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Police

Special government unit empowered to enforce the law.

Industry: Government; Law enforcement

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reactive crime strategies

Law enforcement; Police

Anticrime strategies used by police when responding to a civilian's request for service.

watchman style

Law enforcement; Police

An organizational style used in police departments that emphasizes peacekeeping without aggressive law enforcement and few controls over rank-and-file officers.

assessment

Law enforcement; Police

The fourth stage of the SARA model of problem-oriented policing, in which the effectiveness of the response is evaluated through rigorous feedback that allows for revision if the response is not ...

A theoretical framework for understanding the structures and practices of police organizations based on the underlying premise that these organizations are created and structured to achieve specific ...

domestic disturbance

Law enforcement; Police

A dispute requiring police response that involves two or more people engaged in an intimate relationship (married or divorced couples, live-in lovers, people on a first date, problems between adults ...

civil service

Law enforcement; Police

A nearly universal set of formal and legally binding procedures governing personnel decisions in police organizations, ensuring that such decisions are based on objective criteria and not on ...

bona fide occupational qualification

Law enforcement; Police

Provides protection for employers who refuse to hire people not possessing established qualifications that are reasonably necessary to the normal operation of that particular business.