Essential Question: How Are Police Departments Organized?

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Essential Question: How are police departments organized?

Mission in a Democratic Society

•Enforce and support the ______

•Investigate crimes/______offenders

•______crime

•Ensure ______peace and tranquility

•Provide the community with ______–related services

Organizing the Department: Managerial Concepts

•______of Labor – similar functions assigned to same group

•______of Command – line of authority

•______of Control - # of subordinates

–Ideal is 1:______

•______of Responsibility & Authority

•______of Command – one supervisor per person

•Rules ______& Discipline

Organizing the Department: Organizing by Function or Purpose

Core Operational Strategies

•______patrol

•Routine ______response – minor traffic, order, reports

•Emergency response

•______investigation

•______solving

•______services – dispatch, training, records, property control

Organizing the Department: Organizing by Personnel

•Civil Service System – method of hiring and managing ______employees

–Designed to eliminate political influence, ______, bias

–1883 ______Act – federal jobs

–95% of all gov’t employees covered

–Difficult to fire ______

•Quasi-Military organization

–Strict lines of authority

–______

–Rank

–______

–Authorized by law to use ______

–Different:

•warriors vs. ______figures

•police ______by state & con law

•Sworn vs. non-sworn (Civilian)

–Sworn: peace officers

•Under oath to uphold laws and ______

•Power to arrest under ______cause

–Citizens arrest requires violation to happen in arrestors presence

–Civilian: operators, ______, payroll, technical jobs, lab workers

•Rank Structure:

–Peace Officer – patrol officer

–Corporal – ______, FTO

–Sergeant – 1st supervisor, makes ______decisions

•Over squad (6-10 officers)

•One per zone or per shift (size a factor)

–Lieutenant – over all ______at time of shift, usually over platoon

–Detective – has own rank ______but usually has rank over others at crime scene

–Captain – over area of administration

–______Chief – in some depts.

–Chief – Head of dept.

•Usually appointed by mayor or selected by ______

Rank

•Civilianization – process of of ______sworn officers from tasks and replacing them with civilians

–Reduce costs

–25% of staff

–Most jobs seen as ______by officers

–Parking ______, past crime reports, some investigative functions (CSI)

•Police Reserves/Auxiliaries

–Part time - “______cops”

–Sometimes not paid

–Non-regular but ______officer

–Regular police powers

•Some volunteers do not - ______

–A way to keep ______when no longer in regular position

Organizing the Department: Organizing by Area

•Beats/Posts – ______

–Foot, patrol units

•Sectors/Zones – ______of beats

•______– grouping of Zones

–Mostly larger departments

–Station House – one per precinct

•Has jail, ______room, offices

•______desk

Organizing the Department: Organizing by Time

•Three ______System – three 8 hour shifts

–Morning watch – 12-8am

–Day watch – 8-4pm

–______watch – 4-12am

–Numerous variations – 12 hour shifts

______are not assigned, it depends on the day assigned

–Assigned, transfer available by ______

•Rotating tours – day – evening – morning

•Fixed/Steady ______– stay same

•Traditionally – cops were assigned in even #s

– today many are ______by need

Wrap Up

•All are methods are used to organize department

•Every department is different

New Age of Policing Post 9/11

•Traditionally terrorism and intelligence was a ______responsibility

•Terrorism response is now a local ______

–Why do you think local is better?

•Intelligence gathering is also a local priority

–______is also FBI #1 priority

•Community Policing is also a part of the response – ______, networks

•Task forces and “______” policing seeks to streamline intelligence

Terrorist Goals

•Mass ______

•Loss of ______resources

•______of vital services

•Disruption of the ______

•Individual and mass ______

Terrorist Weapons

•______

•Nuclear

•Incendiary

•______

•Explosive

Biological Weapons

•Targets: People, animals, crops

•Routes of ______: Inhalation, ingestion, absorption

Agents:

•May take days or weeks to be ______.

•May spread far beyond initial ______point.

•Considered high risk.

Nuclear Weapons

•Much different than conventional weapons:

–Many ______

–Very large area affected

–Long-term health ______

•Considered relatively low risk

Radiation Dispersal Devices

•Conventional explosive with ______element

•______materials readily available

•Considered ______to high risk

Incendiary Devices

•Used to initiate ______

•Easy to ______

•Easy to ______

•Considered high risk/low impact

Chemical Agents

•Components ______available

•Onset of ______from immediate to 18 hours

•Considered moderate risk

Conventional Explosives

•Terrorists “weapons of ______”

•Can be:

–Military ______

–______explosive devices

•Considered high risk

What Is the Risk? Diagram:

B-NICE Indicators

Environmental indicators:

•Sick or ______animals, fish, or birds

•______spraying

•______clouds or mists

•______of crops, wildlife, or insects

Physical indicators:

•Many casualties without signs of ______trauma

•Victims who are exhibiting ______symptoms

•Large numbers seeking medical ______

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