberry Ring New York
Picture of dog officer holding baton by cash only no checks
Benjamin “Pap” Singleton 37yoa slave
Prosperous African-American settlers in Nicodemus, Kansas, 1877.
Escaped to Detroit and began operating a secret boarding house for runaway slaves. After the Civil War ended, he returned to Tennessee and later began his work as a Moses-like figure, leading people to the promised land
Black Bart, the Poet Bandit
Charles Boles (1829– unknown)
robbed 28 Wells Fargo stagecoaches in California before being arrested. He was fond of leaving poems at the scene of his crimes, signed “Black Bart, the PO8” (poet).
Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department
largest in the country with 9,461 deputies
Alaska, , Connecticut, Hawaii, and Rhode Island, and Washington DC
do not have the traditional office of sheriff.
The more persuasive analogy is that policing is a sandbar in a river
As though an island in a lake, subject to being changed continuously by the societal currents in which it is immerse
The rise of unified full time police officers in America was influenced by events in
England
Name of first full time police agency in London
London Metropolitan Police
Repeatedly win elections for personal gain through graft or corruption known as
Machine politics
Father of modern law enforcement
August Vollmer
Promote police professionalism centered on
Education
Organized police agencies recommending larger role for police officers in conducting preliminary investigations
RAND criminal investigations study
The independent accrediting for Leo is
CALEA
Impact policing as a result of WWII
Shortage of experienced officers
Studied under Gus and wrote “Bible” of police administration
O.W Wilson
Prohibition was established by
Volstead Act
Agency formed to archive disseminate by research
NCJRS
During 50-60’s some southern police depts addressed the problem of _______ badge, minority officer treated inferiorly than white officers
Unequal
National criminal Justice Reference Service
NCJRS
