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    The duties of all law enforcement are to maintain order, protect and serve. However, in ancient times there were no police and the citizens of the community were responsible for aiding neighbors and protecting property. In the thirteenth century, a watch system was formed to protect properties. The watch system was unsuccessful being that the watchmen drank or slept while on the job. Soon after the crime rates began to rise and the watchmen within the watch system became corrupt. As the crime rates

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    PKUMPKIN BC-This robbery occurred last night at Mikey’s Meat Market around 9 p.m. According to one of the workers, “Tom,” who says “while I was serving one of the costumers, two armed men entered the store and their faces were covered in mask.” Tom also added that the perpetrators were very familiar with the store and knew that the store is slow during evening hours. One of the costumers who witnessed this incident says “as soon as they entered the store, one of them pointed his gun towards the

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    Not long after the constables were appointed a larger form of peace officers was formed as a “Town Watch” in April of 1631 (Johnson, 2012). This new sizeable force consisted of six watchmen, one constable, and other volunteers who patrolled at night; these men were more focused on raising alarms by spinning a noise maker called a rattle to get the attention of

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    The UK police service encounters many challenges. One being in 2000 the entire police officer strength was just over 124,000. There was a 3.1% increase in 2001-2002, which was the largest increase for nearly 26 years. There have however been fluctuations in 2006-2007, but these were only minor. On the other hand, due to budget cuts enforced by the Coalition government to address the shortage of money, police numbers have reduced. In the 43 police forces of England and Wales, there were only 139,100

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    Q) Critically analyze the Figure of Madman in Dario Fo’s play The Accidental Death of an anarchist. A) Dario Fo’s play The Accidental Death of an Anarchist (1970) lies in the category of revolutionary theatre that challenges the fascist regime of Italy. The play is a farce based on events involving a real person, Giuseppe Pinelli, who fell - or was thrown - from the fourth floor window of a Milan police station in 1969. He was accused of bombing a bank. The accusation is widely seen as part of

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    were eight people present in the line up, due to the obvious racial differences from the suspect’s description, the parade technically only had three people from who Constable Mosman could choose. Furthermore, in the legal recording between the accused and his brother, the accused states that the police officer that brought Constable Mosman in to the parade was the same police officer that had interviewed him earlier. This point is an important one, as it establishes a possible prejudice regarding

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    They were also made up of constables, which are, a peace officer that has limited police authority and they usually operate in a small town or city. These constables were paid by the fee system for the warrants they serve. They usually had non law enforcements jobs such as being land surveyors and they also needed to They also had jobs of where they had to be land surveyors and verified the verify the accuracy of weights and measurements. Also in many cities constables were put in charge of running

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    TORT LAW ASSIGNENT INTRODUCTION This assignment will be explaining various areas of tort law. But mostly will be dealing with the rule in the case of Hill Chief Constable of West Yorkshire 1989. This assignment will identify the nature of tortious liability and the range of activities to which the law of tort may be applied. Tort is a civil wrong which is done to an individual. If a civil wrong is done to an individual the law provides a remedy where the individual takes the wrongdoer to court. According

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    was over 360 years ago in Boston Massachusetts (Johnson, American Law Enforcement, 1981). In the early 1630’s, the colonists of Boston created a local ordinance that allowed for a constable, or a peace officer, to be appointed by the townsfolk (mainly puritans) for protection and peace management. These early constables did not focus on crime prevention but rather an after-the-fact focus that was based mainly on 1st person witnesses and whatever amounts of small evidence that the peace officer could

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    Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO) Guidelines for the investigation of computer crime. Abstract In this essay I will be talking about the key guidelines when it comes to investigating computer related crimes, such as what kind of the sections and sub-sections the offence falls under when regarding the ‘law’. I will also analyse the principle that will apply when dealing with the collection data using the digital forensic unit to analyse the data, more so how this is used to make accurate

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