That is why when I started thinking about Law Enforcement I knew I may have found my calling. ... Many consider law enforcement officers to be the second most underpaid career, just under teaching. ... He must enforce laws and ordinances activities. ... Law Enforcement agencies have started to require all personnel to wear body armor to prevent gun shot wounds to the officer. ... Any previous alcohol or drug abuse will disqualify a person before his application is even looked at. ...

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The "Just Say No" movement was coupled with rigorous law enforcement and produced solid results. ... There are also many laws that help enforce the abuse of drugs and alcohol. One thing a person can do to help combat in this area is to support your local law enforcement officials. One could also help by working for a law enforcement agency, such as your local police force, or even as high up as the DEA. ... Anti-abuse programs such as "Just Say No" and other abstinence programs, along with laws to enforce drug and alcohol abuse help greatly in the fight against drug and alcohol abuse. ...

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Racial Profiling This semester, we spent a great deal of time discussing issues of equality in law enforcement, but one of the main items of controversy was racial profiling. ... So the information that they had suggested that the drugs would be in cars driven by Hispanic or black people. ... "Under present laws and public attitudes drug control is a highly volatile issue, and the publics in most cities are split on the opinions of where, how, why, to whom, and when drug enforcement should take place- (Manning 273). ... "The overall objective of drug law enforcement from which particula...

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Because of that sometimes certain difficulties in the tracking of all the changes in the legislation may arise. - Joint efforts of law enforcement agencies , taking into account the legal distribution of their powers have not yet fully focused on the identification, detection, investigation and prevention of crimes in the customs area; -Lack of proper interaction between law enforcement and customs authorities largely motivated by shortcomings and irregularities in the activities of law enforcement agencies, faults in the organization of operational-investigative work, lack of institutional c...

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Racial Profiling by Law Enforcement On June 17, 2003, President Bush fulfilled one of his campaign promises by banning racial and ethnic profiling in all 70 federal agencies with law enforcement powers under the direction of the Justice Department. ... Targeting minorities as drug couriers and using race as a pretext for stops is a long standing practice used by some, but not all, law enforcement agencies. ... Techniques taught by the DEA encouraged the wide use of pretext stops in order to search vehicles for drugs. ... The effect racial profiling has on society and personal opinions...

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Suicide is a heartfelt issue no matter where it strikes but it's also not a very popular topic in the law enforcement and police culture. ... Law enforcement officers kill themselves at a rate of 18/100,000 vs. 12/100,000 of the rest of the US.  ... They are first on scene when a child dies, a woman is raped, a senseless homicide, a teenager's suicide, a car ablaze with victims trapped, drug overdoses, and domestic violence calls. ... (Violanti, 1995) Making arrests, clearing the streets, trying to diminish the drug and violence problem, they quickly see it as a revolving door. ...

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As a result, law enforcement is among the highest stress-rated occupations in the United States. ... In their careers, law enforcement officers come across many traumatic and life-threatening situations. ... Stress takes a toll on the physical heath of law enforcement officers as well as their psychological wellness. ... Many officers choose to consume alcohol rather than to engage in drugs due to the illegal consequences of narcotics... Therefore, they feel no one outside their law enforcement community understands the stressors of police life. ...

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The nations drug war might sound beneficial, but in truth, it hasn't really helped our nation's drug problem. ... Making Marijuana legal would greatly reduce the vast amounts of money spent on drug law enforcement every year. For example: In 2000 well over ten billion dollars were spent on drug enforcement alone. ... The legalization would reduce the amount of time and money spent on law enforcement by more than a half. Victims of cancer, Anorexia, aids, mental disorders, and glaucoma would find quality Marijuana readily available, and could use it to ease...

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The primary duties of police officers and law enforcement agents are to serve and protect the citizens of the United States. And for the most part law enforcement agencies do this effectively. ... The majority of the populace has many misconceptions pertaining to the conduct of law enforcement agencies. ... Such is the case in South Carolina involving a drug raid conducted in a local high school... Take the situation of the South Carolina drug raid, the one that had occurred in the school. ...

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And, How do you punish those law enforcement officers who commit the crime? ... In 1982, President Reagan started the "War on Drugs" in which police departments were eager to crack down on drugs in the U.S. In South Carolina, the Department of Motor Vehicles issued out guidelines which stated the "common characteristics" of a drug dealer so that police would be aware of who to target. ... It also verifies that although African Americans were more likely to be stopped and searched, they were less likely to be in possession of any drugs. ... The purpose of this Act would be to enforce the c...

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The Mafia participated in many illegal activities, but drug trafficking was one they seemed to flourish in. Their drug related activities posed a threat not only to the adult population who used drugs but also to the children involved as their agents. ... "In New York, law enforcement increased to where most major bosses were found guilty. ... This sudden increase in law enforcement made many Mafia bosses Curran 4 nervous. ... Most major organized crime families were eventually put out of order by law enforcement or destructed from the inside, but today in some parts of our country, man...

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Alcohol and drugs will be kept to a minimum and that will lessen violence and crime. Minors will have less access to the drugs and alcohol since they will not be out at all hours of the night. ... Last of all, parents will have more control over their children since curfew will be enforced. ... Police will be on the parents side enforcing the curfew law. ... Curfew is a priority in the future that needs to be enforced. ...

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Kennedy has also developed techniques that have eliminated many drug markets across the country. ... The first being law enforcement, and how from their opinion in certain neighborhoods, specifically ones that are filled with poor minorities, the communities with open air drug markets are utterly corrupt, and that there is no heart left, or that there is no community left. ... In this program, Kennedy held interactive social meetings between gang members, and the members of their communities ranging from respected community members, social service representatives, and even law enforcement of...

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Now if the law enforcement or the court system does not deal with it in a just manner, then justice is due. ... The only way a vigilante's actions can be considered right is if there was no law enforcement and justice must be carried out, or if the law enforcement did not properly justify the situation. ... Vigilantes are also seen in modern urban areas since the rise of the drug underworld. Many neighborhood watch type programs have started in order to help keep violence and drugs off the streets and out of their neighborhoods. In some cases people goes as far as arson and murder to rid ...

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Now if the law enforcement or the court system does not deal with it in a just manner, then justice is due. ... The only way a vigilante's actions can be considered right is if there was no law enforcement and justice must be carried out, or if the law enforcement did not properly justify the situation. ... Vigilantes are also seen in modern urban areas since the rise of the drug underworld. Many neighborhood watch type programs have started in order to help keep violence and drugs off the streets and out of their neighborhoods. In some cases people goes as far as arson and murder to rid ...

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Ending Racial Profiling The federal government should end racial profiling by requiring policemen and other law enforcement officers to keep detailed records of each individual they stop to question or search. ... But the trooper set loose a drug-sniffing dog to comb the car's exterior, including the windshield, the hubcaps, and the taillights while Wilkins and his family stood in the rain. No drugs were found. ... The attitude of certain high-ranking law enforcement officials also helps to compound the problem. ... For example, public opinion surveys have established that blacks d...

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There is no strong evidence that shows law enforcement to be corrupt, but in recent years the FBI has shown to be a little irresponsible when it comes to confiscated evidence such as drugs, firearms, etc. These superior law enforcement agencies seem to just shrug as if nothing really happened. ...

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The Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) is the primary organization responsible for law enforcement in Los Angeles. ... In addition, a Police Officer may be assigned to a two-wheel motorcycle unit to enforce traffic laws, investigate traffic accidents, cite the violators of traffic laws, appear in the court, search for drivers under the influence of drugs or alcohol, and maintain order in congested areas. ... The starting salary of a police officer I is $46.771 to $62,807 (depending on youre education, prior law enforcement experience and if you are bilingual). ...

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Answer: The building the respondent was leaving had a reputation for being repeatedly busted for drug possession. ... The "plain-view doctrine" allows law enforcement officers to investigate and search someone they feel may be hiding something illegal. ... However, there are rules and laws that need to be followed because law enforcement officers cannot simply take matters into their own hands and decide someone's guilt or innocence. ... Nevertheless, this specific case has interesting issues concerning legal standards dealing with police or law enforcement misconduct with search and seiz...

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Throughout America the drug that is used the most among teens is alcohol (Social 1). ... Georgia implemented a plan in 2001 to enforce underage drinking. ... Necessary tools were provided to help enforce these laws as well. More law enforcement was also provided to help communities in their fight against underage drinking (Georgia 1). ... The Albuquerque Police Department has come up with a recent cost effective plan to enforce underage drinking. ...

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When the two convicted policemen were released, they pursued careers nonrelated to law enforcement. ... Since the 1991 incident, Rodney King has been arrested several times for drug infractions, violence, and motoring offenses. ...

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The growth of major cities allowed the organized crime to flourish and, "make the provision of prostitution, gambling, and illicit drugs a profitable enterprise" (galegroup.com). ... Interference by law enforcement was handled not only through bribery but also by infiltration. ... Most big-city mayors opposed the very concept of prohibition While they deplored the violence of organized crime wars, "mayors feared that law enforcement would exacerbate the problem by disturbing the gangs' territorial and revenue-sharing agreements" (thefinertimes.com). ... The money sp...

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A second responsibility criminal investigators must maintain is enforcing the law and bringing criminals to justice. It is difficult to enforce laws created by the justice system on criminal's who have produced a peculiar idea of another social world with separate laws for them to follow. For example, drug dealers see dealing drugs as a profession and a tool of the trade. ... The canines provide as a partner to the officers and aid them in foot chases, drug cases, and locating murder weapons and suspects. ... Police experience fatal incidents, abuse cases, and drug trafficking daily and w...

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Other causes include failure at school, increased availability of drugs and alcohol as well as guns which to tend to increase probability of a child committing a crime although direct cause has not been established. ... Probation officers have the least amount of resources in comparison to police or prisons, yet have one of the hardest jobs - to enforce court imposed conditions on offenders who spend their time in the same conditions that led them into crime. There are some programs today that team up probation officers with police in order to enforce more effectively the terms of proba...

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The purpose of being a Police Officer is to protect and serve a community from various crimes that are being committed and enforcing the law. ... Some applicants are drug tested and even put through a lie detector test. ...

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