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Question: You must have atleast four meaningful sentences in the discussion. Discussion must be in Microsoft Word and must be an original answer no plagiarism. Primary postings should include either a concise summary of information or an analysis of the topic under study. Please don't use long quotations. Please note within the text of your discussion posting where you got your information. Outside research should be academic in nature and come from reputable peer reviewed sources. You must include two references with your posting cited in APA style. Discussions Questions will be answered separately. Each week there will be a media assignment consisting of an article, a video, podcast or other media. You must review this media and integrate and synthesize its content into the week's discussion.

Discussion 1: It has been said that the police are viewed as both a curse and an evil for free society. For this week's discussion, discuss why the police represent both an aberration and a necessity to a democratic society. Also, after watching our week's video assignment, include in your discussion what we have learned from historical experiences with police.

Support your answer with direct evidence from the textbook and other sources.

Discussion 2: Since this week's reading assignment focuses on community policing and investigations, consider this: The Department of Homeland Security was formed, in part, to make federal law enforcement more efficient. With a less fragmented system, theoretically, the right hand knows better what the left hand is doing. If this is the case, then why not consolidate local, county and state police? In other words, in the hypothetical, why not have one police department for each state and the cities and counties would be served by precincts of that department? Discuss the pros and cons of such a system.

Support your answer with direct evidence from the textbook and other sources.