01:202:201 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Exclusionary Rule, Reasonable Suspicion
23 Feb 2017
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Enforcing the law: majority of time is spent answering nonemergency public service calls, only about 10 to 20% of all calls involve situations that actually require a law enforcement response, police cannot enforce all laws. Anticipating, recognizing, and appraising a crime risk and the initiation of action to eliminate / reduce it. Prevention programs are organized efforts that focus resources on reducing a specific form of criminal threat. Preserving the peace: focus on quality-of-life offenses as crime-reduction and peacekeeping strategy. A minor violation of the law that demoralizes community residents and business people. Involve acts that create physical disorder or that reflect social decay. Calls received by 911 are prioritized and then relayed to patrol officers, specialized field units, or other emergency personnel. American policing today: from the federal to local level. Law enforcement officers authorized to perform any of the following: conduct criminal investigations, execute search warrants, make arrests. Sheriffs elected job (police come up through the ranks)
