Police Operations Presentation

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Create a 10- to 12-slide presentation on police operations in which you address the following:

  • What are the various functions of police agencies?
  • Under what authority are officers able to make arrests, conduct searches, and interrogate people?
  • Provide a minimum of two examples of police corruption or other police misconduct that have occurred in the last ten years. Include a summary of each situation and how the issues were handled. Be sure one of your examples is the article you presented and discussed with your collaborative group.
  • Does discretion play into police corruption and misconduct? Why or why not?

Format your presentation consistent with APA guidelines.

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Police Operations
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Law Enforcement Agencies
• There are various different types of police agencies, from small town police departments to big
federal agencies.

• The Bureau of Justice Statistics reports that there are 65 federal agencies and 27 offices of

inspector general that hire full-time staff accredited to make arrests and carry weapons (Peak,
2000).

• There are over 17,000 state and local law enforcement agencies in the US, from 2 to over 30,000
officers and they include;
❖ Local Police
❖ State Police / Highway Patrol
❖ Special Jurisdiction Police
❖ Deputy Sheriffs

Functions of Federal Law Enforcement
Agencies
• Federal law enforcement agencies includes; the FBI, Customs and Border Protection,

Federal Bureau of Prisons, Firearm and Explosives, DEA, USMA and U.S. Immigration and
Customs Enforcement and among others.
• Federal police agency functions include;
❖ police response and patrol
❖ criminal investigation and enforcement
❖ inspections
❖ security and protection
❖ court operations, and
❖ corrections.

State Policing Functions
• Controlling crime on the highway
• Calls for service
• Criminal investigations
• Traffic enforcement (Peak, 2000).

Local Policing Functions
• Serve
• Protect
• Enforce the law
• Provide public services (Langw...


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