Laws

FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES
1. Department of agriculture
Department of commerce
Department of   defense
Department of energy
Department of health and human services
Department of homeland Secruity

Crime Scene Investigator - One expert trained in the use of forensics
Techniques , gathering DNA

Chimel - what arranging officers may search the defendant the physical area within easy reach of the defendant

Valid reasons for conducting a search - to protect the arresting officers - to prevent evidence from being destroyed / to keep the defendant from escaping / when a search become illegal/ when it goes beyond the defendant and the area within the defendant immediate control when it is conducted

VIGILANTISM- the act of taking the law into one's own hand

PROHIBITION LAWS- a dark period for american law enforcement agencies began in 1920 with the passage of a constitutional prohibition against all forms of alcoholic beverages until prohibition was repealed in 1953

SHERIFF- The Elected Chief officer of a country law enforcement agency

5 BASIC PURPOSES OF POLICING - 1. Enforcing the law 2. Apprehending offenders 3. Preventing Crime 4. Preserving The Peace 5. Providing Services

QUALITY OF LIFE OFFENSE - A minor violation of the law that demoralizes community

RESPONSE TIME - A measure of the time that it takes for police officers to respond to calls

CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION- The process of discovering collecting preparing identifying and presenting evidence to determine what happened

CRIME SCENCE- The Physical area in which a crime is thought to have occurred and in which evidence of the crime thought to reside

SOLVABILITY FACTOR- information about a crime that forms the basis for determine the perpetrator identity

LINE OPERATIONS - in police organizations the field activities or supervisory activities directly related to day to day police work

CHAIN OF COMMAND- the unbroken line of authority that extends through...