■■ topic paper – police practices


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Resolved: The United States should use legislation or executive action to substantially transform the practices of its civil police in one or more of the following areas: asset forfeiture, data collection, equipment acquisition, hiring, patrols, raids, retention, training, use of force

Resolved: The United States should use legislation or executive action to substantially transform the patrol or raid practices of its civil police in one or more of the following areas: asset forfeiture, data collection, equipment acquisition, hiring, retetntion, training, use of force

(maybe) legis. + “civil” not “domestic” police practices (patrols & raids) + laundry list


Resolved: The United States should adopt legislation that substantially transforms the patrol or raid practices of its civil police in one or more of the following areas: asset forfeiture, data collection, equipment acquisition, hiring, training, use of force.

Resolved: The United States should adopt nationwide legislation that substantially transforms the patrol or raid practices of its civil police in one or more of the following areas: asset forfeiture, data collection, equipment acquisition, hiring, training, use of force.


(maybe) legis. + “domestic” not “civil” police practices (patrols & raids) + laundry list


Resolved: The United States should adopt legislation that substantially transforms its domestic police patrol or raid practices in one or more of the following areas: asset forfeiture, data collection, equipment acquisition, hiring, training, use of force.

Resolved: The United States should adopt nationwide legislation that substantially transforms its domestic police patrol or raid practices in one or more of the following areas: asset forfeiture, data collection, equipment acquisition, hiring, training, use of force.


(maybe) legis. +domestic police practices + subsets


Resolved: The United States should adopt legislation that substantially transforms its domestic police practices in one or more of the following areas: asset forfeiture, data collection, equipment acquisition, hiring, training, use of force.

Resolved: The United States should adopt nationwide legislation that substantially transforms its domestic police practices in one or more of the following areas: asset forfeiture, data collection, equipment acquisition, hiring, training, use of force.


Subset area possibilities (laundry list)



apprehension of criminals

asset forfeiture

data collection


  • Alternatively: data acquisition, data tracking

equipment acquisition


  • More restrictive options “1033 program equipment acquisition”, “Byrne grant equipment acquisition”

hiring

patrol procedure

process of arrest

raid procedure

retention

training

tribal police powers

use of force



…???

Things left out

search and seizure


  • Reason: relates to 4th amendment. Starts to drift too much into a legal topic

corruption/Internal Affairs


  • Reason: police corruption issues have to do with the police deviating from currently allowed practice/conduct. This topic seeks to recalibrate thae contours of the very practice/conduct at the front-end of instruction/mandates. Let ‘police corruption’ be part of the neg solvency toolkit.


■ Definitions

Subject (who)

Law enforcement

Law enforcement activities are performed by agencies that prevent/detect/investigate crime


UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 2015 (Bureau of Justice Statistics, “Terms & Definitions: Law Enforcement”, accessed 4/12/2016, http://www.bjs.gov/index.cfm?ty=tdtp&tid=7)[AR SPRING16]

Law enforcement//// The generic name for the activities of the agencies responsible for maintaining public order and enforcing the law, particularly the activities of prevention, detection, and investigation of crime and the apprehension of criminals.

Law enforcement activities relate to crime prevention/detection


COLLINS DICTIONARY no date (Accessed 4/12/16, http://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/law-enforcement)[AR SPRING16]

Law enforcement or law-enforcement////modifier//// of or relating to the prevention and detection of crime as well as the maintain and upholding of the peace in accordance with the law ⇒ We need to restore respect for the law-enforcement agencies

Law enforcement (noun) is contextually thought of as the police, and is distinct from law makers/legislators


OXFORD ENGLISH DICTIONARY ONLINE no date (“law enforcement”, accessed 4/12/2016, Cornell library, note://// indicates par breaks)[AR SPRING16]

law enforcement n. enforcement of the law; freq. attrib.; so law-enforcer. 1936 L. Hellman Days to Come ii. iii. 70 Dowel was found knifed, dead... That gives us a little job of law enforcement to do. 1938 Tablet 1 Jan. 1/1 The world was pictured as consisting of the law-makers and law-enforcers. 1955 D. W. Maurer in Publ. Amer. Dialect Soc. xxiv. 6 A problem which urgently demands the attention of the legislators, law-enforcement specialists, and the judiciary. 1956 ‘E. McBain’ Cop Hater (1963) xvii. 129 If they can do away with law enforcement, the rest will be easy... First the police, then the National Guard. 1960 Times 3 Oct. 13/6 Their functions as law-enforcement officers. 1972 A. Roudybush Sybaritic Death (1974) xiii. 119 His proposal..to help the overwhelmed police in their law-enforcement task. 1975 Listener 16 Jan. 67/1 The law enforcers themselves were bent.

Law enforcement officers are people responsible for “keeping the peace” – typically sheriffs and the police


BLACK’S LAW DICTIONARY 2nd edition no date (“law enforcement officer”, accessed 4/12/2016, http://thelawdictionary.org/law-enforcement-officers/, note://// indicates par breaks)[AR SPRING16]

What is LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS?//// the term that is given to the people who are responsible for keeping the peace such as sheriffs and the police.


Law enforcement officers include: sheriffs, police, and related subunits it EXCLUDES privately hired (e.g. private campus police)


UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 2015 (Bureau of Justice Statistics, “Terms & Definitions: Law Enforcement”, accessed 4/12/2016, http://www.bjs.gov/index.cfm?ty=tdtp&tid=7)[AR SPRING16]

Local law enforcement officer ////An employee of a local law enforcement agency who is an officer sworn to carry out law enforcement duties. Examples of this class are sheriffs, deputy sheriffs, chiefs of police, city police officers, and sworn personnel of law enforcement subunits of port and transit authorities. For national level general data, this class includes campus police officers employed by of local city and community college districts. Private campus police are excluded.

Law enforcement officers can mean a laundry list of job categories (note: therefore may be overbroad)


COLLINS DICTIONARY no date (Office of justice programs, http://ojp.gov/bvpbasi/bvpfaqs_eligibility_9.htm, note://// indicates par. breaks, Accessed 4/12/16)[AR SPRING16]

What Does the Term "Law Enforcement Officer" Mean?////



Simple Answer:  A Law Enforcement Officer is any officer, agent, or employee of any unit of government. //// More Detailed Answer:////  According to the Act, the term 'Law Enforcement Officer' means any officer, agent, or employee of a State, unit of local government, or an Indian tribe authorized by law or by a government agency to engage in or supervise the prevention, detection, or investigation of any violation of criminal law, or authorized by law to supervise sentenced criminal offenders. This includes full, part-time and auxiliary personnel, whether paid or volunteer.//// Below is a list of general job categories determined to be eligible for this program. Personnel not on this list may be eligible and should contact the Vest Help Desk for more information.//// Police Officers Sheriff Deputies Adult and Juvenile Jail Detention Center and Correctional Institution Officers Judicial Officers Prosecutorial Officers Transit Authority Police Fire Marshals Arson Investigators State Patrol Officer Troopers Transit Police State County and City College and University Police Park, Conservation Police Harbor/Port Authority Police Traffic and Code Enforcement Officers Liquor Control/Authority Investigators Juvenile Probation Officers Adult Parole and Probation Officers Police Chaplains//// The following categories are generally considered outside the scope of the Act and are ineligible.//// Federal Employees Vests for K-9 dogs Private College and University Police Officers Emergency Medical Personnel Fire and Rescue Personnel Private Correctional Officers or private police officers under contract with a Local, State, or Tribal government to provide related services.*//// * If officers, agents or employees engaged in private police or correctional work are being paid by an eligible jurisdiction and rely on that jurisdiction to provide for their personal equipment needs, they may be eligible for funds. However, the police/correctional officers or their corporate employers may not apply directly.



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