Test 1. Agencies Responsibilties Flashcards
Describe the functions of City Police:
1) These departments handle all police functions and coordinate with other
agencies as needed.
2) Jurisdictions end at the city limits
Describe the functions of County Police:
1) Jurisdiction through the county
2) Strictly leave the policing of the
cities within the county to the city agencies, where they exist.
Describe the functions of Sheriff’s in Georgia:
1)
Describe the functions of the District Attorneys:
> Enters a case after the police work is done
> May participate in the investigation and arrest of the suspects
Describe the functions of the State Law Enforcement:
> Provide technical assistance to
local police agencies
> State Patrol, Georgia Bureau of Investigation, Department of
Natural Resources, Department of Revenue
Describe the functions of the Georgia State Patrol:
> State’s largest law enforcement agency
> Responsible for the enforcement of traffic laws throughout the state
> Conduct traffic accident investigations
> Jurisdiction in areas designated by the Governor
Describe the functions of the Georgia Bureau Of Investigation:
> Provides investigative and identification
services to local, State, and Federal law enforcement agencies throughout Georgia
> Crime Prevention Unit, the
Intelligence Squad, the Special Investigation Section, and the Controlled Substances
Section
Describe the functions of the Georgia Crime Information Center (GCIC):
> Responsible for overseeing the privacy and integrity
of criminal history record information
Describe the functions of the Georgia Crime Laboratory:
> Conducts tests on submitted evidence, reports
on the test results, and testifies in court as to the results when needed.
Describe the functions of the Georgia Department of Natural Resources-Wildlife Resources Division:
> Responsible for the conservation and
protection of natural and cultural resources
> Game and fish laws and manages the state’s wildlife
resources
Describe the functions of the Georgia State Drugs and Narcotics Agency:
> Investigates violations of the Georgia
Controlled Substances Act and the Dangerous Drug Act
Describe the functions of the Department of Revenue:
> Chief tax law enforcement agency
> Collects taxes, laws to control alocholic beverages, tabacco, vehicle license tags, emissions, title, and registrations
Describe the functions of the Department of Driver Services:
> Conducts driver’s tests, issues
driver’s licenses, and maintains records on licensed drivers in Georgia
> Canceling, suspending and revoking driver’s licenses for certain
violations
Describe the functions of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI):
> Most prominent Federal law
enforcement agency
> Domestic security matters
> Kidnapping
> extortion
> bank robbery
> interstate gambling violations;
> fraud against the (Federal) Government; and assault or killing the President or a Federal
Officer
Describe the functions of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF):
> illegal use and trafficking of firearms,
> the illegal use and storage of explosives,
> acts of
arson and bombings,
> acts of terrorism,
> illegal diversion of alcohol and tobacco
product
Describe the functions of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA):
> Part of the U. S. Justice Department
> enforce Federal drug laws and to prosecute those organizations and
individuals involved in the growing, manufacture, or distribution of controlled
substances
Describe the functions of the U. S. Secret Service:
> division of the Treasury Department
> Offenses related to coins, currency, and securities of U.S. and other governments
> Protect President, vice President, immediate families of presidents
Describe the functions of the Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigations:
> responsible for
investigating potential criminal violations of Federal tax laws and other financial crimes
> includes tax, money laundering, and some banking laws.
Describe the functions of the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service:
> charged with administering and enforcing various federal wildlife and park protection
laws and regulations
Describe the functions of the United States Department of Agriculture-Forest Service:
> Enforces federal regulations on national forest lands
Describe the functions of U. S. Attorneys:
> prosecutors in the Federal District Courts, and work
under the direction of the United States Attorney General
> There is one U.S. Attorney
for each of the 94 judicial districts throughout the United States and its territories.
> Chief federal law enforcement officer in the district to which they
are assigned.
Describe the functions of the U. S. Marshal Service:
> enforcement arm of the federal court system
> involved in almost every federal law enforcement initiative
> protecting the Federal judiciary; apprehending federal fugitives;
managing and selling seized assets acquired through illegal activities; housing and
transporting Federal prisoners; and, operating the Witness Security Program
Describe the functions of the United States Department of Homeland Security:
> prevent attacks against the United States and its citizens
