... reason to address safety issues, a concern for protecting the agency is another (Desmendt, 1996). Agreeing with this point, the chief probation officer of the Pima County (Arizona) Superior Court writes, "What rational administrator would allow officers to do searches, investigate new criminal offenses (even for the limited purpose of revocation), or ... 27-33. Bryan, D. (1995). Probation officers: Cops or counselors? Corrections Compendium, 20. California State Employees Association and Charles Swim v. J. J. Enemoto et al, 53863 Superior Court, Shasta County, August 17, 1978. Camp, C....

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... York City police officers and one retired NY police officer were arrested in a five-month undercover drug operation. The Suffolk county police department tapped the phone of a low level street dealer and soon found out that NYC police officers were involved in a multi-level drug operation ... . Suffolk County, in cooperation with the NYPD internal affairs unit, arrested all of the officers involved and 49 civilians. The probe that lasted five ... amount of drugs. The cops acted as venture capitalists and pooled their money to buy cocaine from known Brooklyn drug dealers for resale in Suf...

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... a new weapon entitled the Vehicle-Mounted Active Denial System, or VMADS, which is intended for crowd control and utilizes a microwave beam which burns the victim's skin. Marine Corps officials claim that there is no permanent damage done by the microwave beam because it only penetrates 1/64th of an inch into a person's skin and the pain can be instantly stopped by turning off ... the beam. They may seem like the wave of the future and the answer to all of our problems, but non-lethal weapons are under funded by Congress and the Pentagon and ... ...

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... on February 17, 1975, and investigators felt they had sufficient evidence to link Ted to the crime. Bundy, being a former law student was given special privileges to use the Pitkin County Courthouse library. He waited until no one was looking and jumped out a second story window. He was recaptured six days later. He was housed in Garfield ... County Jail. He was small enough to shimmy through a small light fixture hole in the ceiling of his cell. Once inside the ceiling, he made his way through the crawl space ... ...

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... not a crime was committed and if it was either a misdemeanor or a felony. We handle no civil cases whatsoever. What services do you provide to this county? We have two different offices, one for adult felonies and misdemeanors, and one for all juvenile cases. All of our deputy attorneys along with our court staff prepare ... if we don't, then the defense can say that we thought it would not even go through and the will use that against us. How long has this county had its District Attorney office? Since 1859, all of Oregon's counties have had one since the state was created. How long is...

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... Brutality. On-line 15 Feb 1999). May 20, 1989, in Langly Park, Maryland, Gregory Habib died during a struggle with the Prince George County police. The scuffle between four white police officers and Habib in Langly Park touched off a bitter controversy that exposed long-term and deep-rooted ... , which played out before more than a dozen witnesses whose accounts varied, was over and Gregory Habib was dead. Pockets of the Prince George County exploded with reported incidents of police brutality after the Maryland medical examiner determined that Habib, a light man who weighed 115lbs, died...

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... Mike Brown, Oscar Grant, and Dillon Taylor, all of which their murders were cops who were acquitted of their crimes. On June 12, 2000, in St. Louis County, two unarmed black men (one who had drugs in his possession), were pulling into a parking lot of a Jack in the Box, when they realized they were surrounded ... immediate threat to the two officers. However, the cops were let free of all charges (Levy). Now, 14 years later, in the same exact county, 18 year old unarmed black male, Michael Brown, is shot dead by a police officer, and justice is not served. Perhaps in this ... county, t...

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... the men, who are "supposed" to determine guilt and motive, handle their investigation. The men's handling of the investigation is sloppy. The day before the Peters, the Hales, and the county attorney visit the Wright home, this loose way of investigating and interpreting police procedure is already apparent. The sheriff explains to the ... county attorney that because of a "man who went crazy," the police department was unable to properly secure the Wright residence upon the discovery of the murder. The men and the women ... not wanting to disturb anything significant to the investiga...

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... a NYPD police officer Kenneth Eurell. On May 6, 1992, six New York City police officers and one retired NY police officer were arrested in a five-month undercover drug operation. The Suffolk county police dept. tapped the phone of a low level street dealer and soon found out that NYC police officers were involved in a multi-level drug operation. Suffolk ... County in cooperation with the NYPD internal affairs unit arrested all of the officers involved and 49 civilians. The probe that lasted five months included undercover drug buys and electronic surveillance. ... . Also seized was an ...

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... and the second-largest urban area in the nation. It is located in the southern part of the state on the Pacific Ocean. It is the seat of Los Angeles County. Geographically, it extends more than 40 mi from the mountains to the sea. Los Angeles is a major hub of shipping, manufacturing, industry, and finance, and is world-renowned in the ... year from all over the world. Apart from the movie studios and other landmarks associated with the movie industry, points of interest include the J. Paul Getty Museum, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the La Brea Tar Pits (famous for Ice Age foss...

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... went to his mother, Julie Baumeister. It appeared there was a human skeleton in the wooded grounds of their Tudor home in the Fox Hollow Farms section near Westfield in Hamilton County. Mrs. Baumeister alerted her husband, but, thankfully, he had a practical explanation. Herb Baumeister's father was an anesthesiologist. Herb had stored one of his dad's medical skeletons in the garage. Cleaning ... very interested, but the gay community was alarmed. Authorities didn't pay much attention to one man's story of how a man he met in a gay bar had taken him to a Hamilton County home with an in...

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... -old Cheri Jo Bates, of Riverside, CA, but once the other crimes started, the evidence became clear. On October 30th, 1966, Cheri went to her community college library to study. Upon exit of the library, she was greeted by a man who offered her a ride home. As they walked to his car, he placed a hand over her mouth, put a knife to her throat ... ...

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... she was accustomed too. In 1979, one day following Christmas, the life of the von Bulow family had changed forever. Sunny and Alexander, her son, had been in the family library and had drunk a couple of eggnogs as were their custom. Sunny became weak and disoriented. Alexander thought that his mother had drunk too much. He helped her to her room ... she was accustomed too. In 1979, one day following Christmas, the life of the von Bulow family had changed forever. Sunny and Alexander, her son, had been in the family library and had drunk a couple of eggnogs as were their custom. Sunny be...

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On July 29, 2001, two white Greene County jailers urinated on four African-American inmates playing basketball. The jailers were on a catwalk making their daily check when they decided to perform this unethical behavior. One jailer had been ... involved were city employees and taxpayers paid their salaries. The public was outraged because the two employees were in a position of trust and authority, abused their position, and cost Greene County $100,000. The initial conclusion to this scenario is the feelings that as a fellow employee of a law enforcement field I have seen and heard many poli...

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No More on Route 54 Route 54 has been referred to by various agencies as "The deadliest highway in San Diego County". This stretch of freeway, which follows the Sweetwater River from I-5 to Spring Valley, has claimed the lives of nine adolescent drivers and passengers in the past year alone, especially in a ... part to make it safer. In addition to driving responsibly at all times, individuals must warn friends of the dangers and spread awareness of "the deadliest highway in San Diego County". By pulling together as a community and enlisting the help of local news and government, the people ...

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... ten billion dollars were spent on drug enforcement alone. Drugs accounted for more than forty percent of all felony indictments in our nation's courts in 2002. In 1999 a county executive of mercer county, new jersey, estimated that it would cost as much as one billion dollars to build the jail space to house all of the drug offenders in Trenton alone. The ... ...

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... " litigation, and (6) to enhance greater " community confidence in the agency's ability to control and manage itself." (Basic policy manual). Issues Related to EW Systems A national evaluation of 832 municipal and county police departments as well as sheriff's departments serving populations of 50,000 or more people were surveyed. The national survey found that EW systems are a significant and growing aspect of ... a quarter (27%) of local law enforcements agencies serving populations of 50,000 or more currently have an EW system. These systems are more prevalent among municipal law enfo...

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... . "You must be more preventive, because one mentally ill person can damage so many lives -- not because he intends to, but because he can't help it. (www.contac.org/contac library/rights2) 2) The slayings in 1998 of two police officers in the U.S. Capitol, committed by Russell Weston Jr., a schizophrenic off his medication. Prosecutors are pressing the court to force him to ... ...

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... Bill of Rights and what it means today. Oklahoma: Norman, University of Oklahoma press. American Civil Liberties Union-ACLU. 1997. The Bill of Rights a Brief History.? Online: www.aclu.org/library/pbp9.html. National Archives and Records Administration. 1998. The Bill of Rights.? Online: www.nara.gov/exhall/charters/billrights/billmain.html. Archiving Early America. 2001. Historic documents from 18th Century ... ...

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... Coalhouse. Coalhouse and his gang attempt to take J.P. Morgan hostage but their attempt fails when they realize that Morgan is not there. Instead of attacking Morgan's home, they attacked his library by mistake. Even if they tried to take Morgan hostage in his own home, their plan still would've failed because Morgan was out of the country. The police and ... ...

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... how to address black people. "This is totally true because the white cops are ignorant believing they are better than the minority based on not living in poorer parts of county. They also take advantage of their superior powers and shot them. Another thing is white cops are institutionally racist because if they see black youth in wrong areas that means ... ...

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... and Powell were also charged with filing false reports. Because of the outraged civilians in Los Angeles the Judge was forced to move the trial outside of the Los Angeles County to Simi Valley. April 29th, 1992 the jury consisting of 10 Caucasians and no African Americans reached its verdict. The officers were found not guilty on all counts besides one ... ...

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... is an important issue for both on and around campus in order to keep the students, whom are enrolled in the university, safe. In addition to the the city and county police, the university also provides its own police force which patrol around campus in order to monitor the area on an every day basis. Each student is provided with easy ... ...

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... . An officer is often discouraged or will not bring personal issues amongst fellow friends at work although, job stress is brought home. Police have been given the option in Lane county and other counties to speak with a counselor that the department pays for. Many pressures are incorporated with the working environment of an officer such as dealing with constant death, abuse ... ...

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... , and from there simply to robbing dealers outright. In May 1992, Dowd, four other officers, and one former officer were arrested for drug trafficking by police in Long Island's Suffolk County. When the arrests hit the papers, it was time for discipline among the police. Not only had some of their cops become corrupt, but also the crimes had to be ... ...

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