1. Stankiewicz

2. 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)?

3. 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 _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________

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

5. 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

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

7. CHARACTERISTICS OF POLICE WORK - 2 Independent _____________________________ ______________________________ ______________________________

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

15. 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 _______________________________________________

16. ENFORCERS (BRODERICK) ____________________________ ____________________________ Little respect for ____________________________

17. IDEALISTS (BRODERICK) Emphasis is on both __________________________ __________________________ __________________________

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

19. REALISTS (BRODERICK) _______________________ _______________________ Little emphasis given to _______________________

20. _____________ Enforcers _____________ CLASSIFICATION OF OFFICERS BY AUTHORITY USE

21. PROFESSIONALS ____________________________ ____________________________ ____________________________ valuable police officers

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

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

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

25. POLICE FUNCTIONS Patrol Investigation Traffic Drug Enforcement

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

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

28. 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

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

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

31. 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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