Police Eras Essay

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Write a 1000 word essay incorporating the following:

  1. Identify and explain how technology was used in each of the following policing eras:
    • Political Era
    • Professional Era
    • Community Oriented Era
  2. Identify and explain how technology changed policing methods in patrol during each policing era and how the effect of science and technology had an impact on the world as it applies to policing.

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Identify and explain how technology was used in each of the following policing eras:




Political Era
Professional Era
Community Oriented Era

Identify and explain how technology changed policing methods in patrol during each
policing era and how the effect of science and technology had an impact on the world as it
applies to policing.

Policing can be categorized into clear distinct eras ; the policing era, the professional era and the
community oriented era which is the system operating till current times (Foster,2000). Each era
is associated with relative advances in technology which are further discussed in the paper.
Political era (1840-1920s)
Technology and invention were not at their best during this period. Named in connection to the
political bonds that were associated between the political class and the law enforcement
regulations and some of the technological milestones observed during this era include invention
of the telephone, the telegraph, police call boxes and a Bertillon system that was used for
identifying criminals and early forms of fingerprinting systems.in the course of this era the police
also got equipped with guns and nightsticks. A very close relationship between the police and the
political class coexisted during this era. Generally, technology and invention in this era began in
1837 with the invention of the telegraph by William Cooke and Charles Wheatstone. In...


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