Law enforcement in the United States

Any exploration of military and civilian police forces needs to start with an analysis of their respective histories. Law enforcement in America has its roots in British common law. When the settlers arrived in the New World, they brought with them many of EnglandÆs laws and institutions. Chief among these was the British system of law-enforcement, which was comprised of a Constable who oversaw the law and a group of night watchmen who patrolled a townÆs streets during the night. In 1833, Philadelphia started a 24 man daytime police force to augment its 120 night watchmen, and our modern conception of round-the-clock polici

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as camps. In this sense, however, they are similar to the civilian police corpsùboth are organized to ensure that their constituentÆs societies perform more efficiently and safely. Although their duties may be similar in scope, military and civilian police forces undergo radically different training courses. The basic difference is that an MP is a soldier first and a policeman second, while a civilian police officer is just a police officer. Along this vein, military police training begins with the infamous Army Basic Training course to indoctrinate the soldier into the Army traditions, boost their physical condition, and learn to operate both heavy and light weaponry. After basic training is completed, the budding military policeman must complete an Advanced Individual Training (AIT) course. The three month AIT course consists of two phases. The first is the ôLaw and Orderö phase during which the recruits take courses titled: Evidence, Search and Apprehension, Military Police Reports and Forms, Direct Traffic, Interviews and Interrogations, and Patrol Incidents. The second phase is called the ôCombat Support Field Exerciseö phase and consist of 9mm pistol qualification, Military Operations in Urban Terrain (MOUT), HMMWV
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