What is the external environment of a police department?
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the rest of the world.
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In the course of their duties, police officers regularly encounter two main kinds of people- victims and law breakers. \n\nOnce someone becomes an officer, their friends and family begin to treat them a little differently, they become somewhat 'apart' from regular society, and tend ot hang out mostly with other officers and others who understand them.\n\nObviously, this does not affect every police officer, and not all to the same degree, but it does tend to create a slightly different kind of view of people than most of us have.
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It depends on how fast they want to place people, and which area are you talking about. [officer, school safety, maintenance] - (my mom works with the NYPD re hiring.)  The time varies.
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The answer is company officers.  They are internal.  All of the others are external.
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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!
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just become a reserve for your local PD reserve is a step below CSO and a step above explorer   its an alright gig though, kinda tedious jobs but its a great intro into policing  easy to get into and its all training so you'll learn alot   ive been a reserve for a year now and its really been a good learning expirience for me and it looks great on the resume
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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.
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Yes, and they are.  If the department is large enough, it is called Internal Affairs.  It is not unreasonable to have checks and balances in any public service sector.  The problem is, the general public is not required or even allowed to know all of the facts.  Much of the information is confidential for reasons of public safety.  Such being the case, many people will think the worst about one situation or another that was not resolved the way they believe it should have been resolved.  Then you have the small minded people who think all police are bad.  These are the people I would like to see even TRY to survive in a lawless society.  They wouldn't last a week before they were either dead or on the street without a penny to their name.  \n\nBefore some of the people who believe all police are bad get too wrapped up in their bad mouthing, they should be willing to answer some questions like "Why were YOU not accepted as a police officer?"  Even better, "Why are you unwilling to pin that shield on and do what you CLAIM is not being done?"  Every time I have asked those questions, you'd be amazed at the number of "it's not my job" answers I get.
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DA's Office and the Police Headquarters.
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Police officers dress the same way everywhere in Mexico, sort of like the same as in the US with uniform color varying depending on the Police Group they belong to (Policia Judicial, Policia Federal, Transito Municipal, etc)
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Uh...a formal police report or a book report about police?\n\nBook reports on police are not difficult. You generally fill out the title, author, genre, plot description, and your opinions and reflections.\n\nPolice reports are very formal and direct. They generally include a scene description, the responding officer, the commander on scene, the incident, the steps taken to eradicate/solve the problem, the evidence, the witnesses, the outcome, etc. etc. Ask your local police department for a filed police report to use as a reference, or ask a cop how to write one.  They will know, they spend tons of time writing them.
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The easy answer to your question is the laws of the state and federal government control the police.  If they mess up, then they can be prosecuted under USC42 1983 which would be a civil rights violation case. also, tort suits are brought in state court for wrongdoings.  But for the most part, police agencies do a great job of policing themselves.  Thats why they have Internal Affairs sections.  Most agencies do not want to be policed by citizen groups, etc. because unless you work in law enforcement, you have no idea what they do. So they take this seriously. Obviously not every police agency is perfect, but they are still regulated by law, just like everyone.  No one is above the law, not even a sheriff.  The County Coroner in some states is the only one who can arrest the sheriff.  The county commisioners control what the sheriff does, and the people elect the sheriff.  So there is control, it is a public office.  I hope this helps answer your question. I dont know your situation.
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officer, corporal, seargent, detective and director.\n\nat least that is how it goes on my job
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Yes.  I work with a few different local police departments and I trust all of them.  As for the city I live in, I do, very much.  There are some great officers there and they are respectful and caring.  They try and do the best they can for the community.  The chief is awesome and backs his officers.  We don't have a lot leave from there.
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Here's a Yahoo! link to help you find what you're looking for\nhttp://shopping.yahoo.com/p:Volume%20XI.%20Laws%2C%20Books%207-12%3A%20Laws:3000392669;_ylc=X3oDMTB1c21tcDhkBF9TAzk2NjMyOTA3BHNlYwNmZWVkBHNsawNib29rcw--\nThe biggest problem with what you're talking about is making enemies in high places.You must understand that police stick together.
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Police departments are typically city-based.  So there is a Phoenix Police Dept., but not a State of Arizona Police Dept. In addition, there are the Sheriff's Depts., which operate at the County level.\n\nAt the state level, there is the highway patrol, and other specific police-type organizations; a state-wide narcotic investigations force, for example.\n\nWhich organization you need to contact depends on why you need to contact them.\n\nThe best place to start at the state-wide level in Arizona is the Dept. of Public Safety.  But you might get a quicker response targetting the local police in the relevant city.
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external--on the outside or visible part\ndomestic---of the home, household, family affairs