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Police System in America

The document provides a history of policing systems in America and Philippines and compares their structures. It discusses that early American policing developed from informal volunteer community watch groups and private policing. Formal municipal police forces were established in Boston, New York and Philadelphia in the 17th-18th centuries. Philippine policing occurs at both the national and local levels, with its own forces. American policing is conducted by over 18,000 federal, state and local departments. Ranks in each country are listed from lowest to highest.

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Police System in America

The document provides a history of policing systems in America and Philippines and compares their structures. It discusses that early American policing developed from informal volunteer community watch groups and private policing. Formal municipal police forces were established in Boston, New York and Philadelphia in the 17th-18th centuries. Philippine policing occurs at both the national and local levels, with its own forces. American policing is conducted by over 18,000 federal, state and local departments. Ranks in each country are listed from lowest to highest.

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Police

System in
America
History of Policing system in America
• The development of policing in the United States
closely followed the development of Policing in
England.
• In the early colonies policing took two forms . It was
both informal and communal which is referred to as
the “Watch,” or private-for-profit policing, which is
called “The Big Stick” (Spitzer, 1979).
• The watch system was composed of community volunteers
whose primary duty was to warn of impending danger.
• Boston created a night watch in 1636, New York in 1658
and Philadelphia in 1700.Philadelphia created the first day
watch in 1833 and New York instituted a day watch in 1844
as a supplement to its new municipal police force (Gaines,
Kappeler, and Vaughn 1999).
Comparison between Philippines
and America about Policing
System
Philippines
There are several police systems in the Philippines. On the
national level are the National Bureau of Investigation and the
Philippine Constabulary at the local level each political entity has its
own police force.
America

• Policing in the United States is conducted by


"around 18,000 federal, state, local and city
departments, all with their own rules".

• The American police system rooted from


England.
Our Police Function in America

• Order Maintenance
• Law Enforcement
• Service
Police ranks
Philippin
es
• Patrolman/Patrolwoman (Pat.
)
• Police Corporal (Pcpl. )

• Police Staff Sergeant


(PSSSgt. )
• Police Master Sergeant (PMSgt. )

• Police Senior Master Sergeant (PSMS)

• Police Chief Master Sergeant (PCMS)

• Police Executive Master Sergeant (PEM


• Police Lieutenant
(P/LT)
• Police Captain (P/CAPT)

• Police Major
(P/MAJ)
• Police Lieutenant Colonel
(PLTCOL)
• Police Colonel (P/COL)

• Police Brigadier General


(PBGEN)
• Police Major General (PBGEN)

• Police Lieutenant General


(PLTGEN)
• Police General (P/GEN)
1 America
Police technician

These professionals also


prepare paperwork for incident
reports, provide general citizen
assistance, and keep records
organized and up to date.
p Police officer/patrol officer/police
detective

This “rank” is the most well-


known and broadest of the bunch.
While police officers, patrol officers
and police detectives may have
differing job descriptions depending
on who employs them, these law
enforcement officers often respond to
emergency and non-emergency calls,
patrol assigned areas, obtain warrants,
arrest suspects, and testify in court,
according to the 
Police corporal
The title of corporal is a common
next step on the hierarchy of a law
enforcement career. Police corporals
often act as supervisors and watch
commanders in small agencies, but
the title can also apply to
nonsupervisory members of a
specialty unit.
Police sergeant
Sergeant responsibilities are
often a step up from the general
supervision tasks of a corporal as
they also investigate internal
complaints and envision ways to
improve their department.
Police lieutenant

The work of a police


lieutenant is sort of like a
middle-management role for law
enforcement. They take broad
direction from superiors and turn
them into a plan of action for
sergeants all the way to the
frontline officers and detectives.
Police captain
Police captains report directly to
police chiefs—or in the case of
large departments, deputy police
chiefs, as they manage and direct
activities of the department.
Captains train personnel, prepare
and monitor programs and budgets,
and enforce department policies.
Deputy police chief
Often found in large
municipal law enforcement
agencies, deputy police chiefs
are responsible for the effective
administration of a bureau or
division of police and technical
staff personnel. They do
everything a police captain
might do but also stand
prepared to assume control of
Chief of police
The chief of police is
usually the top authority of
the police department. These
officers oversee all
operations of the department,
develop procedures and
programs to increase
effectiveness and safety, and
assign officers to special
investigations.

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