Analysis of Scenario
Running head: COMPETING JURISDICTION 0
Competing Jurisdiction
Sheena Thiebaud
Criminal Justice
Prof. Shountae Youmans
3/26/17
Competing Jurisdiction
Jurisdiction can be defined as authority which can be imposed on something or somebody. Jurisdiction is very important as it helps in determining if a given court can be able to hear a given case. Jurisdiction is also very significant as it helps in limiting the powers of court on a given case. Judicial Jurisdiction can divide into three types which are personal, territorial and subject matters. Jurisdiction is very important as it helps in finding the right information and the right body that will help in investigation and in dealing with a crime case. Police officers are important people in the society as they help in investigation and finding the right evidence and witness in a criminal process.
According to the case the police officers have several functions. The first is to investigate and second they have to give protection to people. Police officers are very important people in any given society as they help in investigating of a criminal offence. In such a situation police officers come to the crime scene and try to investigate in finding what happened, the crime was whose fault, interviewing the right witnesses and how did the crime happened by gathering enough and clear evidence and try to come up with better information in getting the people or person who might have committed the crime. The police officers give protection to people and ensure they is enough security to avoid any other crime to happen. police officer also helps in interviewing the suspect like in this case where the was no video surveillance inside the post office the postal clerk and two customers John and Jill will be interviewed with the investigators in order to come up with better information and enough evidence which will be used to testify in the court of law.
Agencies are very important in case of an emergency or a disaster as they help in recovery efforts by producing experts who are well equipped in handling disaster and who will be able to get the right information about the incident. In emergencies like the situation in a post office the disaster can be managed at a local level therefore the federal government is not involved unless it has the primary jurisdiction and it has been requested by the local government to participate as a result of the scope and capacity limitation. Therefore in a situation of a minimal emergency the local government handles the issue.
There are services which can be provided by the local government and at the same time provided by the federal government to the people. Therefore as a result of these services being rendered to the people an overlap may arise due to the same service offered by different agencies. The kind of agency in an emergency depend with the quantity of the disaster for example if the emergency is minimal the local government deals with it but if it is somehow big the services of the federal government may be needed to help with investigation. Overlap at times occurs due to the uncoordinated nature in handling such situations for example if the emergency tends to fall under the jurisdiction of one government, this might cause overlap among the government or people responsible in handling the crime.
The crime happened in a post office, therefore the right person to initiate the criminal case is the post office this is because the case involved them and they had all the witness and they are the people affected with the crime. In finding out who to initiated the case, this is best determine in who is the party which was affected directly with the crime therefore this will determine the right person to initiated the case.
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