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English Roots
Our familiar law enforcement system, in which uniformed officers respond to calls for help and plainclothes detectives investigate, developed over hundreds of years in England.
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tithing system
A private self-held protection system in early medieval England, in which a group of ten families, or a tithing, agreed to follow the law, keep the peace in their areas, and bring law violators to justice.
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Citizens were drafted as (unpaid) watchmen, and were required to come to the aid of a constable or watchman who called for help.
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constable-watch system
A system of protection in early England in which citizens, under the direction of a constable, or chief peacekeeper, were required to guard the city and to pursue criminals.
constable
The peacekeeper in charge of protection in early English towns.
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The main function of the police was to prevent crime by preventive patrol of the community.
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slave patrols
The earliest form of policing in the South. They were a product of the slave codes.
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Jurisdictions
Responsibilities Employers (hospitals, colleges, transit authorities may have their own police)
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Organizational Structure
Large departments have many specialized departments. Small departments rarely have specialized departments, or officers trained in complex investigation.
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state police model A model of state law enforcement services in which the agency and its officers have the same law enforcement powers as local police, but can exercise them anywhere within the state.
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highway patrol model A model of state law enforcement services in which officers focus on highway traffic safety, enforcement of the states traffic laws, and the investigation of accidents on the states roads, highways, and on state property.
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contract security Protective services that a private security firm provides to people, agencies, and companies that do not employ their own security personnel or that need extra protection. Contract security employees are not peace officers.
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proprietary security In-house protective services that a security staff, which is not classified as sworn peace officers, provide for the entity that employs them.
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