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^ Gates should have been thankful that the Cambridge police were trying to protect his property.- Obama: Cambridge police acted 'stupidly' - Ben Smith - POLITICO.com 3 February 2010 17:53 UTC www.politico.com [Source type: General]
[1] Their
powers include the legitimized use of force. The term is most
commonly associated with police services of a
state that are
authorized to exercise the
police power of that state within a
defined legal or territorial area of responsibility. The word comes
via medieval
French police, from
Latin politia ("civil
administration"), from
ancient Greek πόλις ("city").
[2]
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^ Law enforcement groups had repeatedly blocked earlier versions while the Republicans were in control; when the Democrats took over, Mr. Obama brokered a compromise between the police groups and the A.C.L.U. .- Obama: Cambridge police acted 'stupidly' - Ben Smith - POLITICO.com 3 February 2010 17:53 UTC www.politico.com [Source type: General]
[3]
Policing has included an array of activities in different
situations, but the predominant ones are concerned with the
preservation of order.
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[5]
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Russian police and police of the Soviet-era Eastern Europe are (or
were) called
militsiya.
As police are often in conflict with individuals,
slang terms are numerous.
.^ We're just wondering how many of you Cambrige, MA Police Officers are getting that warm, tingling feeling up your legs tonight?- Obama: Cambridge police acted 'stupidly' - Ben Smith - POLITICO.com 3 February 2010 17:53 UTC www.politico.com [Source type: General]
History
Ancient
world
Ancient
China
Law enforcement in
Ancient China was carried out by
"prefects." The notion of a "prefect" in China has existed for
thousands of years. The prefecture system developed in both the
Chu and
Jin
kingdoms of the
Spring and Autumn period. In
Jin, dozens of prefects were spread across the state, each having
limited authority and employment period.
In Ancient China, prefects were government officials appointed
by local magistrates, who reported to higher authorities such as
governors, who in turn were appointed by the head of state, usually
the emperor of the dynasty. The prefects oversaw the civil
administration of their "
prefecture," or jurisdiction.
Prefects usually reported to the local magistrate, just as
modern police report to judges.
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Some prefects were responsible for handling investigations,
much like modern police detectives.
Eventually the concept of the "prefecture system" would spread
to other cultures such as Korea and Japan. Law enforcement in
Ancient China was also relatively
progressive, allowing for female prefects. Some examples of ancient
Chinese prefects include: Chong Fu - prefect of the Ying District
in the East Han Dynasty and Qing Tsao - prefect of the modern
Shang-tung Province. An example of a female prefect would by Lady
Qu
[6] of
Wuding (serving 1531-ca. 1557).
Recent portrayals of prefects in modern popular culture include
Jet Li’s portrayal of the
nameless prefect in the movie
Hero.
Pre-medieval
Europe
Ancient
Greece
In
Ancient
Greece, publicly-owned slaves were used by magistrates as
police. In
Athens, a group of
300
Scythian slaves was used to guard public
meetings to keep order and for
crowd control, and also assisted with
dealing with
criminals, handling prisoners, and making
arrests. Other duties associated with modern policing, such as
investigating crimes, were left to the citizens themselves.
[7]Roman
Empire
In most of the Empire, the Army provided security rather than a
dedicated police organization. Local watchmen were hired by cities
to provide some extra security.
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Magistrates such as
Procurator
Fiscals and
quaestors
investigated crimes.
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Before its decline, the
Roman Empire had a relatively effective
law enforcement system.
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If necessary, they might have called the
Praetorian
Guard for assistance. Beginning in the 5th century, policing
became a function of clan chiefs and heads of state.
European
development
Medieval
England
.^ Why didn't he mention that blacks attach non blacks 50 times more often than the other way.- Obama: Cambridge police acted 'stupidly' - Ben Smith - POLITICO.com 3 February 2010 17:53 UTC www.politico.com [Source type: General]
^ When the government de-funds the other turds it laid like social security (IMMINENT!) Medicare (IMMINENT!) Medicaid (IMMINENT!)maybe a tad more foresight will be the hallmark of you Jim Jones order takers and apologists.- Obama: Cambridge police acted 'stupidly' - Ben Smith - POLITICO.com 3 February 2010 17:53 UTC www.politico.com [Source type: General]
Spain
Modern police in Europe has a precedent in the
Hermandades,
or "brotherhoods", peacekeeping associations of armed individuals,
a characteristic of municipal life in medieval Spain, especially in
Castile. As medieval Spanish kings
often could not offer adequate protection, protective municipal
leagues began to emerge in the 12th century against
bandits and
other rural criminals, and against the lawless
nobility or to support one or another claimant
to the crown.
These organizations were intended to be temporary, but became a
long-standing fixture of Spain.
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Throughout the Middle Ages such alliances were frequently formed
by combinations of towns to protect the roads connecting them, and
were occasionally extended to political purposes. Among the most
powerful was the league of North Castilian and Basque ports, the
Hermandad de las marismas:
Toledo,
Talavera, and
Villarreal.
As one of their first acts after the war of succession,
Ferdinand and
Isabella established the
centrally organized and efficient
Holy Brotherhood
(
Santa Hermandad) as a national police
force. They adapted an existing brotherhood to the purpose of a
general police acting under officials appointed by themselves, and
endowed with large powers of summary jurisdiction even in capital
cases. The original brotherhoods continued to serve as modest local
police units until their final suppression in 1835.
Holy Roman
Empire
The
Fehmic
courts of Germany provided some policing in the absence of
strong state institutions.
France
The Gendarmerie is the direct descendant of the Marshalcy of the
ancien regime, more commonly known by its French title, the
Maréchaussée.
.^ They arrested him because The Educated Harvard Professor followed the police outside his home calling the officer a racist and the only reason they were there was because he was black.- Obama: Cambridge police acted 'stupidly' - Ben Smith - POLITICO.com 3 February 2010 17:53 UTC www.politico.com [Source type: General]
^ If people would only see what really goes on and how some police officers are some of the worst crooks out there.- Obama: Cambridge police acted 'stupidly' - Ben Smith - POLITICO.com 3 February 2010 17:53 UTC www.politico.com [Source type: General]
^ It is funny because in one of the pictures I saw there was at least one black police officer there when he was arrested...So he must have been racial profiling as well??????- Obama: Cambridge police acted 'stupidly' - Ben Smith - POLITICO.com 3 February 2010 17:53 UTC www.politico.com [Source type: General]
The military policing
responsibilities of the Marshal of France were delegated to the
Marshal's provost, whose force was known as the Marshalcy because
its authority ultimately derived from the Marshal. The marshalcy
dates back to the Hundred Years War, and some historians trace it
back to the early twelfth century. Another organisation, the
Constabulary (French: Connétablie), was under the command of the
Constable of France. The constabulary was regularised as a military
body in 1337. Under King Francis I (who reigned 1515-1547), the
Maréchaussée was merged with the Constabulary. The resulting force
was also known as the Maréchaussée, or, formally, the Constabulary
and Marshalcy of France (French: connétablie et maréchaussée de
France). During the revolutionary period, marshalcy commanders
generally placed themselves under the local constitutional
authorities. As a result, the Maréchaussée, whose title was
associated with the king, was not disbanded but simply renamed
gendarmerie nationale in February 1791. Its personnel remained
unchanged, and the role remained much as it was. However, from this
point, the gendarmerie, unlike the marshalcy, was a fully military
force.
The first police force in the modern sense was created by the
government of King
Louis XIV in 1667 to police the city of
Paris, then the largest city in
Europe. The royal edict, registered by the
Parlement of Paris on March 15, 1667
created the office of
lieutenant général de police
("lieutenant general of police"), who was to be the head of the new
Paris police force, and defined the task of the police as "ensuring
the peace and quiet of the public and of private individuals,
purging the city of what may cause disturbances, procuring
abundance, and having each and everyone live according to their
station and their duties".
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In 1709, these commissioners
were assisted by
inspecteurs de police (police
inspectors). The city of Paris was divided into 16 districts
policed by the
commissaires, each assigned to a particular
district and assisted by a growing bureaucracy. The scheme of the
Paris police force was extended to the rest of France by a royal
edict of October 1699, resulting in the creation of lieutenants
general of police in all large French cities and towns.
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^ Why didn't he mention that blacks attach non blacks 50 times more often than the other way.- Obama: Cambridge police acted 'stupidly' - Ben Smith - POLITICO.com 3 February 2010 17:53 UTC www.politico.com [Source type: General]
^ He's more glib and accusatory on THIS than on any other issue.- Obama: Cambridge police acted 'stupidly' - Ben Smith - POLITICO.com 3 February 2010 17:53 UTC www.politico.com [Source type: General]
.^ He first claims "I don't know all the facts" but then says "the police acted stupidly."- Obama: Cambridge police acted 'stupidly' - Ben Smith - POLITICO.com 3 February 2010 17:53 UTC www.politico.com [Source type: General]
[8]
Britain and
Ireland
In England a system of
sherriffs,
reeves, and investigative "
juries" had developed under the
Anglo-Saxons to provide basic security and law enforcement.
After the Norman conquest, these institutions remained though
their roles changed. Sherriffs in particular were responsible for
keeping law and order, although they were responsible to the king
and represented his interests.
In the
United
Kingdom, the development of police forces was much slower than
in the rest of Europe. The British police function was historically
performed by private watchmen (existing from 1500 on),
thief-takers, and so
on. The former were funded by private individuals and organisations
and the latter by privately-funded rewards for catching criminals,
who would then be compelled to return stolen property or pay
restitution.
In 1737,
George II began paying some
London and Middlesex watchmen with tax moneys, beginning the shift
to government control. In 1750,
Henry Fielding began organizing a force
of quasi-professional constables. The
Macdaniel affair added further impetus
for a publicly-salaried police force that did not depend on
rewards. Nonetheless, In 1828, there were
privately financed police units in no
fewer than 45 parishes within a 10-mile radius of London.
The word "police" was borrowed from French into the English
language in the 18th century, but for a long time it applied only
to French and continental European police forces. The word, and the
concept of police itself, was "disliked as a symbol of foreign
oppression" (according to
Britannica
1911).
Prior to the 19th century, the only official use of the word
"police" recorded in the United Kingdom was the appointment of
Commissioners of Police for Scotland in 1714 and the creation of
the
Marine Police in 1798 (set up to
protect merchandise at the
Port of London). Even today, many
British police forces are suffixed with "Constabulary" rather than
"Police".
On June 30, 1800, the authorities of
Glasgow,
Scotland successfully petitioned the
government to pass the Glasgow Police Act establishing the
City
of Glasgow Police.
.^ For Obama to say the police acted stupidly in this incident is the wrong thing for the President of the United States to say about law enforcement.- Obama: Cambridge police acted 'stupidly' - Ben Smith - POLITICO.com 3 February 2010 17:53 UTC www.politico.com [Source type: General]
^ Law enforcement groups had repeatedly blocked earlier versions while the Republicans were in control; when the Democrats took over, Mr. Obama brokered a compromise between the police groups and the A.C.L.U. .- Obama: Cambridge police acted 'stupidly' - Ben Smith - POLITICO.com 3 February 2010 17:53 UTC www.politico.com [Source type: General]
.^ He has the right to act up in his own house.- Obama: Cambridge police acted 'stupidly' - Ben Smith - POLITICO.com 3 February 2010 17:53 UTC www.politico.com [Source type: General]
^ Gates is the kind of guy who will be the first to complain about the police not showing up soon enough when he calls.- Obama: Cambridge police acted 'stupidly' - Ben Smith - POLITICO.com 3 February 2010 17:53 UTC www.politico.com [Source type: General]
^ I'll be the first one to donate to any fund set up if that police officer would like to file suit.- Obama: Cambridge police acted 'stupidly' - Ben Smith - POLITICO.com 3 February 2010 17:53 UTC www.politico.com [Source type: General]
[10].^ Gates is the kind of guy who will be the first to complain about the police not showing up soon enough when he calls.- Obama: Cambridge police acted 'stupidly' - Ben Smith - POLITICO.com 3 February 2010 17:53 UTC www.politico.com [Source type: General]
^ As that "police acting like idiots" comment was the most EXCITING thing about the whole presser, THAT will be the thing talked about through the weekend!- Obama: Cambridge police acted 'stupidly' - Ben Smith - POLITICO.com 3 February 2010 17:53 UTC www.politico.com [Source type: General]
^ He first claims "I don't know all the facts" but then says "the police acted stupidly."- Obama: Cambridge police acted 'stupidly' - Ben Smith - POLITICO.com 3 February 2010 17:53 UTC www.politico.com [Source type: General]
Among its first duties was the forcible seizure of
tithes during the "
Tithe War" on behalf of the Anglican clergy
from the mainly Catholic population as well as the Presbyterian
minority.
The Act established a force in each barony with
chief constables and inspectors general
under the control of the civil administration at
Dublin Castle. By
1841 this force numbered over 8,600 men.
The force had been rationalized and reorganized in an 1836 act
and the first constabulary code of regulations was published in
1837. The discipline was tough and the pay poor. The police also
faced unrest among the Irish rural poor, manifested in
organizations like the
Ribbonmen, which attacked
landlords and their property.
In
London, night watchmen
were the first paid law enforcement body in the country, augmenting
the force of unpaid constables.
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^ Cambridge Police indirectly ADMITTED they acted "stupidly".- Obama: Cambridge police acted 'stupidly' - Ben Smith - POLITICO.com 3 February 2010 17:53 UTC www.politico.com [Source type: General]
^ I do not know the actual problem but the police are there and when they ask questions you answer and don't act high an mighty because they don't know who you are.- Obama: Cambridge police acted 'stupidly' - Ben Smith - POLITICO.com 3 February 2010 17:53 UTC www.politico.com [Source type: General]
This
promoted the
preventive role of police as a
deterrent to urban
crime and
disorder.
[9]
"Albertine at the Police Doctor's Waiting Room", 1885-87 painting
by the
Norwegian writer and
painter
Christian Krohg illustrating his then
very controversial novel
Albertine about the life of a
prostitute
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Bobbies can still be found
in many parts of the
Commonwealth of Nations. The
primary role of the police in Britain was keeping the
Queen's Peace, which continues into the
present day.
[11]
Development of Theory
In Western culture, the contemporary concept of a police paid by
the government was developed by French legal scholars and
practitioners in the 17th and early 18th centuries, notably with
Nicolas Delamare's
Traité de la Police
("Treatise on the Police"), first published in 1705. The German
Polizeiwissenschaft (Science
of Police) was also an important theoretical formulation of
police.
As conceptualized by the
Polizeiwissenschaft, the
police had an economic and social duty ("procuring abundance"). It
was in charge of
demographics concerns and of empowering
the
population, which,
according to
mercantilist theory, was to be the main
strength of the
state.
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),
and surveillance of
prices.
[12]British
Empire
In
British North America, policing
was initially provided by local elected officials. For instance,
the New York Sheriff's Office was founded in 1626, and the
Albany County
Sheriff's Department in the 1660s. In the colonial period,
policing was provided by elected sherriffs and local militias.
.^ First he makes an assumption w/out the facts at hand, then lays blame, when other reports said Gates argued w/ police before giving them his ID...- Obama: Cambridge police acted 'stupidly' - Ben Smith - POLITICO.com 3 February 2010 17:53 UTC www.politico.com [Source type: General]
It was followed in 1834 by the
Toronto Police, and in 1838 by police
forces in
Montreal and
Quebec City. A national
force, the
Dominion Police, was founded in 1868.
Initially the Dominion Police provided security for parliament, but
its responsibilities quickly grew.
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^ Law enforcement groups had repeatedly blocked earlier versions while the Republicans were in control; when the Democrats took over, Mr. Obama brokered a compromise between the police groups and the A.C.L.U. .- Obama: Cambridge police acted 'stupidly' - Ben Smith - POLITICO.com 3 February 2010 17:53 UTC www.politico.com [Source type: General]
)
.^ Word in all pragmatic circles everywhere is that the Cambridge police officers acted completely appropriate and within protocol.- Obama: Cambridge police acted 'stupidly' - Ben Smith - POLITICO.com 3 February 2010 17:53 UTC www.politico.com [Source type: General]
^ This guy is a pure PIG! How dare he conclude the police acted stupidly when he admitted to not having all the facts.- Obama: Cambridge police acted 'stupidly' - Ben Smith - POLITICO.com 3 February 2010 17:53 UTC www.politico.com [Source type: General]
^ He talked about all kinds of important things tonight, and when you read about it tomorrow, all you will hear is that comment that the Cambridge police acted stupidly."- Obama: Cambridge police acted 'stupidly' - Ben Smith - POLITICO.com 3 February 2010 17:53 UTC www.politico.com [Source type: General]
United
States
.^ For Obama to say the police acted stupidly in this incident is the wrong thing for the President of the United States to say about law enforcement.- Obama: Cambridge police acted 'stupidly' - Ben Smith - POLITICO.com 3 February 2010 17:53 UTC www.politico.com [Source type: General]
.^ (You would be shot in Iraq or AFG, and some parts of the US) He refused and was followed inside by a police officer.- Obama: Cambridge police acted 'stupidly' - Ben Smith - POLITICO.com 3 February 2010 17:53 UTC www.politico.com [Source type: General]
The first city police services were established in Richmond, VA
in 1807
[13] Boston in 1838,
New York in 1844, and Philadelphia in
1854.
The
US Secret Service was founded in 1865 and
was for some time it was the main investigative body for the
federal government.
After the civil war, policing became more para-military in
character, with the increased use of uniforms and military ranks.
Prior to this, sherriff's offices had been non-uniformed
organizations without a para-military hierarchy.
In the
American Old West, policing was often
very poor quality.
.^ The sad thing is our President stated he did not know the facts and still had the audacity to call the police stupid.- Obama: Cambridge police acted 'stupidly' - Ben Smith - POLITICO.com 3 February 2010 17:53 UTC www.politico.com [Source type: General]
Public organizations
were supplemented by private contractors, notably the
Pinkerton National
Detective Agency, which was hired by individuals, businessmen,
local governments and the federal government. At its height, the
Pinkerton Agency's numbers exceeded those of the standing army of
the United States.
.^ Comments that seem to welcome the police state and the loss of freedom and liberty so many patriotic Americans died to protect.- Obama: Cambridge police acted 'stupidly' - Ben Smith - POLITICO.com 3 February 2010 17:53 UTC www.politico.com [Source type: General]
These
districts may be known as neighborhood improvement districts, crime
prevention districts, or security districts.
[14]
Other
countries
In 1566, the first police investigator of Rio de Janeiro was
recruited.
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In July 9, 1775 a
Cavalry Regiment was created in Minas Gerais for maintaining law
and order. In 1808, the Portuguese royal family relocated to
Brazil, due to the French invasion of Portugal. King João VI
established the "Intendência Geral de Polícia" (General Police
Intendancy) for investigations. He also created a Royal Police
Guard for Rio de Janeiro in 1809. In 1831, after independence, each
province started organizing its local "military police", with order
maintenance tasks. The
Federal Railroad Police was
created in 1852.
Personnel and
organization
In most Western police forces, perhaps the most significant
division is between preventive (uniformed) police and
detectives. Terminology
varies from country to country.
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^ Gates should have been thankful that the Cambridge police were trying to protect his property.- Obama: Cambridge police acted 'stupidly' - Ben Smith - POLITICO.com 3 February 2010 17:53 UTC www.politico.com [Source type: General]
^ Likely he was an arrogant, elitist, leftist who mouthed off or did something "stupid" and abusive to a police officer or two who were just doing their duty to protect the public.- Obama: Cambridge police acted 'stupidly' - Ben Smith - POLITICO.com 3 February 2010 17:53 UTC www.politico.com [Source type: General]
Uniformed
police
.^ (Okay, but because he is a black scholar and we don't want to be racist, this is okay when the police are responding to defend your home) Ogletree said Gates was ordered to step out of his home.- Obama: Cambridge police acted 'stupidly' - Ben Smith - POLITICO.com 3 February 2010 17:53 UTC www.politico.com [Source type: General]
.^ Just because you carry a badge doesnt mean noone can say anything to you, and you are required to give your name and badge number why did the officer not do that.- Obama: Cambridge police acted 'stupidly' - Ben Smith - POLITICO.com 3 February 2010 17:53 UTC www.politico.com [Source type: General]
Preventive police almost always make up the bulk of a police
service's personnel. In
Australia and Britain, patrol personnel are
also known as "general duties" officers.
[16]
Atypically,
Brazil's
preventive police are known as
Military Police.
[17]Detectives
Police
detectives are
responsible for investigations and detective work. Detectives may
be called Investigations Police, Judiciary/Judicial Police, and
Criminal Police. In the
UK, they are often referred to by the name
of their department, the
Criminal Investigation
Department (CID). Detectives typically make up roughly 15%-25%
of a police service's personnel.
Detectives, in contrast to uniform police, typically wear
'business attire' in bureaucratic and investigative functions where
a uniformed presence would be either a distraction or intimidating,
but a need to establish police authority still exists.
"Plainclothes" officers dress in attire consistent with that worn
by the general public for purposes of blending in.
In some cases, police are assigned to work "
undercover", where they
conceal their police identity to investigate crimes, such as
organized crime
or
narcotics crime, that
are unsolvable by other means. In some cases this type of policing
shares aspects with
espionage.
.^ David E, the Cambridge Police department already impunged the reputation of the police officer by saying his arrest was a bad call and dropping the charges against Prof. Gates.- Obama: Cambridge police acted 'stupidly' - Ben Smith - POLITICO.com 3 February 2010 17:53 UTC www.politico.com [Source type: General]
^ Shame on the Cambridge Police Department for not backing up their officer.- Obama: Cambridge police acted 'stupidly' - Ben Smith - POLITICO.com 3 February 2010 17:53 UTC www.politico.com [Source type: General]
^ Gates did not return calls to his office Monday, and the police department would provide no further details on the arrest.- Obama: Cambridge police acted 'stupidly' - Ben Smith - POLITICO.com 3 February 2010 17:53 UTC www.politico.com [Source type: General]
.^ Police respond to a report of a break-in in progress and are greeted by some guy inside yelling at them.- Obama: Cambridge police acted 'stupidly' - Ben Smith - POLITICO.com 3 February 2010 17:53 UTC www.politico.com [Source type: General]
^ Even minority police officers know who commits a disproportionate number of crimes.- Obama: Cambridge police acted 'stupidly' - Ben Smith - POLITICO.com 3 February 2010 17:53 UTC www.politico.com [Source type: General]
.^ Officers said they tried to calm down Gates, who responded, "You don't know who you're messing with," according to the police report.- Obama: Cambridge police acted 'stupidly' - Ben Smith - POLITICO.com 3 February 2010 17:53 UTC www.politico.com [Source type: General]
^ A report comes in, you must investigate and confirm whether a crime is occuring or not.- Obama: Cambridge police acted 'stupidly' - Ben Smith - POLITICO.com 3 February 2010 17:53 UTC www.politico.com [Source type: General]
Investigations often take weeks or months to complete,
during which time detectives spend much of their time away from the
streets, in interviews and courtrooms, for example. Rotating
officers also promotes
cross-training in a wider variety of
skills, and serves to prevent "cliques" that can contribute to
corruption or other unethical behavior.
Auxiliary
Police may also take on
auxiliary administrative duties, such
as issuing firearms licenses. The extent that police have these
functions varies among countries, with police in
France,
Germany, and other
continental
European countries handling such tasks to a greater extent than
British counterparts.
[16]Specialized
units
.^ Law enforcement groups had repeatedly blocked earlier versions while the Republicans were in control; when the Democrats took over, Mr. Obama brokered a compromise between the police groups and the A.C.L.U. .- Obama: Cambridge police acted 'stupidly' - Ben Smith - POLITICO.com 3 February 2010 17:53 UTC www.politico.com [Source type: General]
^ He brought law enforcement groups around to back legislation requiring that homicide interrogations be taped and helped bring about passage of the state?s first racial-profiling law.- Obama: Cambridge police acted 'stupidly' - Ben Smith - POLITICO.com 3 February 2010 17:53 UTC www.politico.com [Source type: General]
^ Investigations General Investigations Major Crimes Drug Enforcement Gang Enforcement Team (GET) Sex Crimes .
Most larger jurisdictions also employ specially-selected and
trained quasi-
military
units armed with military-grade weapons for the purposes of dealing
with particularly violent situations beyond the capability of a
patrol officer response, including high-risk warrant service and
barricaded suspects. In the United States these units go by a
variety
of names, but are commonly known as
SWAT (Special Weapons And Tactics) teams.
.^ And after when all know all still charge the man...give me a break--he is not a young man either, elderly And the police officers in that area did NOT KNOW WHO'S HOUSE IT WAS?: THAT IS THEIR AREA....give me a break.- Obama: Cambridge police acted 'stupidly' - Ben Smith - POLITICO.com 3 February 2010 17:53 UTC www.politico.com [Source type: General]
[18]
Because their situational mandate typically focuses on removing
innocent bystanders from dangerous people and dangerous situations,
not violent resolution, they are often equipped with non-lethal
tactical tools like
chemical agents,
"
flashbang" and
concussion grenades, and rubber bullets.
.^ Showed proof and cannot blame the man at his age also to be upset...police sometime do escalate the situation and should of used commonsense and more calmness.- Obama: Cambridge police acted 'stupidly' - Ben Smith - POLITICO.com 3 February 2010 17:53 UTC www.politico.com [Source type: General]
Military
police
Military police may refer to:
Religious
police
Some
Islamic societies have religious police,
who enforce the application of Islamic
Sharia law. Their
authority may include the power to arrest unrelated males and
females caught socializing, anyone engaged in homosexual behavior
or prostitution; to enforce Islamic dress-codes, and store closures
during Islamic prayer time.
[20][21]They enforce
Muslim dietary
laws, prohibit the consumption or sale of
alcoholic
beverages and
pork, and seize
banned consumer products and media regarded as un-Islamic, such as
CDs/DVDs of various Western musical groups, television shows and
film.
[22][23] In
Saudi Arabia,
religious police actively prevent the practice or proselytizing of
non-Islamic religions within Saudi Arabia, where they are
banned.
[24][25]Varying
jurisdictions
Police forces are usually organized and funded by some level of
government.
.^ Warning to anyone aspiring to be a police officer: if you make a mistake, the president may use his national stage to humiliate you personally.- Obama: Cambridge police acted 'stupidly' - Ben Smith - POLITICO.com 3 February 2010 17:53 UTC www.politico.com [Source type: General]
In some places there may be multiple police forces operating
in the same area, with different ones having
jurisdiction
according to the type of crime or other circumstances.
For example in the UK policing is primarily the responsibility
of a regional police force; however specialist units exist at the
national level. In the US policing there is typically a state
police force, but crimes are usually handled by local police forces
which usually only cover a few municipalities. National agencies,
such as the
FBI,
only have jurisdiction over federal crimes or those with an
interstate component.
In addition to conventional urban or regional police forces,
there are other police forces with specialized functions or
jurisdiction.
.^ For Obama to say the police acted stupidly in this incident is the wrong thing for the President of the United States to say about law enforcement.- Obama: Cambridge police acted 'stupidly' - Ben Smith - POLITICO.com 3 February 2010 17:53 UTC www.politico.com [Source type: General]
.^ If people would only see what really goes on and how some police officers are some of the worst crooks out there.- Obama: Cambridge police acted 'stupidly' - Ben Smith - POLITICO.com 3 February 2010 17:53 UTC www.politico.com [Source type: General]
The
U.S. Coast Guard carries out
many police functions for boaters.
In major cities, there may be a separate police agency for
public transit systems, such as the
New York City Port Authority Police or the
MTA
police, or for major government functions, such as sanitation,
or environmental functions.
Global
policing
.^ As an Illinois senator, Barack Obama helped deliver what is said to have been the first significant campaign finance reform law in Illinois in 25 years.- Obama: Cambridge police acted 'stupidly' - Ben Smith - POLITICO.com 3 February 2010 17:53 UTC www.politico.com [Source type: General]
^ He authored one of the most progressive death penalty reform laws in the nation, under the guidance of former U.S. Senator Paul Simon.- Obama: Cambridge police acted 'stupidly' - Ben Smith - POLITICO.com 3 February 2010 17:53 UTC www.politico.com [Source type: General]
[26]
Transnational policing
.^ Warning to anyone aspiring to be a police officer: if you make a mistake, the president may use his national stage to humiliate you personally.- Obama: Cambridge police acted 'stupidly' - Ben Smith - POLITICO.com 3 February 2010 17:53 UTC www.politico.com [Source type: General]
[27] It is
distinguished against the terms ‘international policing’ and
‘global policing’.
.^ We would all be hearing how the police failed to do their job only because the victim was black.- Obama: Cambridge police acted 'stupidly' - Ben Smith - POLITICO.com 3 February 2010 17:53 UTC www.politico.com [Source type: General]
^ Gates did not return calls to his office Monday, and the police department would provide no further details on the arrest.- Obama: Cambridge police acted 'stupidly' - Ben Smith - POLITICO.com 3 February 2010 17:53 UTC www.politico.com [Source type: General]
^ If people would only see what really goes on and how some police officers are some of the worst crooks out there.- Obama: Cambridge police acted 'stupidly' - Ben Smith - POLITICO.com 3 February 2010 17:53 UTC www.politico.com [Source type: General]
).
.^ We would all be hearing how the police failed to do their job only because the victim was black.- Obama: Cambridge police acted 'stupidly' - Ben Smith - POLITICO.com 3 February 2010 17:53 UTC www.politico.com [Source type: General]
^ If people would only see what really goes on and how some police officers are some of the worst crooks out there.- Obama: Cambridge police acted 'stupidly' - Ben Smith - POLITICO.com 3 February 2010 17:53 UTC www.politico.com [Source type: General]
Transnational policing pertains to all those forms for policing
that, in some sense, transgress national borders.
.^ What Obama says and what he does are two completely different things; he's trying to be sympathetic, but he's following in the steps of Bush in creating a police state.- Obama: Cambridge police acted 'stupidly' - Ben Smith - POLITICO.com 3 February 2010 17:53 UTC www.politico.com [Source type: General]
^ I experienced nearly identical circumstances, but understanding that the police didn't know who I was, and were trying to protect my home, I did a very different thing: I cooperated!- Obama: Cambridge police acted 'stupidly' - Ben Smith - POLITICO.com 3 February 2010 17:53 UTC www.politico.com [Source type: General]
^ If it was Bill Gates cuffed and in chains by Black police I somehow feel that this would be received differently by a lot of people.- Obama: Cambridge police acted 'stupidly' - Ben Smith - POLITICO.com 3 February 2010 17:53 UTC www.politico.com [Source type: General]
Historical studies reveal that policing agents have undertaken a
variety of cross-border police missions for many years (Deflem,
2004).
[28]For
example, in the 19th century a number of European policing agencies
undertook cross-border surveillance because of concerns about
anarchist agitators and other political radicals. A notable example
of this was the occasional surveillance by Prussian police of Karl
Marx during the years he remained resident in London.
.^ ANYBODY that does is stupid because you have left a private area and have moved to a PUBLIC area where the laws favor the police.- Obama: Cambridge police acted 'stupidly' - Ben Smith - POLITICO.com 3 February 2010 17:53 UTC www.politico.com [Source type: General]
There are
also many interesting examples of cross-border policing under
private auspices and by municipal police forces that date back to
the 19th century (Nadelmann, 1993).
[29] It
has been established that modern policing has transgressed national
boundaries from time to time almost from its inception. It is also
generally agreed that in the post-Cold war era this type of
practice became more significant and frequent (Sheptycki,
2000).
[30]Not a lot of empirical work on the practices of transnational
information and intelligence sharing has been undertaken.
.^ So, now he is an expert on police work and of course he knows exactly how to fix the problem.- Obama: Cambridge police acted 'stupidly' - Ben Smith - POLITICO.com 3 February 2010 17:53 UTC www.politico.com [Source type: General]
The
study showed that transnational police information sharing was
routinized in the cross-Channel region from 1968 on the basis of
agreements directly between the police agencies and without any
formal agreement between the countries concerned.
.^ I don't like Obama very much, in fact I don't like him at all but he is 100% right about what he said.- Obama: Cambridge police acted 'stupidly' - Ben Smith - POLITICO.com 3 February 2010 17:53 UTC www.politico.com [Source type: General]
^ After admitting that he was not there and did not know all of the facts ("Not having been there and not seeing all the facts"), the President goes on to proclaim that the Cambridge police acted stupidly.- Obama: Cambridge police acted 'stupidly' - Ben Smith - POLITICO.com 3 February 2010 17:53 UTC www.politico.com [Source type: General]
[32]Studies of this kind outside of Europe are even rarer, so it is
difficult to make generalizations, but one small-scale study that
compared transnational police information and intelligence sharing
practices at specific cross-border locations in North America and
Europe confirmed that low visibility of police information and
intelligence sharing was a common feature (Alain, 2001).
[33]
.^ As that "police acting like idiots" comment was the most EXCITING thing about the whole presser, THAT will be the thing talked about through the weekend!- Obama: Cambridge police acted 'stupidly' - Ben Smith - POLITICO.com 3 February 2010 17:53 UTC www.politico.com [Source type: General]
^ To many times today police across this country hide behind their badges and false reports when something like this make the news.- Obama: Cambridge police acted 'stupidly' - Ben Smith - POLITICO.com 3 February 2010 17:53 UTC www.politico.com [Source type: General]
)
[35] James Sheptycki
has analyzed the effects of the new information technologies on the
organization of policing-intelligence and suggests that a number of
‘organizational pathologies’ have arisen that make the functioning
of security-intelligence processes in transnational policing deeply
problematic. He argues that transnational police information
circuits help to “compose the panic scenes of the security-control
society” (p. 70).
[36] The
paradoxical effect is that, the harder policing agencies work to
produce security, the greater are feelings of insecurity.
Police development-aid to weak, failed or failing states is
another form of transnational policing that has garnered attention.
This form of transnational policing plays an increasingly important
role in United Nations peacekeeping and this looks set to grow in
the years ahead, especially as the international community seeks to
develop the rule of law and reform security institutions in States
recovering from conflict (Goldsmith and Sheptycki, 2007)
[37] With
transnational police development-aid the imbalances of power
between donors and recipients are stark and there are questions
about the applicability and transportability of policing models
between jurisdictions (Hills, 2009).
[38]Perhaps the greatest question regarding the future development
of transnational policing is: in whose interest?
.^ Can one not admit how this might look without making it a race issue?- Obama: Cambridge police acted 'stupidly' - Ben Smith - POLITICO.com 3 February 2010 17:53 UTC www.politico.com [Source type: General]
^ One is not obligated to answer questions from a police officer without a lawyer present.- Obama: Cambridge police acted 'stupidly' - Ben Smith - POLITICO.com 3 February 2010 17:53 UTC www.politico.com [Source type: General]
^ This is not even about racism it is just one more case of police abusing their "authority".- Obama: Cambridge police acted 'stupidly' - Ben Smith - POLITICO.com 3 February 2010 17:53 UTC www.politico.com [Source type: General]
[39] For
example, according to the Global Accountability Report for 2007
(Lloyd, et al. 2007) Interpol had the lowest scores in its category
(IGOs), coming in tenth with a score of 22% on overall
accountability capabilities (p.19).
[40] As
this report points out, and the existing academic literature on
transnational policing seems to confirm, this is a secretive area
and one not open to civil society involvement.
Equipment
Weapons
In many jurisdictions, police officers carry
firearms, primarily handguns, in the normal
course of their duties. In the United Kingdom, Ireland, Norway, and
New Zealand, with the exception of specialist units, officers do
not carry firearms as a matter of course.
.^ Why didn't he mention that blacks attach non blacks 50 times more often than the other way.- Obama: Cambridge police acted 'stupidly' - Ben Smith - POLITICO.com 3 February 2010 17:53 UTC www.politico.com [Source type: General]
Non-lethal weapons include
batons,
riot control
agents,
rubber
bullets and
electroshock weapons. The use of
firearms or
deadly
force is typically a last resort only to be used when necessary
to save human life, although some jurisdictions (such as Brazil)
allow its use against fleeing felons and escaped convicts. Police
officers often carry
handcuffs to restrain suspects.
Communications
.^ Warning to anyone aspiring to be a police officer: if you make a mistake, the president may use his national stage to humiliate you personally.- Obama: Cambridge police acted 'stupidly' - Ben Smith - POLITICO.com 3 February 2010 17:53 UTC www.politico.com [Source type: General]
^ Favorite line they use for all the formal legal paper work and I.D. I carry is "Anyone can make that up".- Obama: Cambridge police acted 'stupidly' - Ben Smith - POLITICO.com 3 February 2010 17:53 UTC www.politico.com [Source type: General]
In recent years,
vehicle-installed computers have enhanced the ability of police
communications, enabling easier dispatching of calls, criminal
background checks on persons of interest to be completed in a
matter of seconds, and updating the officer's daily activity log
and other required reports on a real-time basis. Other common
pieces of police equipment include
flashlights/torches,
whistles, and
police notebooks and "ticketbooks" or
citations.
Vehicles
.^ And most importantly, one can ask the police to leave your domicile, or curtelege, if one has produced valid identification after being asked.- Obama: Cambridge police acted 'stupidly' - Ben Smith - POLITICO.com 3 February 2010 17:53 UTC www.politico.com [Source type: General]
This unit belongs to Houston METRO Police
Police vehicles are used for detaining, patrolling and
transporting. The common Police patrol vehicle is an improved four
door
sedan (saloon in British English).
.^ Also, as a medical practitioner, I was appalled by his comments regarding doctors opting to do procedures like a tonsillectomy just to make money when other more appropriate treatments were warranted.- Obama: Cambridge police acted 'stupidly' - Ben Smith - POLITICO.com 3 February 2010 17:53 UTC www.politico.com [Source type: General]
^ First he makes an assumption w/out the facts at hand, then lays blame, when other reports said Gates argued w/ police before giving them his ID...- Obama: Cambridge police acted 'stupidly' - Ben Smith - POLITICO.com 3 February 2010 17:53 UTC www.politico.com [Source type: General]
Unmarked vehicles are used primarily for sting operations or
apprehending criminals without alerting them to their presence.
Some police forces use unmarked or minimally marked cars for
traffic law enforcement, since drivers slow down at the sight of
marked police vehicles and unmarked vehicles make it easier for
officers to catch speeders and traffic violators.
.^ And after when all know all still charge the man...give me a break--he is not a young man either, elderly And the police officers in that area did NOT KNOW WHO'S HOUSE IT WAS?: THAT IS THEIR AREA....give me a break.- Obama: Cambridge police acted 'stupidly' - Ben Smith - POLITICO.com 3 February 2010 17:53 UTC www.politico.com [Source type: General]
^ His police comment is at least a new nugget of stupidity for people to climb onto.- Obama: Cambridge police acted 'stupidly' - Ben Smith - POLITICO.com 3 February 2010 17:53 UTC www.politico.com [Source type: General]
^ If you're a police officer, now you officialy know who really doesn't have your back.- Obama: Cambridge police acted 'stupidly' - Ben Smith - POLITICO.com 3 February 2010 17:53 UTC www.politico.com [Source type: General]
[41]Motorcycles are
also commonly used, particularly in locations that a car may not be
able to access, to control potential public order situations
involving meetings of motorcyclists and often in escort duties
where the motorcycle policeman can quickly clear a path for the
escorted vehicle.
.^ ANYBODY that does is stupid because you have left a private area and have moved to a PUBLIC area where the laws favor the police.- Obama: Cambridge police acted 'stupidly' - Ben Smith - POLITICO.com 3 February 2010 17:53 UTC www.politico.com [Source type: General]
In addition, their quieter operation
can facilitate approaching suspects unawares and can help in
pursuing them attempting to escape on foot.
.^ One of their many demands has always been a separate police department, run by blacks, for blacks and all appointments by blacks.- Obama: Cambridge police acted 'stupidly' - Ben Smith - POLITICO.com 3 February 2010 17:53 UTC www.politico.com [Source type: General]
Strategies
.^ Someone was a good citizen, called the police after seeing a man trying to force his way in a home.- Obama: Cambridge police acted 'stupidly' - Ben Smith - POLITICO.com 3 February 2010 17:53 UTC www.politico.com [Source type: General]
^ I would say that is more racist than officers responding to a call, where coincidentally a black man was reported breaking into a house.- Obama: Cambridge police acted 'stupidly' - Ben Smith - POLITICO.com 3 February 2010 17:53 UTC www.politico.com [Source type: General]
^ It was a forced entry into the home of which the police answered the call.- Obama: Cambridge police acted 'stupidly' - Ben Smith - POLITICO.com 3 February 2010 17:53 UTC www.politico.com [Source type: General]
[42] With
this transformation, police command and control became more
centralized.
.^ For Obama to say the police acted stupidly in this incident is the wrong thing for the President of the United States to say about law enforcement.- Obama: Cambridge police acted 'stupidly' - Ben Smith - POLITICO.com 3 February 2010 17:53 UTC www.politico.com [Source type: General]
^ Wow..Finally, a candid comment from a person of influence and power...that these ignorant, poorly educated WHITE police officers, are racist, incompetent and stupid.- Obama: Cambridge police acted 'stupidly' - Ben Smith - POLITICO.com 3 February 2010 17:53 UTC www.politico.com [Source type: General]
^ They arrested him because The Educated Harvard Professor followed the police outside his home calling the officer a racist and the only reason they were there was because he was black.- Obama: Cambridge police acted 'stupidly' - Ben Smith - POLITICO.com 3 February 2010 17:53 UTC www.politico.com [Source type: General]
[43] O.W. Wilson, a student of
Vollmer, helped reduce
corruption and introduce
professionalism in
Wichita, Kansas, and later in the
Chicago Police
Department.
[44]
.^ Part of the job description of being a police officer -- you know, courtesy, professionalism, respect?- Obama: Cambridge police acted 'stupidly' - Ben Smith - POLITICO.com 3 February 2010 17:53 UTC www.politico.com [Source type: General]
[45]
.^ For Obama to say the police acted stupidly in this incident is the wrong thing for the President of the United States to say about law enforcement.- Obama: Cambridge police acted 'stupidly' - Ben Smith - POLITICO.com 3 February 2010 17:53 UTC www.politico.com [Source type: General]
^ Law enforcement groups had repeatedly blocked earlier versions while the Republicans were in control; when the Democrats took over, Mr. Obama brokered a compromise between the police groups and the A.C.L.U. .- Obama: Cambridge police acted 'stupidly' - Ben Smith - POLITICO.com 3 February 2010 17:53 UTC www.politico.com [Source type: General]
^ Also, no black man could ever be held accountable by any law enforcement agency or court, including the Supreme Court , unless it was one they had formed.- Obama: Cambridge police acted 'stupidly' - Ben Smith - POLITICO.com 3 February 2010 17:53 UTC www.politico.com [Source type: General]
[46]
.^ Even minority police officers know who commits a disproportionate number of crimes.- Obama: Cambridge police acted 'stupidly' - Ben Smith - POLITICO.com 3 February 2010 17:53 UTC www.politico.com [Source type: General]
^ They approach the guy, and he produces a valid I.D. He also-- loudly-- identifies himself and calls attention to his predicament after the police refuse to release him and leave his premises.- Obama: Cambridge police acted 'stupidly' - Ben Smith - POLITICO.com 3 February 2010 17:53 UTC www.politico.com [Source type: General]
^ Gates was arrested for disorderly conduct only after chasing the police out into the road when they left, shouting & screaming.- Obama: Cambridge police acted 'stupidly' - Ben Smith - POLITICO.com 3 February 2010 17:53 UTC www.politico.com [Source type: General]
This method was first introduced and made popular by New
York City Mayor,
Rudy Giuliani, in the early 1990s.
The concept behind this method is simple: broken windows,
graffiti, and other physical destruction or degradation of
property, greatly increases the chances of more criminal activities
and destruction of property. When criminals see the abandoned
vehicles, trash, and deplorable property, they assume that
authorities do not care and do not take active approaches to
correct problems in these areas. Therefore, correcting the small
problems prevents more serious criminal activity.
[48]Building upon these earlier models,
intelligence-led policing has
emerged as the dominant philosophy guiding police strategy.
Intelligence-led policing and problem-oriented policing are
complementary strategies, both which involve systematic use of
information.
[49]
Although it still lacks a universally accepted definition, the crux
of intelligence-led policing is an emphasis on the collection and
analysis of information to guide police operations, rather than the
reverse.
[50]Power
restrictions
.^ The cop warned him more than once that if he kept it up he would arrest the professor for disorderly conduct.- Obama: Cambridge police acted 'stupidly' - Ben Smith - POLITICO.com 3 February 2010 17:53 UTC www.politico.com [Source type: General]
^ Why didn't he mention that blacks attach non blacks 50 times more often than the other way.- Obama: Cambridge police acted 'stupidly' - Ben Smith - POLITICO.com 3 February 2010 17:53 UTC www.politico.com [Source type: General]
^ For Obama to say the police acted stupidly in this incident is the wrong thing for the President of the United States to say about law enforcement.- Obama: Cambridge police acted 'stupidly' - Ben Smith - POLITICO.com 3 February 2010 17:53 UTC www.politico.com [Source type: General]
Using deception for confessions is permitted, but not coercion.
There are exceptions or exigent circumstances such as an
articulated need to disarm a suspect or searching a suspect who has
already been arrested (Search Incident to an Arrest).
.^ For Obama to say the police acted stupidly in this incident is the wrong thing for the President of the United States to say about law enforcement.- Obama: Cambridge police acted 'stupidly' - Ben Smith - POLITICO.com 3 February 2010 17:53 UTC www.politico.com [Source type: General]
British police officers are governed by similar rules,
particularly those introduced under the
Police and Criminal
Evidence Act 1984 (PACE), but generally have greater powers.
.^ It's either 'smart' to arrest somebody when there is already proof that they are in their own home or it's 'stupid' to arrest somebody when there is already proof that they are in their own home.- Obama: Cambridge police acted 'stupidly' - Ben Smith - POLITICO.com 3 February 2010 17:53 UTC www.politico.com [Source type: General]
^ Police routinely arrest people of all races in America in their own homes for disorderly conduct, without warrants.- Obama: Cambridge police acted 'stupidly' - Ben Smith - POLITICO.com 3 February 2010 17:53 UTC www.politico.com [Source type: General]
^ They arrested him because The Educated Harvard Professor followed the police outside his home calling the officer a racist and the only reason they were there was because he was black.- Obama: Cambridge police acted 'stupidly' - Ben Smith - POLITICO.com 3 February 2010 17:53 UTC www.politico.com [Source type: General]
.^ And after when all know all still charge the man...give me a break--he is not a young man either, elderly And the police officers in that area did NOT KNOW WHO'S HOUSE IT WAS?: THAT IS THEIR AREA....give me a break.- Obama: Cambridge police acted 'stupidly' - Ben Smith - POLITICO.com 3 February 2010 17:53 UTC www.politico.com [Source type: General]
^ We don't know all the facts about Gates-Cambridge Police incident, but I think the police officers involved deserve the benefit of the doubt!- Obama: Cambridge police acted 'stupidly' - Ben Smith - POLITICO.com 3 February 2010 17:53 UTC www.politico.com [Source type: General]
^ WAKE UP police officers arent all angels and they arent animals you dont have to provke them to be attacked.- Obama: Cambridge police acted 'stupidly' - Ben Smith - POLITICO.com 3 February 2010 17:53 UTC www.politico.com [Source type: General]
This means
that a newly appointed constable has the same arrest powers as a
Chief Constable or Commissioner.
.^ It is not your place to judge police officers involved in a high paced, rapidly involving incident.- Obama: Cambridge police acted 'stupidly' - Ben Smith - POLITICO.com 3 February 2010 17:53 UTC www.politico.com [Source type: General]
^ Wow..Finally, a candid comment from a person of influence and power...that these ignorant, poorly educated WHITE police officers, are racist, incompetent and stupid.- Obama: Cambridge police acted 'stupidly' - Ben Smith - POLITICO.com 3 February 2010 17:53 UTC www.politico.com [Source type: General]
^ So, the police officer was only trying to do his job when he requested proper ID and verify that Gates was authorized to be on the property.- Obama: Cambridge police acted 'stupidly' - Ben Smith - POLITICO.com 3 February 2010 17:53 UTC www.politico.com [Source type: General]
Conduct and
accountability
April 21
2001: Police fire
CS gas at protesters during the
Quebec City Summit of the Americas. The
Commission for Public Complaints against the RCMP later concluded
the use of tear gas against demonstrators at the summit constituted
"excessive and unjustified force."
.^ Just ask your FBI to see what races commit the majority of crime in the united states, THEN you'll know what the actual facts are.- Obama: Cambridge police acted 'stupidly' - Ben Smith - POLITICO.com 3 February 2010 17:53 UTC www.politico.com [Source type: General]
^ Even minority police officers know who commits a disproportionate number of crimes.- Obama: Cambridge police acted 'stupidly' - Ben Smith - POLITICO.com 3 February 2010 17:53 UTC www.politico.com [Source type: General]
^ If you don't want to be stopped by police disproportionately, don't commit crimes disproportionately.- Obama: Cambridge police acted 'stupidly' - Ben Smith - POLITICO.com 3 February 2010 17:53 UTC www.politico.com [Source type: General]
.^ I hope police units countrywide are not deterred and continue to enforce laws and answer the call of duty against anyone of any color.- Obama: Cambridge police acted 'stupidly' - Ben Smith - POLITICO.com 3 February 2010 17:53 UTC www.politico.com [Source type: General]
^ They arrested him because The Educated Harvard Professor followed the police outside his home calling the officer a racist and the only reason they were there was because he was black.- Obama: Cambridge police acted 'stupidly' - Ben Smith - POLITICO.com 3 February 2010 17:53 UTC www.politico.com [Source type: General]
Likewise, some state and local jurisdictions, for example,
Springfield, Illinois[51] have
similar outside review organizations.
.^ This supposedly intelligent black man should have THANKED the police officers for coming to investigate what was reported as a break in.- Obama: Cambridge police acted 'stupidly' - Ben Smith - POLITICO.com 3 February 2010 17:53 UTC www.politico.com [Source type: General]
^ Not many people know this if your house is broken into go to someone elses house and let the police investigate.- Obama: Cambridge police acted 'stupidly' - Ben Smith - POLITICO.com 3 February 2010 17:53 UTC www.politico.com [Source type: General]
^ I'll be the first one to donate to any fund set up if that police officer would like to file suit.- Obama: Cambridge police acted 'stupidly' - Ben Smith - POLITICO.com 3 February 2010 17:53 UTC www.politico.com [Source type: General]
In the Republic of
Ireland the Garda Síochána is investigated by the
Garda Síochána
Ombudsman Commission, an independent force that replaced the
Garda Complaints Board in May 2007.
Use of
force
Police forces also find themselves under criticism for their use
of force, particularly
deadly force.
.^ One is not obligated to answer questions from a police officer without a lawyer present.- Obama: Cambridge police acted 'stupidly' - Ben Smith - POLITICO.com 3 February 2010 17:53 UTC www.politico.com [Source type: General]
^ It is funny because in one of the pictures I saw there was at least one black police officer there when he was arrested...So he must have been racial profiling as well??????- Obama: Cambridge police acted 'stupidly' - Ben Smith - POLITICO.com 3 February 2010 17:53 UTC www.politico.com [Source type: General]
^ I'll be the first one to donate to any fund set up if that police officer would like to file suit.- Obama: Cambridge police acted 'stupidly' - Ben Smith - POLITICO.com 3 February 2010 17:53 UTC www.politico.com [Source type: General]
In the United States, such events
occasionally spark protests and accusations of racism against
police and allegations that police departments practice
racial
profiling.
.^ For Obama to say the police acted stupidly in this incident is the wrong thing for the President of the United States to say about law enforcement.- Obama: Cambridge police acted 'stupidly' - Ben Smith - POLITICO.com 3 February 2010 17:53 UTC www.politico.com [Source type: General]
^ Also, no black man could ever be held accountable by any law enforcement agency or court, including the Supreme Court , unless it was one they had formed.- Obama: Cambridge police acted 'stupidly' - Ben Smith - POLITICO.com 3 February 2010 17:53 UTC www.politico.com [Source type: General]
Incidents such as the
1965
Watts Riots,
the videotaped 1991 beating by
Los Angeles Police
officers of
Rodney
King, and the
riot
following their acquittal have been suggested by some people to be
evidence that U.S. police are dangerously lacking in appropriate
controls.
The fact that this trend has occurred contemporaneously with the
rise of the US
civil rights movement, the "
War on Drugs," and a
precipitous rise in violent crime from the 1960s to the 1990s has
made questions surrounding the role, administration and scope of
police authority increasingly complicated.
Police departments and the local governments that oversee them
in some jurisdictions have attempted to mitigate some of these
issues through community
outreach programs and
community
policing to make the police more accessible to the concerns of
local communities, by working to increase hiring diversity, by
updating training of police in their responsibilities to the
community and under the law, and by increased oversight within the
department or by civilian commissions.
.^ I hope police units countrywide are not deterred and continue to enforce laws and answer the call of duty against anyone of any color.- Obama: Cambridge police acted 'stupidly' - Ben Smith - POLITICO.com 3 February 2010 17:53 UTC www.politico.com [Source type: General]
^ Did our nation's chief law enforcement officer just prejudge a case?- Obama: Cambridge police acted 'stupidly' - Ben Smith - POLITICO.com 3 February 2010 17:53 UTC www.politico.com [Source type: General]
^ Also, no black man could ever be held accountable by any law enforcement agency or court, including the Supreme Court , unless it was one they had formed.- Obama: Cambridge police acted 'stupidly' - Ben Smith - POLITICO.com 3 February 2010 17:53 UTC www.politico.com [Source type: General]
This has compelled local
departments to make organizational changes, enter into
consent decree
settlements to adopt such measures, and submit to oversight by the
Justice Department.
[52]
Protection of
individuals
The
Supreme Court of the
United States has ruled numerous times since 1856 that law
enforcement officers have no duty to protect any individual,
despite the motto "protect and serve". Their duty is to enforce the
law in general. The first such case was in 1856 (
South v.
Maryland) and the most recent in 2005 (
Town of Castle Rock v.
Gonzales).
[53]In contrast, the police are entitled to protect private rights
in some jurisdictions.
.^ No sane, sober, "distinguished" person would ever act that way toward the police unless they knew they had "connections."- Obama: Cambridge police acted 'stupidly' - Ben Smith - POLITICO.com 3 February 2010 17:53 UTC www.politico.com [Source type: General]
^ If Obama would produce his "real" birth certificate, that issue would also end right away...- Obama: Cambridge police acted 'stupidly' - Ben Smith - POLITICO.com 3 February 2010 17:53 UTC www.politico.com [Source type: General]
^ We would all be hearing how the police failed to do their job only because the victim was black.- Obama: Cambridge police acted 'stupidly' - Ben Smith - POLITICO.com 3 February 2010 17:53 UTC www.politico.com [Source type: General]
[54] This
would, for example, allow police to establish a restaurant guest's
identity and forward it to the inn-keeper in a case where the guest
cannot pay the bill at nighttime because his wallet had just been
stolen from the restaurant table.
.^ Also, no black man could ever be held accountable by any law enforcement agency or court, including the Supreme Court , unless it was one they had formed.- Obama: Cambridge police acted 'stupidly' - Ben Smith - POLITICO.com 3 February 2010 17:53 UTC www.politico.com [Source type: General]
^ For Obama to say the police acted stupidly in this incident is the wrong thing for the President of the United States to say about law enforcement.- Obama: Cambridge police acted 'stupidly' - Ben Smith - POLITICO.com 3 February 2010 17:53 UTC www.politico.com [Source type: General]
^ Once again he demeans the office of The President of The United States.- Obama: Cambridge police acted 'stupidly' - Ben Smith - POLITICO.com 3 February 2010 17:53 UTC www.politico.com [Source type: General]
[55] Such
agencies include The
United States Secret
Service and the
United States Park
Police.
International forces
.^ I hope police units countrywide are not deterred and continue to enforce laws and answer the call of duty against anyone of any color.- Obama: Cambridge police acted 'stupidly' - Ben Smith - POLITICO.com 3 February 2010 17:53 UTC www.politico.com [Source type: General]
^ The spreading of such racial divisiveness and hatred of whites/policemen by the supposed leader of the country is disgusting on so many levels.- Obama: Cambridge police acted 'stupidly' - Ben Smith - POLITICO.com 3 February 2010 17:53 UTC www.politico.com [Source type: General]
^ To many times today police across this country hide behind their badges and false reports when something like this make the news.- Obama: Cambridge police acted 'stupidly' - Ben Smith - POLITICO.com 3 February 2010 17:53 UTC www.politico.com [Source type: General]
.^ Also, no black man could ever be held accountable by any law enforcement agency or court, including the Supreme Court , unless it was one they had formed.- Obama: Cambridge police acted 'stupidly' - Ben Smith - POLITICO.com 3 February 2010 17:53 UTC www.politico.com [Source type: General]
^ For Obama to say the police acted stupidly in this incident is the wrong thing for the President of the United States to say about law enforcement.- Obama: Cambridge police acted 'stupidly' - Ben Smith - POLITICO.com 3 February 2010 17:53 UTC www.politico.com [Source type: General]
[56]
Some countries, such as
Chile,
Israel, the
Philippines,
France,
Austria,
New Zealand and
South Africa, use a centralized system of
policing.
[57] Other
countries have multiple police forces, but for the most part their
jurisdictions do not overlap. In the
United States however, several different
law enforcement agencies may have authority in a particular
jurisdiction at the same time, each with their own command.
.^ However, as the President of our country to judge on Police agency as being stupid is totally wrong.- Obama: Cambridge police acted 'stupidly' - Ben Smith - POLITICO.com 3 February 2010 17:53 UTC www.politico.com [Source type: General]
[16]
Most countries are members of the
International Criminal Police Organization
(Interpol), established to detect and fight trans-national crime
and provide for international co-operation and co-ordination of
other police activities, such as notifying relatives of the death
of foreign nationals.
.^ Gates was arrested for disorderly conduct only after chasing the police out into the road when they left, shouting & screaming.- Obama: Cambridge police acted 'stupidly' - Ben Smith - POLITICO.com 3 February 2010 17:53 UTC www.politico.com [Source type: General]
Political
crimes are excluded from its competencies.
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