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Special government unit empowered to enforce the law.
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Preliminary investigation
Law enforcement; Police
The first stage of investigating a crime, consisting of five steps: identifying and arresting any suspects, providing aid to any victims in need of medical attention, securing the crime scene to ...
Selective perception
Law enforcement; Police
The likelihood that police officers will remember traumatic or unpleasant incidents with citizens, even though only 2 to 5 percent of contacts involve hostility or conflict.
Problem-oriented policing
Law enforcement; Police
A model of policing that stresses increased police response to identified crime problems.
Affirmative action
Law enforcement; Police
Originating in 1965, a court-ordered plan establishing specific goals and timetables for the employment of minorities and women for any private employer or government agency receiving federal funds.
Ethnicity
Law enforcement; Police
The cultural differences existing that characterise a group of people.
Constable
Law enforcement; Police
A peace officer who is empowered to serve writs and warrants but has a smaller jurisdiction than a sheriff.
Proactive crime strategies
Law enforcement; Police
Anticrime strategies initiated by the police themselves, as opposed to occurring in response to a citizen request for service.
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