Details about United States police system

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1. kate
   

   The united states policing system is consider as one of the unique system in term of world standards. In US, approximately twenty thousand state and local police agencies are working. However these agencies are not tightly connected to one another. The majority of these agencies are used for general purpose and their responsibility is patrolling a certain area, responding to calls from citizens, and investigating certain offenses. The responsibilities of special-purpose agencies are to provide security to a specific territory or to enforce alcoholic beverage laws or wildlife regulations. Most of the general-purpose local police departments are small, with 81 percent employing fewer than twenty-five full-time sworn officers, 42 percent employing fewer than five officers, and 7.5 percent) relying on only part-time officers . In the United States sheriffs' agencies are responsible for the variety of services for instance: running jails, guarding courtrooms, or providing canine service, undercover deputies, or investigative assistance to local police agencies. The larger size of police organizations in the US, make him enable to make more efficient use of resources by taking advantage of the economies of scale resulting from eliminating redundant functions. The Municipal police of the United States represent the largest number of agencies, employ most of the sworn officers, and shoulder the heaviest responsibility for dealing with violent crime.

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