Essays on City Police

Introduction

The New York police department exists to ensure that the constitutional rights of all residents in New York are guaranteed by preserving a safe environment that reduces fear, ensures that laws are protected and that peace is observed in the city (Stanislas 22). Regardless of their ranking, all officers are obligated to protect life and property. The New York police department conducts patrols, collects evidence, testifies in court, arrests suspects, enforces laws, completes paperwork, issues citations, and collects evidence (Crank and John 21). The objective of this paper is to detail the process that is followed to become a ...

The largest municipal police task force in the country, the New York City Police Department is not only an important element of the national law enforcement system, but also it is a unique depository of academic knowledge for the professional organizational, human resources and organizational culture explorers. The purpose of this work is to identify the key leaders of the organization, who affect its communication. In addition, this research provides a description of organizational performance, its mission, vision and culture. The final section of this report explains the pertinent internal and external audiences, who receive the communication. First of ...

“While it is common to think of America as an urban society, significant parts of the country remain outside major cities” (RURAL AND SMALL-TOWN LAW ENFORCEMENT (police), n.d.). The task of the Rural City Police Department is to impose regulation around the neighborhood, eradicate corruption, and cooperate beside the people to resolving their difficulties, namely vigorously take part in community patrolling. The dream of the Rural City Police Department is to develop the top state establishment in law administration. The objectives that have been placed to come are: safeguard the uppermost excellence of life for the peoples, stop wrongdoing, ...

Virtual City Police Department. Case Study

Nowadays the Virtual City Police Department face several significant problems. The point is that if the problems are not fixed, the Virtual City citizens will suffer because the level of crimes will increase. This report is aimed at outlining four major problems and finding solutions on them. The main problem of the Virtual City Police Department is unqualified personnel. The point is that until the mid-1990s every person who had graduated from school and got a certificate could become a police officer in the Virtual City Police Department. However, in the 1990s the situation has changed a bit: college education became a ...

United States and China

I. Legal System The United States criminal legal system is based on the British Common Law system. Common law refers to those laws that are created and imposed by judges in the absence of specific a specific code or applicable statute defining the law (LaFave, 2000). Accordingly, during the early years of the nation when a judge was faced with a criminal activity that was not covered by a statute, he would use precedent, or refer to the decisions of similar cases, for guidance. Absent statute and precedent, the judge would simple use his best legal, professional and personal judgment to make ...

I. Introduction Comparing the criminal justice system of two or more countries can lead to valuable insight of your home nation as well as the nation(s) used in comparison. This short paper looks at the similarities and differences between the criminal justice systems of France and the United States. The hope is that it will provide a deeper understanding of how civil and common law systems approach the investigation and adjudication of crime. II. Court Structure No criminal justice system could exist without courts. Courts are the main institution involved in the legal settlement of criminal ...

Introduction

Causal-comparative research is a technique that involves the determination of cause or consequences of the differences that exist between two or more groups. In this approach, two or more groups are examined and the possible cause, effects, or consequences of the differences between the groups are identified. This approach helps to identify associations that exist between variables.

Activity 16.1

In this activity, some questions would lend themselves well as causal-comparative research. One of them is “which subjects do high school students like least?” This question evaluates the effects of being a high school student. For example, girls would end up disliking a science subject ...

A Case Study

Introduction With a digital world, the police roles and functions have vastly changed. The police goals have become broader and sophisticated. It has evolved into various functions more commonly related to various agencies (Tilley, 2008). However, the general public still expects the police forces as mainly focused on crime fighting activities. As such, much of the police work is not active and it is incident-based. It is not also tactical in nature. This paper aims to present a dynamic view of the police force, primarily through their virtual policing functions. While they are still at the forefront of crime fighting, ...

The Stop Question and Frisk program has been the subject of major scrutiny over the past few years in New York City. The program, although quite vague, is a policy that allows New York City police officers to stop, question and frisk any pedestrian they deem questionable. However, this program has fueled anger in minority groups over racial profiling, as the bulk of pedestrians who have been stopped were of the African American or Latin communities. The newly elected Mayor of New York, Bill de Blasio has decided to reform the policy in response to many reports of civil rights ...

The controversial New York State Police Department; Stop and Frisk Policy is arguably facing its exit especially after the latest ruling in the case of Floyd et al v City of New York et al. However, before it is legally repudiated probably by the incoming Democrat Mayor, who enjoys colossal support amid the mayoral polls, this paper shall discuss the constitutionality or otherwise of the policy. From the onset, it is imperative to appreciate the paper’s contention that the New York stop, question and frisk policy is unconstitutional and that in that respect the policy is null, void ...

Floyd, et al. v. City of New York, et al

The rule of law pertaining to the Floyd, et al. v. City of New York, et al case is discussed below. The proceedings of the case raised two critical questions that had public importance. The rule of law requires that every individual and any organization to be subjected to the constitution and persons are allowed to be above the rule of the law. The issue of whether to allow the New York City Police Department (“NYPD”) to violate the Constitution of the United States is complicated because the frisks ...

Q. What are the "two faces of irresponsibility."? Irresponsibility has two faces and they are willfully inadequate work and unethical activities. Both these faces are representation of diversion of resources of public from demand and preferences fulfillment. By bending programs goals and policy direction from its targeted objectives, in addition to use of information from public organization and personal gain derived from access of key people are both sides of failure or irresponsibility.

Q. What are two weaknesses of ethics laws?

Weaknesses of Ethics Law are: General conditions are addressed but they lack in case of specific situations. Thus, law interpretation for specific situations ...

The stop, question and frisk program in New York is spearheaded by the Department of Police. It is a legal program established by the New York State Criminal Procedure Law section 140.50. Arguably, the program was motivated and arose from the Supreme Court holding in Terry v. Ohio. The program gives a police officer the discretion to stop, question and frisk a person in the public precincts including the streets. The discretion is predicated on the fact that the police officer would exercise it (discretion) reasonably and devoid of any malice or self-aggrandisement. Whether the officers have leaved to this spirit, is ...

Security refers to the level of protection offered to safeguard individuals, countries and even groups against possible danger, loss and also criminal activities. According to The Institute for Security and Open Methodologies (ISECOM), security refers to the creation of a barrier between threats and assets. In this case, most assets when dealing with security involve the human resource. Threat to human life is normally the primary interest of any security apparatus. Threat to property is also imperative for peaceful coexistence. The level of security allocated to individuals varies. Dignitaries and other respected persons in society deserve more security than members ...

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Abstract

Budgeting for a large number of people within a given county can be a complicated issue to deal with. Of the issues that need to be included in the budget, there are some that given certain circumstances demand more attention. However, funding is inevitable. It has been identified in the works of Grimm that the basic needs that a city is concerned about and ought to be included in the budget include water, collection of trash, police, sewer, streets, and fire departments. Some of these departments can have other ways and means of raising funds to substitute with the federal ...