What general items must be considered in designing or maintaining a police station?

What will be an ideal response?


There really is no short answer to this question including the major issue of security for the building, records, prisoner, and officer security. Besides security, at a minimum, the building must provide for reasonable public access that is civilian friendly. Police personnel facilities for men and women, lock up facility for prisoners, a back up for an independent power system, including the ability to charge cell phones in the facility and in all vehicles, and compliance with state and local codes which can be very expensive, must be provided. This, of course, is only the beginning. The New Orleans police department had no access to charges for their cell phones and had no satellite phones and charging facilities during the Katrina hurricane and after. Buildings must also provide safe and secure facilities and communication for police personnel and police managers during major natural disasters, emergencies, and attacks by an armed intruder.

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Describe the law concerning found property

What will be an ideal response?

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Changes in leading indicators signal

A) the changes that will occur in the economy. B) the changes in the frictional and seasonal unemployment rate. C) the changes in the market basket. D) the changes in the frictional unemployment rate and the changes in the inflation rate.

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If the measurement tape sags, there will be an ________ in the measurement

Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

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The third method of judge selection involves citizen elections, and it is when individuals decide on their own to become judges either during or immediately after legal training

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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