CRM/LAW C7 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Highway Patrol, Civil War Era In Norway, Watts Riots
7 Feb 2017
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Police are invested with a great deal of authority under a system of government in which authority is reluctantly granted and, when granted, sharply curtailed. The professional model stresses operating efficiency, to be achieved by centralized control, clean-cut lines or organization, fuller and more effective use of police personnel, greater mobility, improved training, and increased use of equipment and technology. It also emphasizes the need for integrity and higher education. Urban rioting was new for this generation of police personnel. The most immediate challenge was to bring the riot under control while minimizing loss of life, injury, and property damage. The police were pressured into examining aspects of their own operations that may have contributed to the widespread discontent of minority groups in urban areas. Goldstein argues that the public"s main expectation of police is to lower crime. In the 1960s, several commissions were convened to explore police reforms.
