what are the similarities and diffrences between police agencies at various levels?
825024
Jurisdiction for starters, The feds, that is any agent for any federal agency because any liscensed field agent for any agency can arrest you have strictly defined jurisdiction. Anything criminal transported across state lines is a federal case, tax evasion even evasion of state taxes is federal, kidnapping and bank robbery are federal jurisdiction as is any serious firarms violation involving serious ordinance....State, local and county guys are different in different states. In Texas cops are licensed by state agencies and can make arrest anywhere in the state at any given time. Practically cops respect each other jurisdictions. State police generally stay to the highways and Interstates while the county sherriff patrols the unincorporated areas if the county....and local cops stay in their cities generally. In other states their authority ends at the city limites...Few feds wear uniforms while most state and local do...also deputies tend to be easy to talk to as do city cop upper level officer...feds generally have a biug stick up their butt
803433
On this website you can find EVERY police Dept for the state of California, I hope this helps.\n\n http://www.usacops.com/ca/
901763
There is, and have been major law enforcement inter-agency cooperation and communication breakdowns in this country.  These breakdowns are well documented.  Probably not a good idea to start another federal agency until said breakdowns are eliminated.
122931
Here you go this should help!!\n\n"FBI headquarters comprises 13 divisions: the Administrative Services Division, the Counterintelligence Division, the Counterterrorism Division, the Criminal Investigative Division, the Criminal Justice Information Services Division, the Cybercrime Division, the Finance Division, the Information Resources Division, the Investigative Technologies Division, the Laboratory Division, the Records Management Division, the Security Division, and the Training Division. An assistant director heads each division, and four executive assistant directors supervise groups of divisions. The headquarters also includes a number of offices, including the Office of Public and Congressional Affairs, the Office of Professional Responsibility, the Office of the General Counsel, and the Office of Equal Employment Opportunity."
217973
Yes many differences. Look up for each system what their basis  and structure of govt are
249231
Community policing is more community oriented. Involving the people. Getting out of the patrol car like in the old days....walking beat...bicycle patrol ...not riding around with the windows rolled up disconnected....having officers more involved in schools- crime preventative. Educating the community on safety, current crimes, like gang related activity..etc....\nIt also involves community watch groups and listening to suggestions from the community on how to resolve a matter. It could be getting police chaplains to help resolve neighbor diputes - mediation. \nOfficers may attend community events just to mingle. They learn more by speaking to residents in a relaxed atmosphere than by responding to a crime and looking for answers right then and there. The community (or neighborhood) as a whole knows who did what by rumors and people hear things from kids too. So if an officer gains the trust of the community he is more likely to get useful information from members of the community. They may not speak to the officer in front of others (for fear of retalitation but they may call later with information or a community tip (like on a community tip line.)\nSorry if this was drawn out.
87087
Take a look at this, I think it covers all you need to know though it does specificallylly cover the Metropolitan police in London.  If you scroll down you will find an explanation of all the police ranks.\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metropolitan_Police_Service
859967
Police departments are very much like the military (they are even called paramilitary).\n\nThey have ranks officer, corporal, sergeant, lieutenant, captain etc.\n\nSome agencies have detectives who are corporals, others have them as a separate rank.\n\nDetectives themselves are people who are assigned to do the detective work for the agency (like traffic officers are assigned to deal with traffic matters).  Most of the answers about them being specially assigned is right for the larger departments, for the smaller ones, the detective is a jack of all trades.\n\nBasically, they do most of the follow up on those situations that require a little more time than the original officer on the scene could provide (like interview more witnesses, collect evidence, attend autopsies etc.)  They also work more closely with the prosecutors if the case is filed in court.\n\nHope this helps!
382104
The police department.  They have a tone of them.
875747
Neither is "better".  They all serve basically the same function, that being the enforcement of the laws of the state and uphold the Constitution of the United States.\nThe difference comes only in the jurisdiction served.  City Police serve within the boundries of a city.  Sheriffs and their Deputies serve within the boundries of a county (including the cities within their county).  State Police or Highway Patrolmen serve within the boudries of the entire state (including all counties and cities within the state).\nTherefore, the State Police or Highway patrol have more jurisdiction than Sheriffs, who in turn have more jurisdiction than the City Police Departments.
951159
yup criminal justice is diff in diff countries...but they all have the same goal...to catch the bad guys
877108
I don't really see any similarities at all. If there are any, they are very loose similarities.
837070
Glad to hear you know the difference, lots of places to vent and I'd gladly listen if you like, My e-mail is available...not a crisis worker but do have an understanding ear...been a cop for too many years, heard just about everything by now.
111987
n. pl. police\n\n   1. The governmental department charged with the regulation and control of the affairs of a community, now chiefly the department established to maintain order, enforce the law, and prevent and detect crime.
665410
It's hard to say... I don't want to lump them all in one category.\nBut a police officers job is to Protect and Serve, and I think they forget that sometimes.
319293
Generally, there are separate police departments that each report to the municipality they represent.  For example, I'm assuming this would mean a county sheriff, and they would report to the county office and possibly the governor's office.  Within the department itself, the ranks are typically like this:\nhttp://faculty.ncwc.edu/toconnor/205/205lect07.htm\n\nThe organization varies by where you are.  Some cities, for example, have police commissioners, while some counties also have deputy sheriffs, etc.
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It's usually the mission and vision of the organization. All of the departments or subgroups within it must strive to make their missions and visions match, but also list what they do differently or to support it.