American History of Policing

The United States has a very strong background on their state and federal policy system. Throughout the years the American Policing System has had a lot of impacts. There are different agencies in the criminal justice system that covers state and federal. The relationship between state and federal can affect the police and the way they practice different things.

In the history of policing, the early colonist followed an English style of policing; monitoring the whole community and their behaviors, moral, and the civil obligations rather than the criminal issues. Any citizens that preformed these policing duties were referred to as a civic duty, there was no training or any pay that was offered to them that did not want to join the others to serve their watch began to pay others to their duty for them.

Sir Robert Peel

Sir Robert Peel had drafted a thing called Peelian principles which was then helped to introduce the modern policy. Peel was able to establish a modern police force in 1829 with ethical values. In that same year, Sir Robert Peel named the police Metropolitan Police Force. It was established in London to reduce crimes and to enforce the laws. Peel thought it was a great idea of policing, and became very successful throughout the United Kingdom. At the same time there were a lot of issues in the United Kingdom along with the United States with the law enforcements. Sir Robert Peel then stated that there are nine principles to policing. The nine principles still stand in the United Kingdom and in the United States today. First principle is the main reason police exist today, to prevent disorder and crime. Second principle, police officers are able to perform their jobs on a daily bases and are department on the public’s approval for the police actions. Third principle is to make sure to secure the public’s cooperation and observance of the laws, and still maintain the respect of the public. Forth principle is the degree of having the public’s cooperation that can be secured, and will reduce the rate consistently with the use of physical force.

Fifth principle, police seeking for the public’s support while remaining impartial to the law. Sixth principle, only if necessary the police need to use physical force, to make sure the law is obeyed. Please note: This can only be used when advise, persuasion, and warning is not enough. Seventh principle, police needs to make sure they maintain a relationship with the police, and become one entity. Eighth principle, the police need to make sure that they direct their actions on work and not appear usurp. Last but not least on the list the ninth principle, this is to test the efficiency of police officers which involve the no crime or disorder. Sir Robert Peel’s nine principles have a lot of influences on policing throughout the world for so long that any changes that will come over time will not ever affect his concept and methods that he has establishes. U.S Government and Organizations

The relationship between the U.S Government and the local police must have an open line of communication for the benefit of any department. That would be the main idea in the relationship for any exchanged information that could help the other agency in the end, but sometimes it does not always happen that way. Without any communications between the agencies many problems can and will arise, like virtual information not being transferred to the proper authorities, when leaving a major responsibility out it can possibly get someone hurt or killed in that matter, for not communication. That could arise a major failure to anyone of the agencies.

There are three large agencies that were founded to protect, that went through a noticeable separation between them. The agencies included Notional Intelligence, Military, and National Security. They had very little communication, and were lacking the connection between them. National Intelligence was designed to protect against any serious world political, and any economic danger to our nation. The Military Intelligence is specialized in making sure that there are no threats or any danger that could affect the National Security. The National Security Intelligence mainly focuses on any criminals that endangers any individuals and in the local community. (Information in sharing: Exploring the Intersections of Policing with National and Military Intelligence; 2010).

References

A Web of English History, Biography, Sir Robert Peel (1788-1850) http://www.historyhome.co.uk/pms/peelbio.htm EBOOK COLLECTION: Grant, H.B. & Terry, K.J. 2012. Law Enforcement in the 21st Century, 3rd ed. Upper Saddle River, NJ. Pearson/Prentice Hall. EBOOK COLLECTION: Walker, S. & Katz, C.M. 2011. The Police in America: An Introduction, 7th ed. New York, NY. McGraw-Hill.