Stankiewicz

ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS What are the expectations of the police in US Society? What are the characteristics of police work? What are Wilson’s Operational styles in policing? How did Sociologist John Broderick classify police officers? What are the basic functions of police work? What is the role of the detective/investigator in police work? What is law enforcement’s response to terrorism (brief overview)?

DEFINITIONS Role: The rights and responsibilities associated with a position in society. Has expectations Role Expectation: The behavior and actions society expects from the people that have a certain role Role Conflict: Disconnect between what society demands, what is reality and what is possible _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________

WHAT DO YOU THINK ARE THE ROLES OF POLICE IN AMERICAN SOCIETY?

US SOCIETY’S EXPECTATION OF POLICE The Police Are community leaders in public safety. Role is potentially dangerous Possess broad discretion (and expected to use it correctly) Solve psychological and technological problems for people in the short term (conflict resolution) Occasionally serve in a hostile or dangerous environment

CHARACTERISTICS OF POLICE WORK - 1 Quick decision making __________________________________________ Under potential second guessing __________________________________________ Decisions if wrong have dire consequences Loss of life _________________________________________

CHARACTERISTICS OF POLICE WORK - 2 Independent _____________________________ ______________________________ ______________________________

CHARACTERISTICS OF POLICE WORK - 3 The Dirty Work ________________________________ Injuries _________________________________ As victims or offender

CHARACTERISTICS OF POLICE WORK- 4 Danger Law enforcement work involves ______________________________________ Well ……. Duh ______________________________________ ______________________________________ ______________________________________ Answer_______________________________

WILSON’S LAW ENFORCEMENT (POLICE) OPERATIONAL STYLES Operational Styles: The different overall approaches to police work __________________________________________ Watchman Style __________________________________________ Ref: Political scientist James Q Wilson

LEGALISTIC STYLE (WILSON) _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ More arrests, safer the community (theoretically) ______________________________________________

WATCHMAN STYLE (WILSON) Emphasis on informal means to resolving disputes and problems _____________________________________ ______________________________________ Style most commonly found in ________________________________________

SERVICE STYLE (WILSON) Emphasis on helping the community, as opposed to enforcing the law ________________________________________ ________________________________________ ______________________________________

WHICH STYLE WOULD WILSON SAY IS MOST APPLICABLE TO: Boston? Compton (inner city LA)? Scarborough?

BRODERICK’S LAW ENFORCEMENT (POLICE) OPERATIONAL STYLES Sociologist John Broderick classified police officers by their degree of commitment to maintaining order and their respect for due process _______________________________________________

ENFORCERS (BRODERICK) ____________________________ ____________________________ Little respect for ____________________________

IDEALISTS (BRODERICK) Emphasis is on both __________________________ __________________________ __________________________

OPTIMISTS (BRODERICK) Emphasis is on due process Little priority for social order

REALISTS (BRODERICK) _______________________ _______________________ Little emphasis given to _______________________

_____________ Enforcers _____________ CLASSIFICATION OF OFFICERS BY AUTHORITY USE

PROFESSIONALS ____________________________ ____________________________ ____________________________ valuable police officers

ENFORCERS Officers have passion for job, for enforcing the law, for taking decisive action _________________________________ _________________________________ _________________________________ _________________________________

_______________________________ Have difficult time taking action or make arrests, indecisive _______________________________ _______________________________ _______________________________

AVOIDERS Have neither passion or perspective __________________________________ __________________________________ __________________________________ Collecting a paycheck – My Opinion

POLICE FUNCTIONS Patrol Investigation Traffic Drug Enforcement

Preventive Patrol _______________ _______________ Out and about, Random Directed patrol __________________ POLICE FUNCTIONS - PATROL

The ____________________ for people and things to reconstruct the circumstances of an illegal act, apprehend or determine the guilty party, and ____________________ ____________________ _________________ POLICE FUNCTIONS - INVESTIGATION

Locate witnesses and suspects Arrest criminals Collect, preserve, and analyze evidence Interview witnesses Interrogate suspects Write reports Recover property Seize contraband Prepare cases and testify in court POLICE FUNCTIONS - INVESTIGATIVE FUNCTIONS

________________ Recommend traffic engineering changes to help flow of traffic and promote safety POLICE FUNCTIONS - TRAFFIC

___________________ Crop eradication Smuggling ___________________ Often work with Feds on this POLICE FUNCTIONS – DRUG ENFORCEMENT

No concessions to terrorists ______________________ ______________________ Isolate and apply pressure to states (countries) that support terrorism (Federal) ______________________ ______________________ ______________________ LAW ENFORCEMENT’S RESPONSE TO TERRORISM – GENERAL POLICY PRINCIPLES

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