Describe the characteristics of the quasi-military model and explain why this model is thought to be incompatible with the philosophy of community-oriented policing models

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Characteristics include: wearing uniforms, using rank designations, adopting a hierarchical command structure, acquiring legal authority (use of weapons and force). It is thought to be incompatible due to being: excessively rigid (controlled by micromanaging bureaucrats), autocratic, secretive, intellectually and creatively constraining, and highly resistant to any initiative that will allow employee participation in the decision-making processes.

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A. community policing B. problem-oriented policing C. collaborative policing D. partnership policing

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While burglary and other remunerative felonies were not neglected, extortion was the Camorra's principal industry

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Where is the origin of the Supreme Court’s concept of justiciability?

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