LAWE 335 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Vigilante, Ahold, New York City Police Commissioner
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American policing in the 1800s consisted of political patronage jobs. Policing in this country did not rely on the power and authority if the government so. American policing was originally staffed based on the merit system. Even after civil service rule were established, police recruits reflected society"s. There were also height and weight and physical ability requirements designed. It was during the reforms of the late 19th century that modern american policing ha upper-middle class protestants. Believed eliminating political patronage form police forces would improve the police. Police personnel should be upgraded to those who could actually do the. The job of police should be narrowed to simply those related to crime fig. The idea of professional police emerged between 1910 and 1960. The professional model called for police officers to be a number of things: Subject matter experts who applied knowledge to specialized tasks. Officers are to be regulated by their department policies and regulations.
