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Law enforcement
The collective name for the efforts of enforcing and ensuring observance, obedience to the law.
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response time
Law enforcement; Police
The total amount of time between the commission of a crime and the moment a police officer arrives on the scene.
foot patrol
Law enforcement; Police
Officers within a department who make neighborhood rounds on foot. While extremely expensive and able to cover only limited ground, foot patrol allows for enhanced ...
abuse of authority
Law enforcement; Police
Actions by a police officer, under the guise of his or her authority, that tend to injure, insult, trespass on human dignity, and/or violate a citizen's inherent civil rights.
local political control
Law enforcement; Police
A tradition, inherited from England during the colonial period, that places primary responsibility for public protection with local governments, both city and county.
police-to-population ratio
Law enforcement; Police
The standard measure for the level of police protection in a community; usually expressed as the number of sworn officers per thousand population.
bureaucracy
Law enforcement; Police
A pyramidal model of government administration in which tasks are grouped into separate bureaus or departments and information flows up and down according to the hierarchical ...
code of silence
Law enforcement; Police
Also known as the "blue curtain," a code of honor among police officers whereby officers refuse to testify against corrupt colleagues, creating a veil of secrecy around police ...
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