week 11 discussion 2 stacey white
Propose an alternative policy suggestion for one of the criminal justice policy development agencies. Please reply to Stacey as if you are having a conversation with her
Since the inception of the criminal justice system in the United States there has always been in function at three branches, or organizations within the system. They consist of enforcement, judiciary and corrections. In the early days enforcement was a sheriff’s office or state enforcement agency, but as America grew so did the need to organize local enforcement entities. The judiciary of the early days was also a regional type of judiciary until developments in society called for county and even municipal judicial organizations to handle crimes not normally overseen by the federal system. Then there is corrections, from the early days of stockades to the current day corrections systems, all with the duty to incarcerate and ensure punishment handed down by the judiciary was carried out (Neubauer, 2018).
As the necessities to expand with the population of the United States also gave cause for expansion of these systems, and with them the cost of those expansions, which in turn would cause budgetary concerns which governments would have to give considerable thought to in order to see the services don’t falter.
My level of the machine is the Chief of Police of a municipality of about 12,000 people which the jurisdiction happens to be withing two separate counties, Grady and McClain Counties, in Oklahoma. I have the responsibility of handling the budget for a total of 30 employees, to include the 911 center, patrol, investigative and administrative divisions, which includes the municipal jail. The U.S. Criminal Justice System has a direct impact on how my department is funded, as well as regulatory authority over my jail and 911 communications system. Any violations in policy can result in the shutting down of my system, or removal of any federal or state funding which supports the operations of my agency. My department has benefited from nearly $285,000.00 in federal grants in the last 3.5 years I’ve been the Chief of Police.
Since 911 the transfer of information has improved greatly from federal, to state, to district and to municipal governments, by way of the world wide web, telecommunication systems, both wired and satellite communications. Most of the funding through local governments like mine could not be successful without assistance from federal and state governments (Modlin, 2018). The largest contributor to policies in the criminal justice system is the Department of Justice, through implementing regulations and funding for operations of local and state agencies (Neubauer, 2018).
For critical data from we have today what’s called fusion center alerts which are sent out through text messages, emails and teletype, a remarkable advance since the early days of my career in law enforcement. Through these methods of communications we get alerts like Amber Alerts, Silver Alerts and data about terror threats and local crimes and criminals.
Without these new policies our nation would be routinely victimized by groups who want to do us harm, just like it was before 911.
References:
Modlin, S. (2018). Local Government Finance Office Orientation Revisited: Actually, It’s All About Control. International Journal of Public Administration, 1-10.
Neubauer, D. W., & Fradella, H. F. (2018). America’s courts and the criminal justice system. Cengage Learning.
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