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26 Cards in this Set
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Heat index |
rates how likely it is someone will be involved in a murder |
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captain |
senior administrator in investigative unit
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lieutenant |
oversees cases and investigations and acts as a liason with other police agencies |
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sargents and inspectors |
carry out fieldwork |
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police chief |
top administrator sets policy has general control over department policies and practices typically a political rather than a civil servent serves for the mayor |
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time in rank system |
for officers to advance in rank, they must spend an appropriate amount of time, usually years, in the preceeding rank. |
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patrol function |
side of policing where the media typically gives you a crime fighter image run day to day grunt work core of police operation handles disputes fill out paperwork for every incident because the chain of evidence must be followed until the evidence reaches the courtroom to close all gaps to prove beyond a reasonable doubt. |
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gateway |
the entrance into the criminal justice system through an arrest or court action by police |
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gatekeepers |
police officers |
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backbone of policing |
police officers |
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effective policing |
effective patrol |
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Purposes of patrol |
deter crime maintain order respond quickly identify and apprehend law breakers aid individuals facilitate movement of people and traffic create a feeling of public safety |
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broken windows model |
fix windows when they break to prevent more crime if the citizens feel safe, they will come out of houses people stay at home to avoid crime police must be present to make residents feel safe enough to come out. Used to describe the role of the police as maintainers of community order and safety. Kelling and wilsons 3 points neighborhood disorder creates fear neighborhoods give out crime producing signals police need citizen cooperation. |
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Proactive policing and directed patrol |
proactive policing-emphasizes stopping crime before it occurs, rather than reacting to crimes that have already occurred. Deterrent effect-stopping or reducing crime by convincing would be criminals that they stand a significant risk of being apprehended and punished for their crimes. directed patrol-a patrol strategy that involves concentrating police resources in areas where certain crimes are a significant problem. |
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investigative function |
investigate, collect evidence for arrest to bring charges. try to support arrest or conviction. 3 pronged 1. specific focus-person is identified. collect information on that individual. 2. general coverage-know about the crime but havent targeted one person. to get more information for specific person. 3. informative-using technology to collect information and running sting operations.
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coplink |
integrates information from different jurisdictions into a single database that detectives can access when working on investigations. |
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forensic science |
the use of scientific knowledge to investigate questions of interest to the justice system and to solve crimes |
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forensic |
pertaining to the law |
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community oriented policing |
police community relations PCR designed to bring awareness about police activity alert to methods of self protection improve general attitude toward policing community oriented policing COP programs and strategies designed to bring police and communities closer together and create a more cooperative working environment between them.
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Benefits and duties of COP |
picks up where problem oriented policing stops less communication interference more funding patrol-some have formed community policing unit chief position more administrative patrol gets more discretion can meet needs of community |
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Chain of command |
chief of police captain lieutenant sergants patrol officer |
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problem oriented policing |
focus on working with community have community meetings information comes from community to police to figure out possible solutions apply a solution uses patrol officer and police chief handling information more formally written proposal not word of mouth try different remedies until one works assess the progress have hierarchy but better understanding across the board still has to go through stages |
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intelligence led policing |
the collection and analysis of information to generate an intelligence end product designed to inform police decision making at both the tactical and the strategic level. |
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operating branches of polie |
patrol investigation service administrative-not sworn personnell |
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service |
could be sworn, run lab, run dispatch. They are support personnell. |
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investigation |
investigate, collect evidence for arrest and bring charges. |
