scholarly journals The Paradox of Police Data

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 ◽  
pp. 9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stacy Wood
Keyword(s):  
Law Enforcement ◽  
Police Officers ◽  
Use Of Force ◽  
Law Enforcement Agencies ◽  
Or Management ◽  
The Public ◽  
Data Preservation ◽  
Paradoxical Situation ◽  
Police Data

This paper considers the history and politics of ‘police data.’ Police data, I contend, is a category of endangered data reliant on voluntary and inconsistent reporting by law enforcement agencies; it is also inconsistently described and routinely housed in systems that were not designed with long-term strategies for data preservation, curation or management in mind. Moreover, whereas US law enforcement agencies have, for over a century, produced and published a great deal of data about crime, data about the ways in which police officers spend their time and make decisions about resources—as well as information about patterns of individual officer behavior, use of force, and in-custody deaths—is difficult to find. This presents a paradoxical situation wherein vast stores of extant data are completely inaccessible to the public. This paradoxical state is not new, but the continuation of a long history co-constituted by technologies, epistemologies and context.

scholarly journals Anchored k-medoids: a novel adaptation of k-medoids further refined to measure long-term instability in the exposure to crime

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Monsuru Adepeju ◽  
Samuel Langton ◽  
Jon Bannister
Keyword(s):  
Law Enforcement ◽  
Simulated Data ◽  
Computational Social Science ◽  
Crime Trends ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Law Enforcement Agencies ◽  
Clustering Techniques ◽  
The Public ◽  
Long Term Stability

AbstractLongitudinal clustering techniques are widely deployed in computational social science to delineate groupings of subjects characterized by meaningful developmental trends. In criminology, such methods have been utilized to examine the extent to which micro places (such as streets) experience macro-level police-recorded crime trends in unison. This has largely been driven by a theoretical interest in the longitudinal stability of crime concentrations, a topic that has become particularly pertinent amidst a widespread decline in recorded crime. Recent studies have tended to rely on a generic implementation k-means to unpick this stability, with little consideration for its theoretical suitability. This study makes two methodological contributions. First, it demonstrates the application of k-medoids to study longitudinal crime concentrations, and second, it develops a novel ‘anchored k-medoids’ (ak-medoids), a bespoke clustering method specifically designed to meet the theoretical requirements of micro-place investigations into long-term stability. Using both simulated data and 15-years of police-recorded crime data from Birmingham, England, we compare the performances of k-medoids against ak-medoids. We find that both methods highlight instability in the exposure to crime over time, but the consistency and contribution of cluster solutions determined by ak-medoids provide insight overlooked by k-medoids, which is sensitive to short-term fluctuations and subject starting points. This has important implications for the theories said to explain longitudinal crime concentrations, and the law enforcement agencies seeking to offer an effective and equitable service to the public.

scholarly journals Reducing police turnover: Recommendations for the law enforcement agency

2019 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 73-83
Author(s):  
Susan Hilal ◽  
Bryan Litsey
Keyword(s):  
Law Enforcement ◽  
Police Officers ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Law Enforcement Agencies ◽  
Light Duty ◽  
Personal Wellness ◽  
Law Enforcement Agency ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Term Data

Law enforcement is a career that offers long-term employment; however, not everyone who enters the profession stays until they retire. Because the costs of employing a police officer can be significant to both the organization and the individual seeking to pursue and maintain a career in law enforcement, identifying ways to reduce police turnover is important. This study captures the experiences of officers who left prematurely, whether voluntarily or involuntarily, to help identify what agencies can do to keep officers long term. Data for this exploratory study was gathered via semi-structured interviews with 36 former police officers. The findings highlighted several common themes that law enforcement agencies could address, including: leadership training, clear and transparent processes, permanent light-duty assignments, shift flexibility, improved morale, and more focus on personal wellness.

scholarly journals UNDERSTANDING THE LEGAL ASPECT OF LAW ENFORCEMENT HIRING AND RETENTION

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (8) ◽  
pp. 328-331
Author(s):  
Phillip R. Neely Jr. ◽  
Joseph Cillo JD
Keyword(s):  
Law Enforcement ◽  
Police Officers ◽  
Legal Aspect ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Criminal History ◽  
Law Enforcement Agencies ◽  
Background Checks ◽  
Deputy Sheriffs ◽  
New Recruits

Law enforcement agencies struggle to hire officers. Law enforcement agencies are compelled to hold applicants to higher standards.  Often, due to the danger that may occur, some applicants feel the pay is not worth the risk.  Other applicants cannot complete the series of test such as physical agility, psychological, background checks and their criminal history.  Even after an officer is hired, they are held to certain standards they must maintain to remain employed.  In the State of Georgia, the Peace Officer Standard Training keeps a record of each officer in Georgia that provides the citizens with qualified, professional, trained, ethical and competent peace officers in law enforcement.  Any violations could result in the officer certification being suspended or revoked and will show if a person has been fired or quit voluntarily.  Hiring and Retention of law enforcement officers will need to be addressed.  Police officers or Deputy Sheriffs are needed to maintain order, investigate crimes whether misdemeanors or felonies and crimes against children or the elderly.  If agencies cannot retain officer’s criminals would not have consequences for their actions and society would revert to the days of outlaws and common law citizens. Not being able to hire and retain officers can have an impact externally and internally.  If officers are not hired or retain the following could cause long term problems such as; officer burnout due to the overtime, case overloads for investigators or detectives, new recruits using the agency as a steppingstone until another job is found.

Public Order: Concept and Category Content

2020 ◽  
pp. 95-99
Author(s):  
R. G. Kalustov
Keyword(s):  
Law Enforcement ◽  
Public Order ◽  
Law Enforcement Agencies ◽  
The Public ◽  
History Of

The article discusses the emergence and development, as well as existing approaches to understanding the concept of “public order”. The history of the formation of this category is examined by analyzing regulatory legal acts. This method allows you to track the change in value and determine how to correctly understand the “public order” today. Revealing the concept, ambiguity arises in understanding this category, in connection with which the most applicable approach is currently determined for use in practice by law enforcement agencies.

College Students Training Law Enforcement Officers: The Officer Charlie Get Fit Project

2021 ◽  
Vol 78 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Lawrence Judge ◽  
Tonya Skalon ◽  
Makenzie Schoeff ◽  
Shannon Powers ◽  
James Johnson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Blood Pressure ◽  
Law Enforcement ◽  
Service Learning ◽  
Learning Style ◽  
Police Officers ◽  
Community Partner ◽  
Fat Percentage ◽  
Law Enforcement Agencies ◽  
Data Collection And Analysis ◽  
Project Officer

While most law enforcement agencies recognize the importance of physical fitness for their officers and encourage them to maintain an adequate level of fitness, many find it difficult to implement a fitness program successfully. Prior studies and literature support the implementation of community-centered fitness initiatives. The purpose of this study was to (1) describe participant outcomes from the service- learning project Officer Charlie Get Fit Project and (2) delineate Kolb’s experiential learning model implemented by undergraduate kinesiology majors when applied in an exercise setting. Students were charged with working directly with police officers over an 8-week program with the goal of lowering health-risk factors for the participants. Additionally, the project provided an opportunity for students to assess their own learning style and infuse it in a real-world professional application. Participants included 16 police officers (M = 44.6, SD = 10.7 years of age) and one elected city administrative official. Paired sample t tests revealed nonsignificant differences between the pretest and posttest scores on the 10 fitness measures. Descriptive statistics revealed improvements in categories of body weight, BMI, waist circumference, hip circumference, resting heart rate, systolic blood pressure, diastolic blood pressure, sum of skinfolds, and overall body fat percentage. Participant exit interviews indicated positive qualitative results. The student reflection piece indicated that the frequent writing helped with (1) the myriad of planning and preparation issues, (2) selecting a community partner and recruiting participants, and (3) data collection and analysis. This study was an important assessment of immersive learning opportunities provided through classroom lecture and development of community partnerships.

Who Will Keep the Public Healthy? Assuring a Legally Prepared Workforce

2003 ◽  
Vol 31 (S4) ◽  
pp. 81-83 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mary Anne Viverette ◽  
Jennifer Leaning ◽  
Susan K. Steeg ◽  
Kristine M. Gebbie ◽  
Maureen Litchveld
Keyword(s):  
Law Enforcement ◽  
International Association ◽  
Department Of Justice ◽  
Law Enforcement Agencies ◽  
Rigorous Evaluation ◽  
The Public ◽  
Chiefs Of Police ◽  
The Law ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Evaluation Techniques

The Commission on the Accreditation of Law Enforcement (CALEA) employs rigorous evaluation techniques. Objective accreditation, such as made possible by CALEA, is important from the public’s perspective and in the national community of law enforcement.To counteract a general distrust of law enforcement agencies, the Law Enforcement Assistance Administration (LEAA) developed a grant to develop standards by which the quality and performance of law enforcement could be measured. LEAA developed 107 standards and, though well received by the law enforcement community, no single group or agency took the initiative to begin a program to evaluate and implement the standards. In 1979, the Department of Justice established an additional grant that effectively organized the four major law enforcement groups: the International Association of Chiefs of Police, the National Sheriff’s Association, the National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives, and the Police Executive Research Forum.

scholarly journals Optimizing The Role of Immigration Civil Servant Investigator in Treating Criminal Actions of People Smuggling

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 35-45
Author(s):  
Doniar Andre Vernanda ◽  
Tony Mirwanto
Keyword(s):  
Law Enforcement ◽  
Civil Servant ◽  
Immigration Law ◽  
Public Prosecutor ◽  
Law Enforcement Agencies ◽  
The Public ◽  
Criminal Sanctions ◽  
Case Files ◽  
National Police

Immigration law enforcement is carried out by civil servant investigators (PPNS) of Immigration by the mandate of Law No. 6 of 2011 on immigration. Immigration civil servant investigators have the authority to carry out the investigation process to hand over case files for subsequent prosecution in court by the public prosecutor. The results and discussion of this research are: (i) People smuggling is a crime where people illegally enter humans without legal and valid immigration travel documents aimed at personal or group gain by entering a country without going through an examination. immigration at the immigration checkpoint (TPI). Criminal sanctions related to human smuggling are regulated in article 120 of the Immigration Law with a maximum threat of 15 years and a fine of Rp. 1,500,000,000.00. (ii) According to the Immigration Law, pro Justitia law enforcement in immigration crimes is carried out by immigration civil servant investigators who have the duties and functions of carrying out investigations & investigations, coordinating with the National Police and other law enforcement agencies as well as carrying out other matters which are ordered by immigration Law

scholarly journals Administrative Law Aspects of Bringing Employees of Prosecution Authorities to Disciplinary Liability

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
pp. 59-61
Author(s):  
Vladilen V. Strelnikov ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Law Enforcement ◽  
Public Service ◽  
Administrative Law ◽  
Practical Implementation ◽  
Scientific Article ◽  
Legal Analysis ◽  
Law Enforcement Agencies ◽  
Legal Norms ◽  
The Public ◽  
Legal Documents

The scientific article analyses issues related to the practical implementation of legal norms governing the procedure for disciplinary liability of prosecutors. A theoretical analysis of the interpretations of disciplinary responsibility in the public service formulated by leading legal scholars was carried out. A comparative legal analysis has been carried out of the regulations governing the procedure for the imposition of disciplinary penalties in State bodies, including law enforcement agencies and the legal documents governing these issues in the prosecutor’s office.

scholarly journals Юридизация области дисциплинарных отношений в рядах российской милиции (1917-1919 гг.)

2021 ◽  
Vol 70 (6) ◽  
pp. 90-93
Author(s):  
С.Ю. Чимаров ◽  
В.С. Бялт
Keyword(s):  
Law Enforcement ◽  
Police Officers ◽  
Legal Regulation ◽  
Law Enforcement Agencies

The article presents an analysis of the legal regulation of the disciplinary responsibility of Russian militia employees during the period of the change in government models from the tsarist era to the era of democratic transformations and the transition to the Soviet-style government regime. Focusing on the desire of the new government to strictly systematize the issues of disciplinary responsibility of domestic police officers in the specified period of time, the authors substantiate the need to strengthen the police ranks on the basis of disciplining the personnel of the updated law enforcement agencies.

scholarly journals TOPICAL ISSUES OF PROFESSIONAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL SUITABILY IN THE SYSTEM OF THE MIA OF THE REPUBLIC OF TAJIKISTAN

2021 ◽  
pp. 211-218
Author(s):  
Somon Latifzoda
Keyword(s):  
Law Enforcement ◽  
Police Officers ◽  
Professional Training ◽  
Scientific Literature ◽  
Decisive Role ◽  
Psychological Characteristics ◽  
Law Enforcement Agencies ◽  
Internal Affairs ◽  
The Republic ◽  
Psychological Diagnostics

This article discusses the main problems and issues of professional and psychological suitability in the system of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Tajikistan. The analysis of the existing scientific literature was carried out, and also the author's recommendations were formulated to improve the professional training and professional suitability of the employees of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Along with the professional training of police officers, their psychological qualities also play a decisive role in ensuring efficiency in operational-search activities. The quality and effectiveness of the implementation of operational-search activities, then its level directly depends on the psychological characteristics of the operative and his professional training. It should be noted that scientifically grounded conclusions about the professional and psychological suitability of employees can only be achieved with the help of high-quality and correct psychological diagnostics, that is, using psychometric methods. The basis for the survey of professional and psychological suitability, the procedure, procedure, conditions and terms of the survey, cases of re-examination are determined by regulatory legal acts. Consequently, the research and scientifically grounded measures to determine professional suitability in the internal affairs bodies of the Republic of Tajikistan are relevant, and the scientifically grounded results obtained as a result of our research can be used to further improve the professional and psychological selection to the law enforcement agencies of the country.

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