AJ 4 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Procedural Justice, Sting Operation

• School: Irvine Valley College
• Department: Administration of Justice
• Course: AJ 4
• Professor: Watkins

Document Summary

Officer, detective, sergeant, lieutenant, captain, deputy inspector, inspector, deputy chief, assistant chief, bureau chief, chief of department, deputy commissioner, first deputy commissioner, and police commissioner. Citizens may be confused to who is in charge and two divisions may unknowingly compete over jurisdiction because of lack of clear relationship. Time in rank system: the promotion system in which a police officer can advance in rank only after spending a prescribed amount of time in the preceding rank. Prohibits departments from allowing officers to skip ranks and prevents them from hiring an officer to a higher rank. Police role is both varied and complex. Order maintenance: maintaining order and authority without the need for formal arrest keeping things under control by means of threats, persuasion, and understanding. Police officers practice a policy of selective enforcement, concentrating on some crimes but handling the majority in an informal manner.