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History and Structure of American Law Enforcement
After completing this chapter, you shouldbe able to:
1.Briefly describe the jurisdictional limitations of American law enforcement.
2.Trace the English origins of American law enforcement.
3.Discuss the early development of American law enforcement.
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4.Describe the major developments that have occurred in policing in America.
5.Describe the structure of American law enforcement.
6.Explain the relationship between the FBI and the Department of Homeland Security.
7.Discuss the development and growth of private security in the United States.
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The Limited Authority of American Law Enforcement
The United States has almost 18,000 public
law enforcement agencies. The jurisdiction
of each agency is carefully limited by law.
•Law enforcement is also limited by the
procedural law derived from U.S. Supreme
Court decisions.
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Jurisdiction
The right or authority of a justice agency toact in regard to a particular subject matter,territory, or person.
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The Limited Authority of American Law Enforcement
In comparison with other democratic
nations of the world, the United States has remarkably more police agencies
that operate under far more restrictions on
their authority.
•Like much of the criminal justice system, this limited law enforcement model came from England.
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English Roots
Our familiar law enforcement system, in
which uniformed officers respond to calls for
help and plainclothes detectives investigate,
developed over hundreds of years in
England.
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The Tithing System
By the twelfth century in England, the
practice of resolving disputes privately gave
way to a system of group protection, called
the tithing system.
Tithing System
A private self-held protection system in early medievalEngland, in which a group of ten families, or a tithing, agreed to follow the law, keep the peace in their areas, and bring law violators to justice.
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The Tithing System
In larger areas, ten tithings were grouped
together to form a hundred, and one or
several hundreds constituted a shire. The
shire was under the direction of the shire
reeve.
The shire reeve was assisted by posses.
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Shire Reeve and Posses
Shire Reeve
In medieval England, the chief law enforcement officer in a territorial area called a shire; later called the sheriff.
Posses
Groups of able-bodied citizens of a community, called into service by a sheriff or constable to chase and apprehend offenders.
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The Constable-Watch System
The Statute of Winchester, in 1285,
formalized the constable-watch system of
protection.
•One man from each parish was selected to be constable.
•Citizens were drafted as (unpaid) watchmen, and were required to come to the aid of a constable or watchman who called for help.
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The Constable-Watch System
A system of protection in early England inwhich citizens, under the direction of aconstable, or chief peacekeeper, wererequired to guard the city and to pursuecriminals.
Constable
The peacekeeper in charge of protection inearly English towns.
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The Constable-Watch System
Two elements of this system made their way
to the American colonies:
•The people were the police.•The organization of the protection system was local.
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The Bow Street Runners
In 1748, a London magistrate named Henry
Fielding (best known for his writings,
including the novel Tom Jones) founded the
first publicly funded detective force in a
district of London known as Bow Street.
•The Bow Street Runners paved the way for a more professional response to crime.
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The London Metropolitan Police
• The Industrial Revolution brought a huge influx of people into London, and along with them, increasing poverty, public disorder, and crime.
• In 1829, Parliament created the London Metropolitan Police, a 1,000-member professional force.
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The London Metropolitan Police
The police became known as bobbies orpeelers after Robert Peel, the British Home Secretary, who had prodded Parliament for their creation.
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The London Metropolitan Police
The police were organized around Peel’s
Principles of Policing.
•The London Police were organized according to military rank and structure.•The police were under the command of two magistrates (later called commissioners).•The main function of the police was to prevent crime by preventive patrol of the community.
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Robert Peel’s Principles of Policing
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The Development of American Law Enforcement
• The United States has more police departments than any other nation in the world.
• Virtually every community has its own police force, creating a great disparity in the quality of American police personnel and service.
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Early American Law Enforcement
Settlers of the new American colonies brought with them the constable-watch system, which became common (although not necessarily effective) in cities.
In many rural areas, a sheriff and posse system was commonly used.
•America developed with two separate law enforcement systems.
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Law Enforcement in the Cities
The Industrial Revolution brought a flood of
people to American cities, often immigrants.
Overcrowded and unhealthy living and
working conditions led to fights, brawls, and
riots.
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Law Enforcement in the Cities
Americans resisted the establishment of a
public police force.
Plainclothes watchmen did not try to prevent
or discover crime.
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Municipal Police Forces
• In 1844, New York City created the first paid, unified police force in the U.S.
• Other cities followed suit, creating their own police departments, often merely an organization of the existing day and night watch.
• It was not until after the Civil War that police forces routinely began to wear uniforms, carry nightsticks and even carry firearms.
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Tangle of Politics and Policing
• Until the 1920s in most American cities, local political leaders maintained complete control over the police force.
• The political and police systems in many cities were corrupt; and jobs, politics, and law enforcement all depended on paying money to the right person.
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A Brief History of Blacks in Policing
• For most of American history blacks who have wanted to be police officers have faced blatant discrimination and have generally been denied the opportunity.
• The first black police officers in the United States were “free men of color.” They were hired around 1805 to serve as members of the New Orleans city watch system.
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A Brief History of Blacks in Policing
• By 1910, there were fewer than 600 black police officers in the United States, and most of them were employed in northern cities.
• It was not until the 1940s and 1950s that black police officers began to be hired routinely in most northern and southern U.S. cities.
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Law Enforcement in the States and on the Frontier
• Without large population centers to patrol, law enforcement was more likely to respond to specific situations:
•Rounding up cattle rustlers•Capturing escaped slaves
The basic structure of police units withbroader responsibilities grew out of this system.
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Southern Slave Patrols
• In the South, the earliest form of policing was the plantation slave patrols.
• Slave codes prohibited slaves from:• holding meetings.• leaving the plantation without permission.• traveling without a pass.• learning to read and write.
• Slave patrols often whipped and terrorized slaves.
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Slave Patrols
The earliest form of policing in the South.
They were a product of the slave codes.
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Frontier Law Enforcement
In the American frontier, justice often meant
vigilantism. Self-protection remains very
popular in the South and West.
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State Police Agencies
Growing populations, as well as the inabilityof some local sheriffs and constables tocontrol crime, led states to create their ownlaw enforcement agencies.
•Texas officially created the Rangers in 1835.•Pennsylvania established the first modern state law enforcement agency in 1905.•By the 1930s, every state had some form of state law enforcement agency.
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Professionalism and Reform
• Until the late nineteenth century, there were no qualifications required for law enforcement officers.
• Cincinnati was the first city to require qualifications of police officers:• High moral character• Foot speed
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Professionalism and Reform
• It was not until the early 20th Century that reformers began advocating training and education for police officers.
• Reformers also aimed to remove the police from political influences.
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Conflicting Roles
• Americans have never been sure what role they want police officers to play.
• Police have acted as:– peacekeepers. – social workers.– crime fighters.– public servants.
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Conflicting Roles• In the nineteenth century, police acted as
peacekeepers and social service agents, feeding the hungry and housing the homeless.
• In the 1920s, police began to focus on crime-fighting.
• In the 1960s, the civil rights movement often resulted in violent clashes between police and citizens.
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Conflicting Roles
Four blue-ribbon commissions studied the
police in the U.S. from 1967 to 1973. The
reports recommended:
•Careful selection of law enforcement officers.•Extensive and continuous training.•Better management and supervision.
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Community Policing
A desire to actually improve neighborhoodsled to the modern concept of communitypolicing, which involves: • A problem-oriented approach aimed at
handling a broad range of troublesome situations.
• Greater emphasis on foot patrols.• Building a relationship with citizens, so they
would be more willing to help the police.
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Community Policing
A contemporary approach to policing that
actively involves the community in a working
partnership to control and reduce crime.
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The Structure of American Law Enforcement
American law enforcement agencies are
extremely diverse in:
• Jurisdictions.
• Responsibilities.
• Employers (hospitals, colleges, transit authorities may have their own police).
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Public Law Enforcement Agencies in the United States
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Local Policing and Its Duties
• If people know a law enforcement agent at all, it is probably a local police officer, but it is doubtful that even they understand what local police officers in America really do, besides what they see on television and in movies.
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Municipal Police Departments
Most police departments in the United Statesemploy fewer than 50 sworn officers.Most police officers:• In 2000, 70.9 percent of full-time sworn
officers were white men.• In 2000, a high school diploma or higher
education was required by 83 percent of the local police departments.
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Characteristics of Local Full-Time Police Officers
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Local Police Duties
Four categories of local police duties are:• Law enforcement —investigating crime and
arresting suspects.• Order maintenance or peacekeeping—controlling
crowds, intervening in domestic disputes.• Service—escorting funeral processions, taking
people to the hospital.• Information gathering—determining
neighborhood reactions to a proposed liquor license, investigating a missing child.
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Organizational Structure
How a police agency is structured dependson:• The size of the agency.• The degree of specialization.• The philosophy the leadership has chosen.• The political context of the department.• The history and preferences of a particular
community.
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Organizational Structure
Large departments have many specialized
departments.
Small departments rarely have specialized
departments, or officers trained in
complex investigation.
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Organizational Structure
• Police departments are usually organized in a military structure. Some people think a military structure does not fit police work because the work is so varied, and the structure impedes the flow of communication.
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The Political Context of Policing
Police departments are part of larger
governments. Municipalities generally
operate under one of four forms:• Strong Mayor-Council.• Weak Mayor-Council.• City Manager.• Commission.
Each style of government varies in the
amount of control citizens have over
their leaders, including the chief of police.
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County Law Enforcement
A substantial portion of law enforcement workin the United States is carried out by the Sheriffs’ departments.
•In 2000, the nation had 3,070 sheriffs’ departments,employing 293,823 full-time personnel.
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Characteristics of Sheriffs’ Personnel
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County Law Enforcement Functions
County sheriff and department personnel
perform many functions:• Investigating crimes.• Supervising sentenced offenders.• Enforcing criminal and traffic laws.• Serving summons, warrants, and writs.• Providing courtroom security.• Transporting prisoners.• Operating a county jail.
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Politics and County Law Enforcement
Most sheriffs are directly elected and depend
on an elected board of county commissioners
or supervisors for funding.
•Sheriffs generally have a freer hand in
running their agencies than do police chiefs.
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State Law Enforcement
State law enforcement agencies provide
criminal and traffic law enforcement, and
other services particular to the needs of that
state government.
•In 2000, the 49 primary state law enforcement agencies (Hawaii has no state police agency) had 87,028 employees
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State Law Enforcement
Each state has chosen one of two models for
providing law enforcement services:
State Police Model
Highway Patrol Model
Example: Texas Rangers
Example: California Highway Patrol
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State Police ModelHighway Patrol Model
State Police ModelA model of state law enforcement services in whichthe agency and its officers have the samelaw enforcement powers as local police, but can exercise them anywhere within the state.
Highway Patrol Model
A model of state law enforcement services in whichofficers focus on highway traffic safety, enforcement of the state’s traffic laws, and the investigation ofaccidents on the state’s roads, highways, and on state property.
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State Law Enforcement
Both state police and highway patrol
agencies perform the following services:
•Help regulate commercial traffic.•Conduct bomb investigations.•Protect the governor and the capitol grounds and buildings.•Administer computerized information networks for the state, which link up with the National Crime Information Center (NCIC) run by the FBI.
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Federal Law Enforcement
Among the best-known federal law
enforcement agencies are:• FBI• U.S. Secret Service• Treasury Department• Drug Enforcement Agency
•As of June 2002, federal agencies employed nationwide more than 93,000 full-time personnel authorized to make arrests and carry firearms.
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Federal Law Enforcement
Major differences between federal law
enforcement and local and state police are:• Federal agencies operate across the nation.• Federal agencies usually do not have
peacekeeping duties.• Some federal agencies have very narrow
jurisdictions.
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Training Federal Law Enforcement Officers
• The Federal Law Enforcement Training Center (FLETC) is the largest law enforcement-training establishment in the United states. It provides some or all of the training for a majority of federal law enforcement agencies, as well as for many states, local and international law enforcement agencies.
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The Department of Homeland Security
• The United States Congress responded to the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, by enacting the Homeland Security Act of 2002.
• The act established the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). According to the legislation, this new executive department was created to:
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The Department of Homeland Security
1. Prevent terrorist attacks within the United States.
2. Reduce the vulnerability of the United States to terrorism.
3. Minimize the damage, and assist in the recovery, from terrorist attacks that do occur within the United States.
4. Carry out all functions of entities transferred to the department, including by acting as a focal point regarding natural and manmade crises and emergency planning.
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The Department of Homeland Security
5. Ensure that the functions of the agencies and subdivisions within the department that are not related directly to securing the homeland are not diminished or neglected except by an explicit act of Congress.
6. Ensure the overall economic security of the United States is not diminished by efforts, activities, and programs aimed at securing the homeland.
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The Department of Homeland Security
7. Monitor connections between illegal drug trafficking and terrorism, coordinate efforts to sever such connections, and otherwise contribute to efforts to interdict illegal drug trafficking.
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The Department of Homeland Security
• The Department of Homeland Security has five major divisions, or “directorates.”– Border and Transportation Security (BTS)– Emergency Preparedness and Response
(EPR)– Science and Technology (S&T)– Information Analysis and Infrastructure
Protection (IAIP)– Management
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The Department of Homeland Security
• One of the first efforts of DHS was the creation of a color-coded warning system to alert citizens to the likelihood of a terrorist attack.
• Through the efforts of the Department of Homeland Security, law enforcement agencies at all levels of government, and vigilant American citizens, acts of terrorism can be prevented in the future.
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American Private Security
Private security in the United States is a huge
enterprise.
It has been estimated that twice as many
people work in private security as in public
law enforcement.
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American Private Security
Private security employment is often
categorized two ways:
Contract Security
Proprietary Security
Example: security guards
hired for a college football game
Example: the security force for a
corporation’s manufacturing plants
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Contract SecurityProprietary Security
Contract Security
Protective services that a private security firm provides to people, agencies, and companies that do not employ their own security personnel or that need extra protection.Contract security employees are not peace officers.
Proprietary Security
In-house protective services that a security staff, which is not classified as sworn peace officers,provide for the entity that employs them.
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Private Security Officers
• In 2002, there were more than one million private security officers. A private security officer’s duties vary and depend on the employer’s particular needs.
• Private security officers may protect:– Office buildings– Parking garages– Hospitals– Armored vehicles
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Reasons for Growth
A number of factors have stimulated thephenomenal growth of private security sincethe 1970s:• Declining revenues for public policing.• The private nature of crimes in the workplace.
Companies can control and hide crimes by employees.
• Better control and attention to the problem, particularly within a business.
• Fewer constitutional limitations on the actions of private security officers.
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Issues Involving Private Security
A number of unresolved problems and issueshamper the private security industry:• Legal status and authority derive from the
rights of the employer. Private security has few constitutional limitations and can be held civilly liable.
• Public policing in a private capacity. Sworn officers often work for private companies, blurring the lines of responsibility and liability.
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• Qualifications and training vary widely.• Diminished public responsibility - the government
may not be living up to its responsibility to provide for the general welfare.
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Private Security's Role in the Fight Against Terrorism
• Private security officers are often the first line of defense against terrorism in the United Sates. They guard government buildings, utilities, schools, courts, corporate headquarters, office complexes, laboratories, and transportation facilities.