The Police and Criminal Evidence Act (1984) (PACE) attempted a code of practice and duties of a police officer to investigate crime. The Crime and Disorder Act 1998 was started to give a new statutory responsibility to local authorities for the development of local crime and disorder strategies with the police force. Within the act the local authority and chief police officers are made the responsible authorities for initiating and resolving crime reduction strategies with the co-operation of local probation and health services. ... In the 1960's the tripartite system was introduced by...

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The heavy want for a police by individuals led to the approval of the London Metropolitan Act in 1829. ... The community involvement in the police agency came into play as the relationship was assessed due to the police tactics and strategies that affected the nation during the 1960s. Police agencies came to realize that their reactive strategy of policing was no longer effective in maintaining order. ...

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In response to violence in the early 1960's, American police services began to use some military strategies against armed and barricaded suspects. ... The SWAT commander's role is to act as advisor and liaison between the team and the Operations Commander. ... The spotter can also act as a secondary marksman should the situation call for it. ...

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Discretion being defined as the ability or power to decide responsibly or the freedom to act or judge on ones own, in this instance still according to the law and regardless of ones own prejudices. ... Discretion is used at the individual level such as patrolling strategies, decisions to arrest, stop and frisk, write a report, and also the administrative or departmental level such as manpower levels, allocation of personnel and resources, policies, and training. ... Policies limit their discretion and give the police guidelines to act upon. ... Also from experience it seems that less experi...

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In a sense, stress causes a restrictive hold on the body and mind, which causes a person to act in ways that are out of the norm for them. ... Most of the reviewed research argues that police officers change there coping strategies and behaviors overtime, with some of these changes actually contributing to officers reported stress experiences and stress levels. ... In longer terms, individuals may experience changes in their personalities, which reflect alterations of their typical coping strategies (Skolnick, 1973). ...

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The newspaper, underneath the Illinois freedom of information Act, sought copies of the police force information concerning the incident (Stefoff, 2010). ... In the case study of the murder of David Koschman, there was the evaluation of the criminal act and the specifics of the crime scene revealed. ...

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Brutality is a conscious and heinous act committed by law enforcement who usually take great pains to disclose their misconduct. ... Openness about police and what they do whether though the infusion of new strategies and new blood into policing. ...

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The social conditions in which minorities endure are tough which makes them act a certain way. ... There should be a focus on balancing law enforcement strategies and demand reduction approaches emphasizing prevention and treatment. 2. ...

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Ever since the Congress of the United States passed the Civil Rights Act in 1964, the United States has achieved a significant progress on the subject of establishing equal treatment for all citizens under the law.3 Many laws and theories aim for fair and equal rights among people despite their race, gender or age and discrimination has been seemingly disappeared from society. ...

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