1. Law Enforcement Agencies
Federal, State, County, Municipal, and Native American Tribal Police

2. Fragmented Structure Four Main Functions Over 1 million employed
Enforcing Laws
Maintaining Order
Preventing Crime
Providing Services
Over 1 million employed
70% of spending at the local level

3. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
Part of Executive Branch of Gov’t
US Dept. of Justice
Crimes defined by Congress
i.e. drug trafficking, organized crime, insider stock trading, terrorism, espionage, gov corruption
Help local/state agencies
Crime Lab, Training, Cyber Crime
List of Priorities:
Terrorist attacks
Foreign intelligence and espionage
Cyber based attacks
Public corruption
Civil Rights
Organized crimes
Major white collar crime
Significant violent crime
Support state/local agencies
Upgrade technology

4. FBI History Established 1908 J. Edgar Hoover Bureau of Investigation
Directed from 1924 to 1972
Improved by removing politics from agency
Developed UCR
Critics
FBI spying on anti-war and civil rights activists
Fingerprint filing (Identification Division) Hoover starts this immediately
Hoover starts: 650 employees in 9 field offices in 9 states
Professionalizes the organization—fired those unqualified
1932: FBI’s Most Wanted List
Each Era provided new test for FBI
-Prohibition (1936: all MAIN gangsters arrested, WWII (loyalty programs), Post-war (Red Scare, and Civil Rights Acts), Globalization and Technology
12,300 agents work in 56 field offices w/ 400 satellite offices

5. Other Fed Law Enforcement
Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)
Importation & sale of controlled drugs
Internal Revenue Services (IRS)
Violations of tax laws
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF)
Duh!!
Other
Secret Service, National Parks Services, Dept. of Education, Health and Human Services
DEA: Created by Nixon in War Against Drugs in 1973…now has 5,000 agents and 2.2 billion budget
NE is St. Louis Division
21 Divisions
ATF: Established in 1972

6. State Agencies All states have an agency at state level Jurisdiction
Except Hawaii
Jurisdiction
Patrol state highways
Operate only in areas where other police do not exist
State crime lab

7. Nebraska State Patrol Authorized to do police work in all 93 counties
Headquarters in Lincoln
Issues:
Drug Trafficking
Sex Offenders
Missing Persons
Crime Lab
Others
Established in 1937 w increase of highways systems and cars Investigation Division in 1941
6 Divisions: Lincoln is in Division H
AMBER Alerts
Motorist Assistance travel in vans and help motorists having troubles
Crime Lab has 24 employees: Chemical tests, trace examiners, firearms specialists, DNA, Fingerprints

8. County Agencies Headed by Sheriff Jurisdiction Other tasks:
3,100 counties most all have sheriffs
Elected in 40 states
Jurisdiction
Rural areas, small towns
Other tasks:
Operate jails, serve court orders, maintain court rooms

9. Lancaster County Sheriff
Sheriff Terry Wagner
Elected in 1994, re- elected 4 times
Leader of 75 officers and 25 civilian employees
Heads $8 Million budget
Protection Orders, UCR in County, Warrants, Accident Reconstrucition, Lancaster Lookout

10. Municipal Agencies General law enforcement authority
Operate independently of other cities
Sizes vary
36,000 to 1 employed
Five Largest
1. NYC
2. Chicago
3. LA
4. Philadelphia
5. Houston
Five largest: 16% of all local police in USA
Smallest: 560 different towns in US

11. Lincoln Police Department
Led by Police Chief Jim Peschong
Made up of 5 teams
Northeast
Southeast
Southwest
Northwest
Center
Teams led by Captains

12. LPD Team Map

13. LPD Units Records Unit Victims/Witness Unit Public Access to records
Fingerprints, Crime History Reports
Victims/Witness Unit
Victim Assistance
Free services for those who suffer harm to do crime
Crisis Intervention
Compensation forms
Court Advocacy
Protection Programs

14. LPD Units Cont’d Traffic Unit Narcotics Unit S.T.O.P Unit
Traffic Violation Class
Traffic Enforcement
7 Officers
Issued 60% of citations
Motorcycle Unit re- established in 2005
Narcotics Unit
Interagency Group
LPD, Lancaster Sheriff, UNL Police
2010 Statistics
611 Cases, 391 felony, 281 misdemeanors, seized over $12 million in property

15. LPD Units Cont’d K9 Unit S.W.A.T. Team Developed in 1960s
5 Canine Officers
Suspect Tracking, building searches, drug detection, open-area search
Work & live w/ each other
S.W.A.T. Team
Developed 1967
Shooting of LPD Detective by escapees
Handle emergencies
Today
16 member team (24 hr. on call)
Leader, sharpshooters, negotiators, shield/entry persons
Train twice a month
Firearms, hostage, building entry, etc

16. LPD Minimum Requirements
United States Citizen.
High School Diploma or GED Equivalency.
Minimum age of 21.
No Felony Convictions.
Valid Drivers License.
No Domestic Violence Convictions.

17. To be an LPD Officer
Candidates must display adequate binocular vision, depth perception and color vision.
They will also be required to have and maintain good health and physical condition

18. To be an LPD Officer Cont’d
The test consists of five events; 120 yard shuttle run, vertical jump, maximum push-ups, one minute sit-ups, and 1.5 mile run/walk. Applicants must accumulate a minimum passing score of 30 points.

19. To be an LPD Officer Cont’d
Candidates are scheduled to complete two written examinations.
The first examination will test reading and writing skills. It contains sections on reading comprehension, spelling, verb usage, pronoun usage, recognizing sentences, subject- verb agreement, adjectives and adverb usage.
The second examination is an item forced-choices, test.

20. To be an LPD Officer Cont’d
Candidates in the top three stanines who successfully complete the physical ability test will be scheduled for three assessment interviews.
Additional testing may consist of an adult education test, drug screening, medical examination, psychological evaluation, and polygraph examination.
Questions for the polygraph will be based on your personal history statement and supplemental questionnaire.

21. Tribal Police Tribes are separate, sovereign nations
Power to enforce criminal law on land
Policed by:
Bureau of India Affairs (BIA) police
Own Tribal Police
171 Tribal Enforcement Agencies in US