MGMT 202 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Wickersham Commission, August Vollmer, Night Force
Philadelphia 1833
First city to have paid Day police force
New York City 1844
Had the first unified day and night force
Sir Robert Peel
Supported of the metropolitan police act which created full time police agencies for London
Pony Express
Riders could obtain fresh mounts every 10 miles from Missouri to Cali
"Cow towns"
Texas, abaline, dodge city and witchita
17,985
The number of current state and local law enforcement
Politics
The process of acquiring and maintaining control over a government, including its policies,
administration and operations
public policy is expressed in
Laws, regulations, operating procedures and actions taken or not taken by a government agency
partisan party
Politics to keep out of policing
Political Machine/machine politics
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A tightly controlled political party headed by a boss or small autocratic group which was corrupted
Patronage/ spoils system
The use of government resources by politicians to reward loyal voters
Pendleton Act (1883)
Established the US civil service commission to enforce its provisions and mandating that federal
employees pass a competitive examination and be appointed on the basis of merit
public policy
The method by which governmental agencies are guided and controlled
Reformation period
Arousing the public from its apathy and creating a model for improvements by separating politics and
patronage from administration of governmental agencies
Merton's criteria
Knowing, doing, helping
Backer's criteria
If you can get people to call you one, you are one
August Vollmer
The father of modern law enforcement
Military model
More staff positions to do specialized work, written policies and procedures and bureaucratic form of
organization
Carry Nation
Woman activist who went to saloons with a hatchet to vandalize
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Volstead Act 1919
The making, manufacturing, selling, importing and exporting of alcohol made illegal
National commission on law observance and law enforcement 1929
The first comprehensive study of crime and policing in americas history
Wickersham Commission
Civil service protection for police and enhanced training and education
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Forbade businesses to discriminate in hiring, promoting and hiring on the basis of gender, race, religion
Martin Luther King Jr.
26 year old man who organized a boycott by African Americans that lasted 381 days
USA Patriot Act
Specifically aimed at combatting terrorism. State and local law enforcement powers and role in
combating terrorism were also expanded
The smart policing initiative (spi)
To encourage the refinement of existing evidence-based strategies and development of new ones
Community-oriented policing
A closer link between the police and the community
Zero-tolerance policing
Targeting police responses to less serious crimes in these areas "disorder policing"
Traditional policing
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Document Summary
First city to have paid day police force. Had the first unified day and night force. Supported of the metropolitan police act which created full time police agencies for london. Riders could obtain fresh mounts every 10 miles from missouri to cali. The number of current state and local law enforcement. The process of acquiring and maintaining control over a government, including its policies, administration and operations public policy is expressed in. Laws, regulations, operating procedures and actions taken or not taken by a government agency partisan party. A tightly controlled political party headed by a boss or small autocratic group which was corrupted. The use of government resources by politicians to reward loyal voters. Established the us civil service commission to enforce its provisions and mandating that federal employees pass a competitive examination and be appointed on the basis of merit public policy. The method by which governmental agencies are guided and controlled.
