Wanted poster

A wanted poster is a poster put up to let the public know of a criminal whom authorities wish to apprehend. They will generally include either a picture of the criminal himself when a photograph is available, or of an impression produced by a police artist or of a composite image generated by other means. The poster will usually include a description of the wantee and the crime(s) with which he is charged. Wanted posters are usually produced by a police or other public government body for display in a public place, such as on a physic ...

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Things known as Want include: Want One, album by Rufus Wainwright Want Two, album by Rufus Wainwright Want, a repackaging of the Rufus Wainwright albums Want One and Want Two as one album, with some extra tracks. See also. Want list (stamp collection) Most Wanted Wanted poster Wanted, song Wanted (comics) All I Want, song and film War On Want, charity wanted fugitives ...

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The American Old West refers to the era in the history of western North America (usually the Western United States, though many times including the Canadian prairies and northern Mexico) of the late 19th century, between the American Civil War and the 1890 closing of the frontier. Terms Old West and Wild West refer to life beyond the settled frontier. While this terminology could logically place the setting as far back as the American colonial period, it is usually meant to signify, the late 19th century, the area from t ...

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Police forces are government organisations charged with the responsibility of maintaining law and order. The word comes from the French, and less directly from the Greek politeia, referring to government or administration; the word police was coined in France in the 18th century. The police may also be known as a constabulary, after constables, who were an early manifestation of police officers. In most Western legal systems, the major role of the police is to discourage and investigate crimes, with particu ...

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Certain events, locations, and characters existed that are part of the fabric of American history and its folklore. American Old West - Events and People. Pre-1800s and the Louisiana Purchase The numerous native tribes of North America stretched from coast to coast and from Mexico to the Arctic Regions of Canada and Alaska. In the Great Plains of the United States and Canada, the Blackfeet, Lakota, Sioux, Fox, Sauk, and Comanche lived nomadic lives of hunting and gathering. The ...

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Certain events, locations, and characters existed that are part of the fabric of American history and its folklore. American Old West - Events and people. Pre-1800s and the Louisiana Purchase The numerous native tribes of North America stretched from coast to coast and from Mexico to the Arctic Regions of Canada and Alaska. In the Great Plains of the United States and Canada, the Blackfeet, Lakota, Sioux, Fox, Sauk, and Comanche lived nomadic lives of hunting and gathering. The ...

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In many countries, particularly those with a federal system of government, there may be several police or police-like organisations, each serving different levels of government and enforcing different subsets of the applicable law. Police - Australia. See also: Law enforcement in Australia In Australia there are two levels of police forces, t ...

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In many countries, particularly those with a federal system of government, there may be several police or police-like organisations, each serving different levels of government and enforcing different subsets of the applicable law. Police - Australia. See also: Law enforcement in Australia In Australia there are two levels of police forces, t ...

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In many countries, particularly those with a federal system of government, there may be several police or police-like organisations, each serving different levels of government and enforcing different subsets of the applicable law. Police - Australia. See also: Law enforcement in Australia In Australia there are two levels of police forces, the state police and the Australian Federal Police. Each State as well as the Northern Territory is responsible for maintaining its ow ...

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In many jurisdictions, police officers carry firearms in the normal course of their duties. Police often have specialist units for handling armed offenders, and similar dangerous situations, and can often, in extreme circumstances, call on the military, sometimes including special forces like the SAS. They can also be equipped with non-lethal (more accurately known as "less than lethal" or "less-lethal") weaponry, particularly for riot control. Non-lethal weapons include batons, shields, riot control agents, rubber bullets and stun gu ...

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In order for police officers to do their job well, they are vested by the state with a monopoly in the use of certain powers. These include the powers to arrest, search, seize, and interrogate; and if necessary, to kill. In nations with democratic systems and the rule of law, the law of criminal procedure has been developed to regulate officers' discretion, so that they do not exercise their vast powers arbitrarily or unjustly. In American criminal procedure, the most famous case is Miranda v. Arizona which led to the widesprea ...

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In many jurisdictions, police officers carry firearms in the normal course of their duties. Police often have specialist units for handling armed offenders, and similar dangerous situations, and can often, in extreme circumstances, call on the military, sometimes including special forces like the SAS. They can also be equipped with non-lethal (more accurately known as "less than lethal" or "less-lethal") weaponry, particularly for riot control. Non-lethal weapons include batons, shields, riot control agents, rubber bullets and stun gu ...

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Police, Police - History, Police - Multiple levels of police agencies, Police - Australia, Police - Brazil, Police - Canada, Police - France, Police - Germany, Police - India, Police - Interpol, Police - Japan, Police - United Kingdom, Police - United States, Police - Police armament and equipment, Police - In specific countries, Police - Restrictions upon the power of the police, Police - Difficult issues, Police - Policing structures, Police - Police roles, Police - Ethical issues related to police, Police - Related concepts, Police - Notable historical police personalities, Police - Notable police officers better known in other walks of life

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In ancient times, the military was mostly responsible for maintaining law and order in cities. The Roman Empire had a reasonably effective law enforcement system until the decline of the empire, though there was never an actual police force in the city of Rome itself. Beginning in the 5th century, policing became a function of clan chiefs and heads of state. Local lords and nobles were responsible to maintain order in their lands, and often appointed a constable, som ...

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Police organizations must sometimes deal with the issue of police corruption, which is often abetted by a code of silence that encourages unquestioning loyalty to one's comrades over the cause of justice. In the comparatively rare event that an officer breaks this code on a significant scale, they may receive death threats or even be left for dead, as in the case of Frank Serpico. One way to fight such corruption is by having an independent or semi-independent organization investigate, such as (in the United States) the FBI, internal affairs, or the Justice Department. However, truly independent organizations are generally not called ...

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Most police forces contain subgroups whose job it is to investigate particular types of crime. In most Western police forces, perhaps the most significant division is between "uniformed" police and detectives. Uniformed police, as the name suggests, wear uniforms, and their jobs involve overt policing operations, traffic control, and more active crime response and prevention. Detectives, by contrast, wear 'business attire' when their job is to more professionally investigate crimes, usually on a longer-term basis. There are also "plai ...

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In ancient times, the military was mostly responsible for maintaining law and order in cities. The Roman Empire had a reasonably effective law enforcement system until the decline of the empire, though there was never an actual police force in the city of Rome itself. Beginning in the 5th century, policing became a function of clan chiefs and heads of state. Local lords and nobles were responsible to maintain order in their lands, and often appointed a constable, som ...

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Police, Police - History, Police - Multiple levels of police agencies, Police - Australia, Police - Brazil, Police - Canada, Police - France, Police - Germany, Police - India, Police - Interpol, Police - Japan, Police - United Kingdom, Police - United States, Police - Police armament and equipment, Police - In specific countries, Police - Restrictions upon the power of the police, Police - Difficult issues, Police - Policing structures, Police - Police roles, Police - Ethical issues related to police, Police - Related concepts, Police - Notable historical police personalities, Police - Notable police officers better known in other walks of life

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The Old West has had a lasting impression on the American psyche and the fiction concerning the Old West has been a popular genre, featuring authors such as Zane Grey and Louis L'Amour. Movies such as those featuring John Wayne and Clint Eastwood, radio dramas, television, pulp novels and comic books all had popular Old West themes. In German culture the genre was so popular that it spawned another, the Kraut-Western, which is alive and well even one century after its debut. Karl May is the best-selling German writer of all time, due to his ...

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In typical Western fiction, the Old West is a dry landscape populated by many archetypes, including: Cowboys and Indians, Lawmen and various types of outlaws, Farmers and Ranchers Gold miners (usually at their gold mines), Trappers and, various other explorers. Conflicts generally occurred, and still occur, over water, since land without water is of little value in the dry western states. The series of gold rushes in the Old West led to a feverish migration of workers in ...

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In most Western legal systems, the major role of the police is to discourage and investigate crimes, with particular emphases on crime against persons or property and the maintenance of public order, and if able to apprehend suspected perpetrator(s), to detain them, and inform the appropriate authorities. See criminal law. Police are often used as an emergency service and may provide a public safety function at large gatherings, as well as in emergencies, disasters, and search and rescue situations. To provide a prompt response in eme ...

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Most police forces contain subgroups whose job it is to investigate particular types of crime. In most Western police forces, perhaps the most significant division is between "uniformed" police and detectives. Uniformed police, as the name suggests, wear uniforms, and their jobs involve overt policing operations, traffic control, and more active crime response and prevention. Detectives, by contrast, wear 'business attire' when their job is to more professionally investigate crimes, usually on a longer-term basis. There are also "plai ...

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Police, Police - Function in society, Police - History, Police - Police around the world, Police - Australia, Police - Brazil, Police - Canada, Police - France, Police - Germany, Police - India, Police - Interpol, Police - Japan, Police - United Kingdom, Police - United States, Police - Police armament and equipment, Police - In specific countries, Police - Restrictions upon the power of the police, Police - Difficult issues, Police - Policing structures, Police - Police roles, Police - Ethical issues related to police, Police - Related concepts, Police - Notable historical police personalities, Police - Notable police officers better known in other walks of life

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