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comes stabuli |
A non-uniform mounted law enforcement officer of medieval England. Early police forces were small and relatively on organized but made effective use of local resources in the formation of posses, the pursuit of offenders, and the like |
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Statue of Winchester |
A law, written in 1285, that created a watch and Ward system in English cities and towns confided early police practices |
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Bow Street Runners |
Unfairly English police unit formed under the leadership of Henry Fielding, magistrate of the Bow Street region London |
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bobbies |
The popular British name given to members of Sir Robert Bob Peel's at Metropolitan Police Service |
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vigilantism |
The actor taking the Law into one's own hands |
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Wickersham Commission |
The national Commission on law observance and enforcement. In 1931 the commission issue day reporting stating that prohibition was unenforceable and carried a great potential for police corruption |
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Law Enforcement Assistance Administration(LEAA) |
A non defunct Federal agency established under title loan at the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to funnel Federal funding to State and local law enforcement agencies |
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scientific police management |
The application of social science techniques to study of police Administration for the purpose of increasing Effectiveness, reducing the frequency of Citizen complaints, and enhancing the efficient use of available resources |
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Kansas City experiment |
The first large to go swimming tific study of law enforcement practices. Sponsored by the police foundation, it focused on the practice of preventive Patrol |
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Evidence-based policing (EBP) |
The use of the best available research on the outcomes of police work to implement guidelines and evaluate agencies units, and officers |
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Municipal Police Department |
A city or town based law enforcement agency |
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Smart policing |
A law enforcement initiative that makes use of techniques shown to work on both reducing and solving crimes |
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Predictive policing |
A contemporary policing strategy that uses statistical techniques to analyze data in order to anticipate or predict the likelihood of crimes occurrences in locations of Interest |
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Hot Spot policing |
A contemporary policing strategy in which law enforcement agencies Focus their resources on known areas of criminal activity |