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The American law enforcement system follows ________ model. - ANS English Constable - ANS early official, supervised weapons and community equipment Sheriff - ANS county's law enforcement officer (no power to arrest in PA) Discretion - ANS ability to choose between alternatives The mere presence of a p/o is ________ power. - ANS coercive Social contract - ANS An agreement between the people and their government signifying their consent to be governed; certain rights are given up for state protection Police power - ANS derived from the constitutional authority of the government; do NOT confuse with power watch system - ANS night watchmen signaled each other for help Alternatives to arrest - ANS 1. youth aid panel 2. drug court 3. ARD Trends in LE - ANS 1. Computer Tech 2. Fingerprint Tech 3. Less lethal tech 4. Surveillance tech 5. Photographic tech 6. Modern forensics (DNA, biometrics, videotaping, databases) Father of modern policing - ANS Sir Robert Peel Peel Principles 1 - ANS Ability of police to perform their duties depends upon public approval Peel Principle 2 - ANS Police must secure willingness to cooperate Peel Principle 3 - ANS The degree of public cooperation diminishes proportionally to the necessity of use of physical force Peel Principle 4 - ANS Police seeks/preserves public favor by NOT catering to public opinion, but by demonstrating constant and impartial service to the law Peel Principal 5 - ANS Use physical force to the extent necessary to observe the law only when persuasion/advice/warning are insufficient Peel Principal 6 - ANS Police are the public and public is the police Peel Principal 7 - ANS Direct actions toward their functions and never assume power of a judiciary Peel principal 8 - ANS Test of police efficiency is the absence of crime and disorder, not visible police actions. Peel Principal 9 - ANS The ability of police to perform their duty depends on public approval of police actions Natural law - ANS morals and ethics are given Ethics - ANS a code of values for our behavior based upon what morally good or bad behavior Professionalism - ANS the conduct, aims, or qualities that characterize or mark a profession or a professional person