SOCL 3371 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: First Aid, Planview, Deadly Force
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London metropolitan police: reduce tension and conflict between the police and the public, to use nonviolent means in keeping the peace, to relieve the military from certain duties, to be judged on the absence of crime, rather than through high visibility police action, colonial times, mirrors the english system, lead by citizens constables and night watchmen, the governor hired a sheriff for each county to oversee the formal aspects of law enforcement. 70 federal. : municipal law enforcement agencies, have the broadest authority to apprehend criminal suspects, maintain order, and provide services to the community, usually responsible for a wide spectrum of duties, criticism of local police based on belief that local police are too underpaid or poorly trained to handle various responsibilities, sheriffs and county law enforcement, every county in the united states (expect alaska) has a sheriff, vary in size.
