Chapter 2 Review-Police Systems & Practices

Criminal Justice System Components: | The Public Security Industry

law enforcement agencies, court, and correctional agencies

Are private security agencies part of the criminal justice system?

No…public vs private prisons

The security industry operates on all government levels:

local level: counties and cities

state level: DPS| state trooper

federal level: FBI (not national) CIA (do not enforce laws)

____ has the most full-time state and local law enforcment employees, followed by texas, new york, florida, and illinois

California

Metropolitan law enforcement | Duties and Services

routine patrol, enforce criminal laws, crowd, and traffic control

NYPD

Duties of the county Sheriff’s department

• law enforcement

• court-related duties (security and delivery of civil papers)

• correctional matters

Sheriff’s office vs police department

• selected | appointed

• County (sheriff has larger jurisdiction) | city/town

• state constitutions | city regulations

“Don’t ask” policy

immigration status can’t be asked in stops

Prior to 1900 only _______ had formed a state police.

Texas & Massachusetts

______ is the only state that does not have a state law enforcement agency

Hawaii

The largest state law enforcement agency is the ____

California Highway patrol

Duties (California):

highway patrol, small town patrol, and traffic law enforcement

Criminal Investigations

• assist the local police departments in criminal investigations where requested

• provide services such as identification

What are the 2 models?

• centralized model of state law enforcement: combines criminal law enforcement with traffic law enforcement/highway patrol

• decentralized model of state law enforcement: separate highway patrol from other state-level law enforcement duties ( 2 separate agencies)

Department of Justice duties:

• enforce all federal laws (representing the government in courts)

• conducting independent investigations

Research arm:

• National Institute of Justice (NIJ)

• Conducting the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) every 2 years

Federal bureau of Investigation

• it is not a police force but an investigative agency

• various services (Uniform Crime Reports (UCR) police department

U.S. marshall:

• The oldest law enforcement agency

• 3900 deputy marshals working 94 presidentially appointed US Marshals offices

What is the US Marshalls primary function?

• support the federal courts

What is the US Marshals main responsibilities?

• judicial security

• fugitive investigations (serve the subpoenas, writs, warrants & transport federal prisons)

Department of the Interior

• protects most of the nation’s historic icons

• agents are known as commissioned park rangers