Day 37

Law Enforcement

Local Law Enforcement

Sheriff Police Delivering

Subpoenas

Local Law Enforcement

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sheriff is an elected position and he has jurisdiction throughout the entire county. Terry Johnson is the elected sheriff in Alamance County.

City Police
The police department are hired law enforcement officers at the city level. The police department is led by a police chief who is hired by the city manager.

Delivering Subpoenas

A subpoena is a court order requiring someone to show up in court and testify as a witness. A person or evidence can be subpoenaed. It is delivered by the mail and tells someone they are scheduled to appear in court.

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)

The investigative part of the United States Department of Justice. The mission of the FBI is "To protect and defend the United States against terrorist and foreign intelligence threats, to uphold and enforce the criminal laws of the United States, and to provide leadership and criminal justice services to federal, state, municipal, and international agencies and partners."[

J. Edgar Hoover
Hoover was the director of the FBI from 19351972

Secret Service
Investigates counterfeiting of US currency (money) Protects:

The

president Vice president Past presidents and their spouses Their children until the age of 16 Visiting leaders from other coutries

Secret Service

National Guard Reserves

Often called Weekend Warriors, they are the reserve branch of the US Army and US Airforce. Used in states of emergency and when needed in warfare. Many are being used today in Iraq.

National Guardsmen in Penn Station in NYC

Law Enforcement

State Bureau of Investigation (SBI) State Troopers Traffic Enforcement Dept. of Motor Vehicles Dept. of Corrections Tickets/ Fines Radar Guns

Pepper Spray Taser Guns Federal Law Enforcement Undercover Agents 911 Center Drug Raids Sobriety Tests

SBI and State Troopers

The SBI is the state level investigative department. It acts like the FBI, but at a state level. State Troopers deal with the enforcement of traffic laws throughout the state. They primarily write tickets and investigate traffic accidents.

Dept. of Motor Vehicles

The

DMV is a state-level government agency that administers vehicle registration and driver licensing.

Dept. of Corrections
The Department of Corrections refers to the prison system. The Dept. of Corrections is responsible for confinement and rehabilitation of prisoners.

Cop Toys

Radar Guns help determine the speed of drivers. Pepper Spray is a weapon that disables a suspect with a burning spray to the eyes. Taser Guns are weapons that fire an electrical current through a suspects body.

Long-term Suspension Mental Institutions Long-Term Incarceration Death Penalty Detention Probation

Criminal Behavior & Rehabilitation

Parole Juvenile Detention Community Service House Arrest Jail Prison Boot Camp

Three-Strikes Laws Confiscation of Property Monetary Compensation Retribution Restitution Compensation Deterrence

Recidivism & Anti-Social Behavior

Three-Strikes Laws are mandatory sentences for convicted criminals of the same offense 3 or more times. Confiscation of Property sometimes the government will take a convicted felons property like in the case with a drug dealer. Monetary Compensation if someone loses a civil case, they may be required to pay the plaintiff a sum of money.

Recidivism & Anti-Social Behavior

punishment should fit the crime. Restitution - When a court orders restitution it orders the defendant to give up his gains to the plaintiff. Deterrence holds that punishment is a necessary consequence of a crime and hopefully society will see this punishment and this will keep other members of society from committing the same crime.

Retribution is the idea that the

Recidivism & Anti-Social Behavior