Delivering Justice Scenario Analysis
Running head: COMPETING JURISDICTION 1
Competing Jurisdiction
Sheena Thiebaud
Criminal Justice
Prof. Shountae Youmans
3/26/17
Competing Jurisdiction COMPETING JURISDICTION 2
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. COMPETING JURISDICTION 3
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. Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)COMPETING JURISDICTION 4
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