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Showing 1 to 20 of 121 for “"Law enforcement agencies"”.
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Attitudes toward hiring and working with homosexuals in Southern California law enforcement agencies
… examine the acceptability of male homosexuals in law enforcement as determined by those currently employed as sworn officers in Southern California. Law enforcement has historically been reluctant to accept "outsiders" within its ranks. It has only been within the last 25 years that women and …
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Attitudes toward hiring and working with homosexuals in Southern California law enforcement agencies
… examine the acceptability of male homosexuals in law enforcement as determined by those currently employed as sworn officers in Southern California. Law enforcement has historically been reluctant to accept "outsiders" within its ranks. It has only been within the last 25 years that women and …
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Crisis public relations : how law enforcement agencies responded to the sniper attacks of 2002
… the public, and the criminal community. How did law enforcement use public relations to help in its case? What crisis plan did Montgomery County, Maryland, the lead investigating department, implement? The goal of this research was to examine the crisis management plan of law enforcement when …
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Exploring the cybercrime capacity and capability of local law enforcement agencies in the United States
… Zakaria, 2021). In the United States, local law enforcement agencies and their personnel stand at the frontlines of the cybercrime problem (Police Executive Research Forum, 2014). This dissertation project was inspired by several calls to action to explore and evaluate how law enforcement …
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Mobile Firearm Simulation Training Systems: Perceptions of Officers from Small and Rural Law Enforcement Agencies
<p>One hundred and one small and rural law enforcement officers from Kentucky, Washington and Texas were surveyed and interviewed regarding their perceptions of a mobile use-of-force simulation training system. PRiSim. Specifically, attitudes toward comfort level with interactivity, value of the …
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The consistency of the use of the polygraph exam during the selection process among law enforcement agencies
… the consistency of use of the polygraph exam by law enforcement agencies throughout the United States as part of the screening process to find suitable applicants for employment as police officers. The polygraph exam can be a valuable tool for law enforcement agencies to use in screening …
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The consistency of the use of the psychological evaluation during the selection process among law enforcement agencies
… of the psychological evaluation as part of the law enforcement candidate selection process. The International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) provides guidelines for the psychological evaluation, but research has found that law enforcement agencies use a variety of procedures with no …
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Developing a strategic framework to enhance readiness of UAE law enforcement agencies to effectively respond to road traffic emergencies
… framework for road traffic crisis response for law enforcement agencies in the UAE. The goal is to enhance the organisational effectiveness of law enforcement agencies within the UAE to effectively respond to road traffic crisis situations and disasters. A key research question is: What …
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Developing a digital competence framework for UAE law enforcement agencies to enhance cyber security of Critical Physical Infrastructure (CPI)
… addresses a major challenge in the capacity of law enforcement to address cyberattacks in respect of the digital capabilities that are necessary to maintain pace with technologies and respond effectively in a digital environment. The purpose of this study is to develop a digital competences …
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Texas 1033 : a look inside the federal program giving millions in excess military supplies to Texas law enforcement agencies at taxpayer expense
… of Defense supplies to federal, state and local law enforcement at little to no cost to the agencies. Congress created the surplus program in the 1990s to repurpose taxpayer-bought equipment. Supplies available to agencies range from clothes to electronics to weapons and armored vehicles. …
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A study of the nature and extent of the traffic accident investigation responsibilities of county law enforcement agencies in the United States
Thesis (M.S.)--Michigan State University. College of Social Science, 1966
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A survey of problems and conditions within the organizational context of law enforcement agencies perceived to block or impede the use of accident investigation training
… national sample of 391 local, county, and state law enforcement personnel who graduated from a two-week accident investigation training program. Questions elicited ratings on 29 problem/conditions hypothesized within the literature as influential to organizational work behavior. A Likert type …
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Local Law Enforcement's Counter Terrorism Capabilities.
<p>The purpose of this study was to analyze local law enforcement's counter-terrorism capabilities as it relates to the varying size of United States local law enforcement agencies. Data for the study came from a study entitled "Impact of Terrorism on State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies and …
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Statistical monitoring of police force for rapid detection of changes in frequency
U.S. Law enforcement agencies are authorized and expected to use the minimum level of force required to maintain law and order. Few civilian law enforcement agencies and rib military law enforcement agencies pro actively monitor the use of force. Furthermore, agencies that do monitor force use …
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Hunting a Black Swan : Policy Options for America's Police in Preventing Radiological/Nuclear Terrorism
Local law enforcement is a necessary and irreplaceable component to a comprehensive approach to increasing the probability of detection of attempted Nuclear and Radiological Terrorism incidents. Local law enforcements unique knowledge, skills, and abilities provide investigative, protection, and …
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Law enforcement professionalization: the accreditation of law enforcement
Rapid social change has led many law enforcement agencies to explore various options that would serve to enhance service delivery, department credibility within communities, and overall professionalism. From a historical perspective, professionalism has been an elusive state for law enforcement …
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Organized crime in the United States organizational analogies for counterinsurgency strategy
… can be conducted on the applicability of modern law enforcement tactics to military operations. This thesis shows that there are organizational and conceptual analogies between organized crime families and insurgencies. They both organize themselves as secret societies with similar hierarchical …
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How Could This Happen? A Constructivist Analysis of Reactive State Terrorism at Ruby Ridge
… a beloved pet, and the overt acts of lawlessness and terrorism of three federal law enfocement agencies against United States' citizens. Thus, I introduce the story of Ruby Ridge, Idaho, the Weaver family, and the federal law enforcement agencies that have collectivity become known as …
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A NEW ENEMY: AN EXPLORATION OF GENERATIVE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE WITHIN LAW ENFORCEMENT'S FIGHT AGAINST CHILD EXPLOITATION
… pose significant challenges for U.S. law enforcement agencies operating under statutory frameworks that were not designed to address artificial intelligence (AI)–generated CSAM. This thesis asks: How can U.S. law enforcement agencies overcome the problems that GAI poses to CSAM …
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