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Match the type of law enforcement/security agency to its description.

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transnational law enforcement

The International Criminal Police Organization composed of 177 member nations. It assists member law enforcement agencies requiring information about crimes or criminals of a transnational nature.

private security

Seventeen different agencies that investigate violations of federal law. Unlike state police agencies, few federal agencies engage in patrol work; most perform exclusively investigative functions.

preventive police

The first organized police department in London, established in 1829. The popular English name for police officers, “bobbies,” comes from Sir Robert Peel, a founder of the Metropolitan Police.

local police

Law enforcement agencies that protect private property and are paid by private individuals and corporations.

state police

The police departments of municipalities; local law enforcement also includes county sheriffs and special police agencies such as park, airport, transit, and university police.

federal law enforcement

A service-oriented style of law enforcement that focuses on disorder in the community, crime prevention, and fear reduction (as opposed to the traditional focus on serious street crimes).

Interpol

Enforcement agencies primarily engaged in highway patrol activities. About half of state police agencies also have the authority to conduct investigative work.

community policing

International agreements and law enforcement efforts that attempt to serve the interests of all nations in the face of the growth of international travel, the transnational nature of the Internet, and the threat of international organized crime and terrorism.

Premises:

transnational law enforcement

private security

preventive police

local police

state police

federal law enforcement

Interpol

community policing

Responses:

The International Criminal Police Organization composed of 177 member nations. It assists member law enforcement agencies requiring information about crimes or criminals of a transnational nature.

Seventeen different agencies that investigate violations of federal law. Unlike state police agencies, few federal agencies engage in patrol work; most perform exclusively investigative functions.

The first organized police department in London, established in 1829. The popular English name for police officers, “bobbies,” comes from Sir Robert Peel, a founder of the Metropolitan Police.

Law enforcement agencies that protect private property and are paid by private individuals and corporations.

The police departments of municipalities; local law enforcement also includes county sheriffs and special police agencies such as park, airport, transit, and university police.

A service-oriented style of law enforcement that focuses on disorder in the community, crime prevention, and fear reduction (as opposed to the traditional focus on serious street crimes).

Enforcement agencies primarily engaged in highway patrol activities. About half of state police agencies also have the authority to conduct investigative work.

Correct Answer:

Premises:

Responses:

transnational law enforcement

private security

preventive police

local police

state police

federal law enforcement

Interpol

community policing